SALT LAKE REGION SPRINGS. 197 



white sulphur water of the temperature of 102 Fahr., with 

 a volume " the thickness of a man's body, which has already 

 been brought into the town for the purpose of bathing, and 

 all have learned the habit of indulging in it." 



HOT SPRINGS, also in the neighborhood, have a very high 

 temperature. Their water contains chlorides of sodium, mag- 

 nesium, and calcium, sulphate and carbonate of lime, and have 

 a temperature of 128 Fahr. 



The WARM FOUNTAINS are very numerous, and situated 

 near the Lake. They contain chloride of sodium in excess, 

 also sulphates of lime and magnesia ; and, according to 

 Lieutenant G-unnison, "they deposit gypsum and other sul- 

 phates, the waters being of a delightful temperature for 

 bathing." 



Some miles north of Salt Lake City are the HOT IRON 

 SPRINGS. They are called RED SPRINGS, from the iron which 

 they deposit. There are a number of these springs at one 

 place, some with a temperature of 136 Fahr. The chemi- 

 cal contents of the waters are iron, lime, magnesia, sodium, 

 and alumina. The predominating ingredients are peroxide 

 of iron and carbonate of lime. 



At the northern end of the lake are a number of salt and 

 sulphur springs, which are also strongly impregnated. 



The BEAR RIVER HOT SPRINGS, described by Gunnison, 

 are near the river of that name. One of the springs is a 

 salt spring ; the other a hot sulphur spring. The spring 

 that contains salt is a strong solution, and deposits it 

 upon the surface. The temperature of these springs is 

 134 Fahr., and, according to Fremont, they are in latitude 

 41 42' ; longitude 112 W. Salt springs are numerous 

 around the northern end of this lake. 



WARM SALINE SPRINGS are described by Stansbury as 

 possessing a temperature of 14 to 84 Fahr. " They break 

 out of the mountain at the northern end of the Lake." The 

 western shore of Salt Lake presents numerous springs of 

 salt and sulphureous waters, together with springs of fresh 

 pure water. 



17* 



