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NEBRASKA — KANSAS. 
NEBRASKA. 
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The data at hand in relation to Nebraska are insufficient for any ex- 
tended list of its mineral springs or wells. Springs of any kind are of 
comparatively infrequent occurrence in most portions of the State, and 
especially so in the western part. 
In many places the waters reached by wells are doubtless somewhat 
mineralized, as in the neighboring State of Kansas and in Dakota. Salt 
springs are found in the southeastern part of the State and also near 
the Elkhorn and Loup Eivers. There is a saline artesian well at Lincoln. 
So far as can be learned, none of the springs or wells is used medici- 
nally at present. 
Mineral springs of Nebraska. 
Name and location. 
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Artesian Well, Lincoln, Lancaster County 
Saratoga Sulphur Spring, Saratoga, Holt County . 
Salt Springs, Lincoln, Lancaster County 
KANSAS. 
Permanent springs of any kind are said to be somewhat infrequent 
in Kansas. The mineral waters of the State are derived principally 
from ordinary wells and artesian borings. Salt or brine wells are quite 
common in certain portions of the State and are extensively used for 
the production of salt for local use. Chalybeate springs are found in 
various places, but the mineral waters are mainly saline and sulpho- 
saline. They have been developed to a certain extent and many of 
them have considerable local reputation for medicinal effects. Prof. E. 
H. S. Bailey, writing of the artesian wells of the State, in the Report 
of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the quarter ending Decem- 
ber 31, 1885, says that "shallow wells, especially in the eastern part of 
the State, furnish hard water impregnated with sulphate of lime and 
carbonates of lime and magnesia; and as the well goes into deeper 
strata the chlorides increase and the sulphates decrease." 
Among the places of resoft the Great Spirit Spring, Baxter Medical 
Springs, and Geuda Springs are well known. 
The list of springs given here is probably incomplete and will doubt- 
less be considerably enlarged in the future. 
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