POTASH SALTS AND OTHER SALINES IN THE GREAT BASIN REGION. 87 

 Table XXV. — Analyses of various samples from Searles deep well. 



No. 



Total. 



Water soluble. 



Insoluble. 



K. 



Na. 



K. 



Na. 



K. 



Na. 



209 . 



Per cent. 



3.48 

 4.26 

 1.14 

 2.64 

 .46 

 .78 

 3.07 

 1.58 

 3.79 

 2.73 

 2.30 

 1.55 

 2.98 

 1.52 

 2.28 

 2.79 

 .98 

 1.44 

 4.19 



Per cent. 



4.72 



5.96 



29.94 



14. 14 



16.91 



24.05 



10.21 



19.77 



7.31 



9.95 



9.13 



6.13 



5.70 



6.51 



5.31 



7.75 



32.03 



10.28 



6.36 



Per cent. 

 0.23 

 .27 

 .91 

 .44 

 .09 

 .26 

 .42 

 .09 

 .59 

 .42 

 .43 

 .06 

 .25 

 .28 

 .20 

 .58 

 .70 

 .48 

 .33 



Per cent. 



2.54 

 4.81 



30.34 



11.23 

 8.43 



11.81 

 7.66 



12.27 

 5.28 

 7.94 

 7.48 

 .64 

 4.64 

 5.68 

 2.34 

 5.70 



31.23 

 6.40 

 4.23 



Per cent. 



3.25 



3.99 



.23 



2.20 



.37 



.52 



2.65 



1.49 



3.20 



2.31 



1,87 



1.49 



2.73 



1.24 



2.08 



2.21 



.28 



.96 



3.86 



Per cent. 



2.18 



211 , 



1.15 



212 



.0 



213 



2.91 



214 



8.48 



215 



12.24 



216 



2.55 



217 



7.50 



218 



2.03 



220 



2.01 



221 



1.65 



222 



5.29 



223 



1.10 



224 



.83 



225 



2.97 



226 



2.05 



227 



.80 



228 



3.88 



229 



2.13 







209. Marked "Deep well, Mar. 9, 1896. Soft clay overlying at hard streak 62.5 feet." 



211. Marked "Deep well. Mar. 9, 1896. Clay from bottom of well to date. 227 feet 10 inches. K-S." 



212. Marked "Crystal deposited by standing over night from water taken from well at 600 feet. Source 

 of water we presume at 400 feet." 



213. Marked " From deep well Sept. 2, 1895, at 409 feet. Depth of deposit 408 to 427 feet." 



214. Marked "Crystal at 427 to 442 feet. Drilling hard as rock." 



215. Marked "* * * with bed of No. 3. 442 to 469 feet." 



216. Marked "Deep weU No. 4. 469 to 500 feet." 



217. Marked "Green mud with No. 5. Strong ammonia smell from 506 feet. Dec. 31, 1895. Depth of 

 deposit 500 to 515 feet." 



218. Marked "Depth of deposit No. 6. 515 to 520 feet." 



220. Marked "From 535 feet on Jan. 8, 1896. Depth of Deposit 530 to feet. No. 8." 



221. Marked "Rimmings from deep weU, Borax Lake, at 540 feet. Showing formation in clear parallel 

 lines." 



222. Marked "Washings from mud of deep well at 540 feet." 



223. Marked "Jan. 13, 1895, from 575 feet." 



224. Marked "Jan. 15^ 1896, from 580 feet." 



225. Marked "Rimmmgs between 586 and 5*6 feet ***." 



226. Marked "Deep well at 600 feet, Mar. 5, 1896." 



227. Marked "Crystals from water at 600 feet." 



228. Marked "Deep well at 620 feet, Mar. 9, 1896." 



229. Marked "Black and gray mud taken from deep well at 627 feet. Black turns gray on exposure." 



Table XXVI. — Sodium-potassium ratios for samples from Searles deep well. 



No. 



Soluble 



Insoluble 



Total 



No. 



Soluble 



Insoluble 



Total 



Na/K. 



Na/K. 



Na/K. 



Na/K. 



Na/K. 



Na/K. 



209 



10.9 



0.67 



1.32 



221 



17.42 



0.88 



3.97 



211 



18.1 



.28 



1.40 



222 



11.35 



3.54 



4.47 



212 



33.2 



.0 



26.25 



223 



18.60 



.40 



1.91 



213 



25.75 



1.32 



5.36 



224 



20.6 



.67 



4.28 



214 



98.0 



23.0 



36.70 



225 



11.85 



1.43 



2.33 



215 



46.0 



23.5 



30.75 



226 



9.73 



.93 



2.78 



216 



18.6 



.96 



3.92 



227 



44.7 



2.86 



32.75 



217 



147.0 



5.05 



12.5 



228 



13.5 



4.05 



7.12 



218 



8.95 



.635 



1.93 



229 



12.8 



.55 



1.52 



220 



19.17 



.9 



3.65 











