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BULLETIN 61, XL S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XII. — Analyses of icaters from Amargosa Valley. 
[Parts per 100,000, Analyses by J. A. Cullen.] 
No. of j Total 
sample. solids. 
Na. 
c, 
S0 4 . 
C0 3 . 
10.4 
8.5 
27.9 
1.2 
534. 4 
285.0 
544.3 
96.0 
18.3 
17.0 
30.7 
1.12 
132.1 
101.3 
160.8 
4.8 
17.0 
8.5 
30.0 
2.4 
HC03. 
237 105.6 
238 1,692.2 
284 101.6 
295 1 49.8 
296 1 93.2 
5.8 
44.8 
4.3 
12.8 
3.9 
22.0 
155.6 
20.7 
65.9 
25.6 
237. Water Willow Creek at railroad bridge south of Morrison's. 
238. Water Amargosa River, same locality. 
284. Shoshone, Cal. Water from warm spring. 
295. Well at Fairbank's house, Shoshone. 
296. "Water spring in railroad cut south of Tecopa, Cal. 
Table XIII. — Analyses of water from Furnace Creek and Death Valley. 
[Parts per 100,000. Analyses by J. A. Cullen.] 
Ncofsample Jgjg 
Ca. 
Mg. 
K. 
Na. 
SO4. 
CI. 
C0 3 . 
HC0 3 . 
305 
307 
64.8 
20,360.0 
490.4 
65.2 
1,141.6 
2.4 
175.0 
71.4 
4.8 
3.6 
1.4 
50.3 
37.0 
3.0 
3.3 
1.0 
152.7 
5.6 
1.5 
9.0 
14.5 
7, 500. 
75.6 
7.7 
321.1 
14.2 
874.0 
173.0 
19.2 
646.0 
10.6 
11,525.0 
147.7 
4.9 
29.6 
2.4 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
14.6 
11.0 
325 
17.8 
348 
20.0 
349 
19.5 
305. Slough at first crossing, road from Furnace Creek to Bennett's Well. Water from surface. 
307. Water from hole 18 inches deep 1 mile north of sink (saline pond northeast of Bennett's Well). 
325. Water from main water hole at Bennett's Well. 
348. Water from Texas Spring, Furnace Creek Ranch. 
349. Water from well in Furnace Creek Canyon, 13.5 miles east of Furnace Creek Ranch. 
Note. — A trace of borax is found in all samples. 
Table XIV. — Analyses of soluble salts contained in soils. 
Location and No. of 
Total 
solu- 
ble 
salts. 
Percentage of total soluble salts. 
sample. 
Ca. 
Mg. 
Na. 
K. 
SO^. 
CI. 
HCO3. 
C0 3 . 
N0 3 . 
PO4. 
Fallon, Nev., alkali soil: 1 
Crust No. 9 
Per ct. 
4.10 
3.57 
3.33 
1.70 
.93 
.78 
0.88 
.78 
.66 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
30.66 
31.20 
30.85 
29:76 
27.68 
2S.73 
1.51 
1.62 
1.62 
3.65 
6.22 
4.61 
56.98 
49.72 
51.44 
41.65 
38.85 
37.18 
5.52 
10.64 
8.07 
8.23 
9.01 
10.00 
4.45 
6.09 
7.36 
15.65 
18.24 
19.48 
0.35 
.35 
First foot, No. 10 
Second foot, No. 11. . . 
Third foot, No. 12 
1.06 
Fourth foot, No. 13... 
Fifth foot, No. 14 
2.40 
.38 
Tr. 
29.81 
3.20 
45.97 
8.58 
11.88 
.23 
Fallon soil 
11.34 
.89 
1.18 
1.18 
1.41 
1.81 
1.54 
.24 
1.01 
1.60 
.44 
.51 
1.94 
.66 
1.65 
1.80 
.49 
.80 
.76 
0.04 
32.36 
31.70 
32.43 
31.83 
32.04 
31.42 
27.47 
32.22 
27.74 
28.28 
31.30 
33.70 
30.73 
29,85 
32.23 
30.87 
29.84 
30.24 
.30 
2.10 
1.27 
1.13 
1.07 
1.28 
5.05 
3.77 
7.54 
6.46 
2.12 
2.01 
4.31 
3.58 
.84 
1.50 
3.10 
2.43 
56.23 
34.08 
42.82 
44.07 
48.55 
54.73 
53.20 
25.94 
37.26 
45.95 
15.38 
19.64 
35.11 
32.08 
40.42 
50.20 
IS. 28 
38.95 
9.53 
12.24 
12.76 
10.27 
8.05 
8.33 
8.51 
10.46 
13.56 
10.27 
6.63 
9.38 
12.41 
8.71 
10.09 
8.85 
4.05 
5.99 
.76 
16.71 
10.22 
11.96 
9.55 
3.30 
3.97 
15.06 
10.45 
6.96 
39.79 
19.20 
12.88 
22.71 
14.95 
7.53 
36.04 
20.68 
.02 
3.16 
.50 
.56 
.74 
.18 
.94 
1.80 
12.55 
.97 
"~4. 78" 
16.07 
4.56 
3.07 
1.47 
.39 
8.59 
1.71 
2. 4S Tr. 
2.08 
Tr. 
Tr. 
.66 
Tr 
Tr' 
Tr' 
] Records of Bureau of Soils. 
