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BULLETIN 61, U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXII. — Analyses of waters and brines. 

 [Samples collected by E. E. Free. Analyses by A. R. Merz.] 



No. 



Description. 



Total 

 solids per 

 100 c. c. 



K2O in 

 total 

 solids. 



306 

 307 



326 



327 

 331 



338 



339 



341 

 342 

 343 



Slough at first crossing, road from Furnace Creek to Bennetts Wells 



Water from hole 18 feet deep, 1 mile north of sink (saline pond northeast of 



Bermet ts Wells) 



Surface water from near road from Furnace Creek to Bennetts Wells, 10 miles 



from Furnace Creek Road 



Water from 10-foo t dug hole on this road, 9.7 miles west of Furnace Creek 



Water from -l-foot dug hole at U. S. Geological Survey, B. M. 72, on road from 



Furnace Creek Ranch to Bennetts Wells 



Water from hole in mud flat northwest of Furnace Creek 7,500 feet northwest 



from land monument at old borax works north of Furnace Creek, hole 2 feet 



deep 



West side of valley, due west from Furnace Creek Ranch, water from dug hole 



3 feet deep 



Water from dug hole 0.25 mile east of No. 339, 2.5 feet deep , 



Water from dug hole 0.25 mile east of No. 341, depth 7 feet. On main fiat 



Water from surface pool at old bridge due west of Furnace Creek Ranch (Skidoo 



trail) 



36.51 

 20.36 



10.42 

 36.81 



33.80 



33.28 



2.77 

 15.12 

 34.18 



Per cent. 

 3.42 



1.50 

 3.31 



1.75 

 2.38 

 2.98 



Table XXIII. — Analyses of muds and clays. 

 [Samples collected by E. E. Free. Analyses by A. R. Merz.] 



No. 



316 



317 

 319 

 320 

 323 



335 



Description. 



Death Valley flat, east side, 500 yards west of road, 5.4 miles south of Furnace 

 Creek Ranch, surface salt 



665 feet east of Bennetts Wells, salt from surface of slough bottom 1 



Clay from 3 feet under surface, 1 mile east of Beimetts Wells 



Clay from shallow hole 0.25 mile east of No. 319 



Water squeezed from clay obtained from hole in slough 1,800 feet east of Ben- 

 netts Wells 



Sandy clay, bottom of hole east side of valley on road from Furnace Creek to 

 Bennetts Wells 



Total 

 soluble 

 solids. 



Per cent. 

 22.17 

 10.65 

 12.16 

 21.49 



18.24 



25.54 



K2O in 



total 



soluble 



solids. 



Per cent. 

 0.39 

 1.79 

 2.22 

 1.12 



3.03 



2.09 



Table XXIV. — Analyses of alkaline Death Valley soils. 

 [Parts per 100,000.] 



No. 



Ca. 



Mg. 



K. 



Na. 



SO4. 



CI. 



CO3. 



HCO3. 



Total 

 solid. 



20 



343 



456 



3,200 



257 



229 



44 

 44 

 380 

 35 

 35 



193 

 438 

 3,316 

 290 

 226 



38, 460 

 14,161 

 14,364 

 37,893 

 38,608 



823 



2,402 



13,390 



987 



527 



59, 360 

 21,000 

 19, 740 

 58,240 

 59,600 



None. 

 None. 

 600 

 None. 

 None. 



122 

 240 

 732 

 122 

 122 



99,312 



21 



38,678 

 55,239 

 97,783 

 99,416 



22 



23 



24 





Description: 



20. Salt crust from Death Valley 3 to 6 inches thick, opposite Telescope Peak. 



21. Clay underlying salt crust. Opposite Telescope Peak. 



22. Heaved ground near periphery. Opposite Telescope Peak. 



23. Pothole 5 feet in diameter, 10 feet deep. Salt from margin of pothole. 



24. Hairjike salt from edge of hole. 



Analyses by J. A. CuUen. Samples by G. J. Young. 



