Examination of some Manitoba Waters. -. 69 
EXAMINATION OF SOME MANITOBA WATERS. 
A. McGutt, B. A., B. Sc. 
The following results of the examination of the solids con- 
tained in certain waters from the Province of Manitoba, pos- 
sess interest as illustrating to a certain extent the character 
of the water supplies in the region from which they were 
taken; a region whose mineral peculiarities have, as yet, 
come but little under the notice of the chemist. The object 
for which the assays were made, required only the estima- 
tion of the substances given in the table. I am indebted to 
the courtesy of W. R. Baker, Esq., Superintendent of the 
Manitoba and North Western Railway, for information re- 
garding the sources of the water: 
No. 1. From the White Mud River, at Westbourne. 
No. 2. From the White Mud River, at Gladstone. 
No. 3. From a well 30 feet deep, through sand and clay, at 
Portage la Prairie. 
No. 4. From a well 30 feet deep, through sand and clay, at 
Neepawa. 
No. 5. From a well at Minnedosa. The well is 20 feet in 
depth, through clay, hard pan, shale and gravel; and is situ- 
ated a few hundred feet from the Little Saskatchewan River. 
No. 6. From a well atStrathclair. The well is 34 feet deep, 
through blue and yellow clay, with boulders, sand and gravel. 
No. 7. From a well at Rapid City. The well is 12 feet 
deep, through hard pan, shale and gravel. 
No. 8, From a well at Kelloe. Total depth of well, 91 
feet. It was sunk through hard boulder clay to a 12-inch 
vein of clay, under which water was found, which rose to a 
height of 40 feet in the well. 
No. 9. From a well at Basswood. The well is 20 feet deep, 
through a quicksand. 
No, 10. From awell 195jfeet deep, at Birtle. 
No. 11. From a well at the 174th mile of the Man, and 
N. W. R. R. The well is 162 feet deep. 
In the table appended, all the results of analysis are ex- 
pressed in parts per 100,000. 
Sodium was estimated only in No, 8—a «| iron only in 
No. 1. 
