20 The Springs of Southern Nevada. [ January, 
temperature of the water is 69° Fahr. Just north of this is found 
a cluster of springs; the largest and most central one is called 
Saturn. (Fig. 3.) Their temperatures are 69.5° Fahr. These 
springs are in close proximity to each other, and flow out upon a 
level area some twenty acres in extent, covered with a rank 
growth of coarse salt grass, from whence the water flows into the 
salt marsh. 
Proceeding northward, we next meet with three salt springs 
arranged in the form of an isosceles triangle, differing widely in 
temperature and the degree of their saturation. 
These are situated in the edge of the salt marsh, the two form- 
ing the base, being in an east and west line, twenty feet apart. 
The more westerly one has a temperature of 79° Fahr., while 
the other one in its quiescent state has a temperature of 117.8° 
Fahr., and at irregular intervals boils and emits steam. The third, 
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Fig Dd Saturn Spree: 
. forming the apex of the triangle and lying ninety feet north, has 
a temperature of 116.5° Fahr. 
Still further north are two more salt springs, situated also in 
an east and west line, only four feet apart; the westerly one, as 
before, having the lowest temperature, being 79° Fahr., while the 
other has a temperature of 117° Fahr. Another spring (Fig. 4), 
_ about one fourth of a mile north of the others, was constantly 
_ boiling and emitting steam. A gurgling noise could be heard in 
several places near the main opening, under the tufaceous crust 
of calcareous matter deposited by its waters. In approaching _ 
this spring the greatest caution had to be exercised to avoid 
breaking through the crust of tufa which bridged and in part, 
concealed the seething waters, which could be seen through the 
_ many perforations in this treacherous envelope. Every step in — 
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