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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 well 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 well, 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 "Rimmings 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 
Na/K. 
Insoluble 
Na/K. 
Total I 
Na/K. j 
No. 
Soluble 
Na/K. 
Insoluble 
Na/K. 
Total 
Na/K. 
209 
211 
212 
213 
214 
215 
216 
217 
218 
220 
10.9 
18.1 
33.2 
25.75 
98.0 
46.0 
18.5 
147.0 
8.95 
19.17 
0.67 
.28 
.0 
1.32 
23.0 
23.5 
.96 
5.05 
.635 
.9 
1.32 
1.40 ! 
26.25 i 
5.36 i 
36.70 
30.75 
3.92 | 
12.5 | 
1.93 j 
3.65 
221 
222 
223 
224 
225 
226 
227 
228 
229 
17.42 
11.35 
18.60 
20.6 
11.85 
9.73 
44.7 
13.5 
12.8 
0.88 
3.54 
.40 
.67 
1.43 
.93 
2.86 
4.05 
.55 
3.97 
4.47 
1.91 
4.28 
2.33 
2.78 
32.75 
7.12 
1.52 
