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New Zealand springs and geysers — Continued. 



Area and locality. 



It 



Names of principal 

 springs and geysers. 



S3 



CD *^ 



Remarks. 



EoTOEUA A;tEA — Contd. 





"Pain Killer" [sul- 

 phur bath]. 



Te Kauwhanga [mud 

 bath]. 



Ariku Kapakapa 



Sulphur Bay Spring . . 



°F. 

 204 



100 

 or 



204 

 160 



100 



Is situated in an extensive plateau of 



sinter. 

 Thick, brown, muddy water with oily 



slime ; offensive odor. 





f 



SmaU pool deposits sulphur, and has a 

 strong outdo w; possesses curative 

 properties. 



50 or 60 feet in diameter and spouts 15 

 feet. 



Tikitiri (a valley of] 

 solfataras and bot 

 springs on the east ^ 

 side of Lake Koto 

 rua). J 



Karapo 











Te Kuhe (great .spring 



of Tikitiri). 

 Te Waikari 



2i2 



Diameter 100 feet ; boils furiously, 

 giving off sulphureted hydrogen. 





TeT.arata 



































185 

 190 

 110 



16 by 6 feet. 

 Spouts several feet. 













Manuprua 



Note. — In New Zealand Puia is a hot spring, Papa-puia springs with clear water and siliceous de- 

 posits. Uku-puia are boiling mud pools. Ngawhas are non-boiling springs or solfataras. WG.iariki 

 are springs that are suited for bathing purposes. 



CHAPTEE III. 



THERMAL SPRINGS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



In this chai)ter I propose briefly to consider the thermal springs of 

 the United States, other than those of the Yellowstone ISTational Park, 

 which have been described in detail in Part I of this report. The cat- 

 alogue appended will give as coinx)lete a list of the localities as is pos- 

 sible under the circumstances. 



The springs are naturally divided into three divisions, viz, those of 

 the Appalachian region, those of Arkansas, and those of the region west 

 of the iOoth meridian. In the latter the number of localities is vastly 

 greater, as a single glance at the catalogue will show. 



In the Appalachiau region the connection of the thermal springs with 

 anticlinal axes and faults was pointed out by Professor Eogers in his 

 geological report on Virginia and in a memoir upon the subject. 



In the case of the Arkansas Hot Springs, the Ozark Mountains may be 

 looked to as the cause of their thermal condition, if we accept the idea 

 that the heat of thermal springs is due to mountain corrugation. Be- 

 tween the two regions is the basin of the Mississippi Eiver, in which 

 and on the plains east of theEocky Mountains there are no hot springs. 



In the western area, outside of the Yellowstone National Park, the 

 greatest development of thermal springs is found in the States of 

 California and i^evada, in both of which boiling springs and pseudo- 

 geysers are found associated mainly with eruptive rocks. The deposits of 

 the spring in Euby Valley, near Euby Lake, contain 90 per cent, of silica, 

 being true geyserites or siliceous sinters. The deposits at Steamboat 

 Springs are also siliceous. The springs at Salt Lake City, Ogdeu, and 



