Nineteenth annual meeting. 



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day. The oil is quite similar in appearance to the Wyandotte oil, an analysis of which 

 is published in the Fourth Quarterly Report of the Kansas Board of Agriculture (1885). 

 In the examination of the Fort Scott oil, it was heated to 600° F., when 50-60 per 

 cent, of a clear distillate was obtained. This is excellent as a lubricating oil, and 

 burns with a smoky flame, by the use of a wick. The fact that it does not get solid 

 except at a very low temperature, adds to its value as a lubricant. The original oil 

 has also been used for the same purpose, with excellent success. It has a specific 

 gravity of .922. and a flash point of 385° F. With petroleum at its present price, it 

 is probably cheaper to buy lubricating oils than to manufacture them; but this oil 

 may be of commercial importance in the future. 



III. 



ELLSWORTH COUNTY MINERAL WATERS. 



A remarkably pure water from a point about seven miles west of Brookville has 

 been examined. It is clear, and of excellent color and agreeable taste. It contains 

 only 8.097 grains of solid matter per gallon. This is chiefly bicarbonate of lime, 

 sulphate of lime, and chloride of sodium, with traces of silica, alumina, and bicar- 

 bonate of magnesia. 



Another water, from a well some distance southwest of Brookville, proves to be a 

 strong sulphur water. It is clear and limpid at first, but after a time deposits sul- 

 phur, and probably a compound of sulphur and iron. The water contains much mag- 

 nesia, existing probably as chloride: iron, probably as chloride; calcium, as sulphate 

 and sulphide; salt; free sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and silica. This may be men- 

 tioned as a water of considerable interest, and quite likely to be of value medicinally. 



ON SOME KANSAS MINERAL WATERS. 



BY G. H. FAILYER AND J. T. WILLARD. 



To put them in permanent form for reference and comparison, we present the 

 results of the analyses during the past year, of some mineral waters of this State. 



No. 1 is a water from a spring near Omio, Jewell county. No. 2 from a spring 

 five miles west of White Rock, Jewell county. No. 3 from a well near Stotler, Lyon 

 county. No. 4 from a well at Columbus, Cherokee county: 



NO. 1. 



Potcissium Oxide 



Sodium Oxide 



Lithium Oxide 



Calcium Oxide 



Magnesium Oxide 



Alumina 



Ferrous Oxide 



Sulphuric Acid (SO3)... 



Chlorine 



Boracic Acid (B5O3).... 



Silica 



No carhonates present 



Grams 

 per litre. 



.3406 

 .2o09 

 .0115 

 .6654 



1.1892 

 .1940 



trace. 



4.2200 

 .1491 

 .0039 

 .0862 



Grains 



per U. S. 



gallon. 



19.9038 



14.6619 



.6510 



38.8842 



69.49:38 



11.3368 



trace. 



246.6058 



8.71.30 



.2279 



5.0375 



