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vity is 1.10601. The pump at this place raises about a hundred gal-. 
Ions of brine in a minute. 
1000 grains of the brine from the Geddes well yielded upon evapo- 
ration 138.65 dry solid matter. The composition of the whole is as 
follows: 
Carbonate of lime, 0.10 
Sulphate of lime, 4 . 93 
Chloride of calcium, 2.03 
Chloride of magnesium, 0 . 79 
Chloride of sodium or common salt, 130 . 66 
Oxide of iron, with a minute portion of silica and carbonate 
of lime, 0 . 04 
Carbonic acid, holding in solution the carbonate of lime and 
oxide of iron, 0.06 
Water, with a trace of organic matter and bromine, 861.39 
1000.00 
If the above analysis is correct there are 1051 grains of dry chloride 
of sodium in a wine pint of this brine, and 8408 grains, or 1.20 lbs. 
avoird. in a gallon, and it requires about forty-six and a half gallons 
for a bushel of dry salt, or about forty-four gallons for a bushel of salt 
in its ordinary state. 
Liverpool PTe/^.— This well is near the village of Liverpool, twenty- 
five rods from the Oswego canal and fifty rods from the bold shore of 
Onondaga lake. In boring this well the strata passed through were as 
follows, viz: From the surface twelve feet, principally marl, similar 
to that found in the bed of the lake, the shells being mostly broken up 
and decayed. Next to the marl, was fourteen feet of fine sand; and 
below this forty-three feet of a very fine clay of a greyish colour. Be- 
low this clay, to the depth of eighty-one feet from the beach at low 
water, was a bed of gravel made up of pebbles of various sizes with 
some sand. The brine was first observed in the gravel, although the 
clay above it had a brackish taste. 
The pump which has recently been put into operation at this well, 
raises a hundred and two gallons of brine in a minute. This brine, it 
needs scarcely to be added, closely resembles that from the other wells, 
but its specific gravity is higher, being 1.11467. It is the strongest 
brine that has hitherto been obtained in this State. 1000 grains yielded 
149 .54 grs. dry solid matter. The following are the results of my ana- 
lysis. 
