40 , KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE WATER FROM A MINERAL 

 SPRING IN THE VICINITY OF ''THE GREAT SPIRIT 

 SPRING," MITCHELL COUNTY, KANSAS. 



By E. H. S. BAILEY and MART A. RICE. 



The analysis of the water of "The Great Spirit Spring" was published by 

 G. E. Patrick in volume VII of the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of 

 Science, and an analysis of the rock in the vicinity and of the scum de- 

 posited by the water was published in the Kansas University Quarterly, vol- 

 ume I, page 85. Through the kindness of a student of the university I have 

 obtained a sample of water from a spring in the immediate vicinity of this 

 celebrated spring, and have thought that the results of the analysis were of 

 sufficient interest to warrant publication. 



This spring is situated something over two miles east of Cawker City, and 

 about one-half a mile southeast of the Great Spirit spring. It is surrounded 

 on three sides by the bend of the river, and the water does not seem to come 

 up through rock, but through the soil and deposited alluvium of the valley. 

 There is another spring a short distance south of the spring under discussion, 

 directly in the bed of the river, and at high water covered up by the river. 

 Both these springs furnish an abundant supply of clear water. 



Calculating the results in parts per 100,000 the composition of the water is 

 as follows: 



Silica and insoluble matter 1.53 



Iron and aluminum oxides 1.66 



Calcium oxide 38.66 



Magnesium oxide 61.48 



Sulfuric anhydride 269.50 



Potassium oxide 21.20 



Sodium oxide 753.30 



Chlorin 740.00 



Boric anhydride a trace. 



Carbonic anhydride (calculated) 35.69 



For the sake of comparison, and in order to show the probable combina- 

 tion of the different constituents in the waters, below is given the result of 

 the above analysis, calculated to grains per United States gallon of 231 cubic 

 Inches, and the analysis of the Great Spirit spring, calculated in the same 



manner, from the publication noted above: 



South Great Spirit 

 spring. spring. 



Silica and insoluble matter 0.892 0.874 



Iron and aluminum oxides 0.969 



Calcium carbonate 40.263 31.398 



Magnesium carbonate 5.915 41.023 



Magnesium sulfate 99.093 66.050 



Sodium sulfate 143.065 206.357 



Potassium sulfate 22.860 



Sodium chloride 711.147 775.703 



Sodium biborate a trace 



Total solids 1,024.204 1,120.765 



