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MINERAL SPEINGS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Mineral springs of Jou'a— Continued. 
[HULL. 32. 
Name and location. 
1 
— ; 
i 
o 
h 
1 
to 
Flow in gallons per 
hoar. 
•s 
1 
1 
e 
Character of the 
water. 
Remarks. 
Gypsum Spring, Fort Dodge, Webster 
County. 
Henryson's Artesian Well, Story City, 
Story County. 
Iowa Acid Spring, Eddyville, Wapello 
County. _ 
Kinerslv's Well, 1 mile from Keosau- 
qua, Van Buren County. 
Linwood Spring, Linwood, Scott Co . - 
Magnetic Spring, Lehigh, Webster Co. 
Maulsby's Spring (well), 3 miles north 
of Dexter, Dallas County. 
Mineral springs: 
At Fellow's Grove. Carroll County 
o 
Alkaline 
Chalybeate 
Acid 
Unimproved. 
2 
Local reputation. 
....do 
1 
30, 000 
56 
Resort. 
Used locally. 
1 
400+ 

Saline . -4 
Local reputation. 
Unimproved. 
Near Big Spring, Wayne County. . 
Mineral Wells (artesian), north of 
Ames, Story County. 
Ottumwa Medical Springs, Ottumwa, 
Wapello County. 
Phoenix Mill Sulphur Spring, Daven- 
port, Scott County. 
Prospect Park Mineral Springs, Des 
Moines, Polk County. 
Siloam Springs, Iowa Falls, Hardin Co 
16 
1 
40 
47 
54 
Chalybeate 
Alkaline, saline. 
Unimproved, one is sup- 
posed to have medici- 
nal effects. 
Used as a resort and com- 
mercially. 
2 
420 
48 
Alkaline, calcic. 
Sanitarium. 
Sulphur Springs, Sulphur Springs, 
Buena VistaCounty. 
Watkins's Artesian Well, Story City, 
Story County. 
2 
Sulphur 
Carbureted and 
calcic. 
Unimproved. 
Analyses of mineral springs in Iowa. 
Constituents. 
Colfax Mineral 
Springs (Old 
M. C Spring). 
Magnesium carbonate. 
Calcium carbonate 
Iron carbonate 
Sodium sulphate 
Potasainm sulphate . - - 
Magnesium sulphate.. 
Calcium sulphate 
Iron sulphate 
Sodium chloride 
Magnesium chloride . . . 
Magnesium bromide . 
Calcium oxide 
Iron oxide 
Magnesium oxide 
Sodium silicate 
Silica 
Alumina 
Sulphuric acid 
Lithia 
Carbon dioxide 
Ammonium crenate .. 
Organic matter 
Phosphoric acid 
Hydrochloric acid 
Iron 
Insoluble 
Dunbar's Min- 
eral Spring. 
Iowa Acid 
Spring. 
Artesian Well, 
Farmington 
Chains 
per gallon. 
17.51 
0.67 
78.86 
0.41 
31.87 
13.07 
3.85 
Total. 
Gas. 
Carbonic acid 
0.29. 
Grains 
per gallon. b 
3.81 
8.41 
3.57 
3.76 
1.14 
2.84 
Trace 
0.59 
Trace 
7.18 
153. 71 
Grains 
per gallon. 
Mineral 
Spring, Fel- 
low's Grove. 
Grams 
per liter. A 
0.37 
13.86 
44.65 
97.30 
15.89 
226. 41 
408. 99 
1.27 
Trace 
25.39 
Cubic inches. 
42.30 
8.10 
Traces 
Grams 
per liter. ' 
0.18 
0.45 
0.04 
0.24 
1.33 
1.58 
816. 39 
0.23 
.02 J 
2.20 
2.2» 
G Hinrichs, analyst. b J. H. Wright, analyst. e J. H. Seibel, analyst (1882) . 
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d Rush Emery, analyst. 
