Colorado Experiment Station 
SAMPLE TAKEN AT MONTE VISTA 
Analytical results 
Carbon . 
Silicic acid . 
Sulfuric acid . 
Carbonic acid. 
Phosphoric acid . . 
Chlorin. 
Calcic oxid . 
Magnesic oxid . . r . 
Potassic oxid 
Sodic oxid. 
Ferric oxid. 
Aluminic oxid 
Manganic oxid (br) 
Ignition . 
Percent 
2.227 
31.372 
7.570 
16.120 
Trace 
1.541 
20.700 
3.484 
2.876 
8.783 
0.574 
0.251 
0.088 
(4.761) 
Sum . 
Oxygen equivalent to 
chlorin .. 
100.348 
0.348 
Combined* 
Calcic Sulfate. 
Calcic Carbonate. 
Magnesic Carbonate . . . 
Sodic Carbonate . 
Sodic Chlorid. 
Sodic Silicate . 
Potassic silicate . 
Ferric oxid . 
Aluminic oxid . 
Manganic oxid (br). 
Carbon . 
Excess Silicic acid. 
Total.. 
Grains per 
Imp. Gal. 
0.7954 
1.6953 
0.4498 
0.0366 
0.1570 
0.8439 
0.2914 
0.0355 
0.0155 
0.0054 
0.1375 
1.4178 
5.8811 
Total. 100.000 
Total solids 5.88 grains per imperial gallon. Loss on ignition 1.68 giains. 
nil. 
SAMPLES TAKEN AT ALAMOSA 30 SEPT., 1908 
Analytical results 
Percent 
Silicic acid .. 28.312 
Sulfuric acid . 8.837 
Carbonic acid . 16.386 
Chlorin . 2.053 
Calcic oxid . 21.797 
Magnesic oxid . 3.978 
Potassic oxid . 2.747 
Sodic oxid . 9.709 
Ferric oxid . 0.559 
Aluminic oxid . 0.583 
Manganic oxid (br) .... 0.098 
Ignition . (5.404) 
Combined 
Grains per 
Imp. Gal. 
Calcic Sulfate. 1.4277 
Calcic Carbonate. 2.1450 
Magnesic Carbonate . . . 0.7136 
Potassic Carbonate .... 0.2871 
Potassic Chlorid . 0.0635 
Sodic Chlorid . 0.2409 
Sodic Silicate. 1.3917 
Ferric oxid . 0.0480 
Aluminic oxid . 0.0500 
Manganic oxid (br). 0.0084 
Excess Silicic acid. 1.7441 
Sum . 
Oxygen equivalent to 
Chlorin. 
Total 
Total solids 8.12 grains per imperial gallon. T-oss on ignition 1.68 grains. 
SANITARY ANALYSIS 
Parts per Million 
Total solids .101.71428 
Loss on ignition. 24.00000 
Chlorin . 2.00000 
Nitrogen as nitrates. 0.00030 
Saline Ammonia . 0.01200 
Nitrogen as nitrites. 0.03000 
100.463 
0.463 
100.000 
Total 
8.1000 
*In this and the preceding analysis the loss on ignition is not included in 
the statement of grains per gallon because all of the errors are_ thrown mto 
this factor and its influence upon the statement of the analysis is practically v 
