132 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
Hypothetically combined as follows : 
Grams Grains 
per liter. per gallon. 
Calcium sulfate (CaS@,)........:....... 1.0414 60.8282 
Magnesium sulfate (MgSQOu4)............. 1.2916 75.4423 
Sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) ................ 2.9298 171.1290 
Sodiumyc hone (NaC) peers 30.9850 1809 .8339 
Aluniina (CAls@s) haes nae ee eee .0266 1.5534 
Silicat(Si@s\y Weer ance sees al ae .2118 NP} B31} 
Totals tere Se shes eae eee 36.4862 2131. 1589 
Analysis by E. H. S. Bailey. 
Atchison County Mineral Waters. 
In a paper read before the Kansas Academy of Science, Prof. 
K. B. Knerr says: ‘‘The drift in Atchison county is quite uni- 
form in structure, being a heavy compact clay for the most 
part, with but little sand and gravel intermixed. Water will 
pass through it very slowly; hence the wells dug into it are 
deep, as a rule, usually from forty to sixty feet in depth, and 
the water generally stands quite low, though about three feet 
of water may generally be counted upon in the dryest months. 
Such wells at these seasons may easily be pumped dry, but in 
the course of several hours the water will collect to the depth 
of a foot or two again. Analysis of this drift water presents 
nothing of unusual interest. | 
‘‘There are numerous springs in Atchison county. Where 
these issue from the limestone they are of interest only as fur- 
nishing good, cool drinking water. Several such springs occur 
within the city limits of Atchison and have always supplied 
the neighborhoods in the vicinity with water.’’ 
The A. B. C. Laundry Well, Atchison. 
This is an example of a comparatively shallow well yielding 
salt water, for the depth is only sixty-three feet. Wells 200 
feet in depth in this locality generally yield salt water. As an 
example of water from the deepest well, attention is called to 
the diamond-drill prospect boring. 
44, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., vol. IV, p. 88. 
