BAILEY. | Mineral Waters. 149 
Bromo-magnesium Well, Independence. 
In 1884 a well 1100 feet deep was bored in the northern part 
of Independence, Montgomery county, The tube extends 400 
feet from the surface, and a pipe used for drawing the water ex- 
tends several hundred feet further into the well. The well is 
artesian in character, as a small stream flows from it most of 
the time. Independence is on the lines of the A. T. & 8. F. 
and the Missouri Pacific railroads. 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
A sanitarium and bath hotel have been erected here, with 
seven bath-rooms, and facilities for using brine either directly or 
mixed with fresh water. The water is raised to the surface by 
windmill power. As will be noticed by the analysis which is 
given below, the well is interesting as containing a compara- 
tively large quantity of bromids. It was the first water of this 
kind discovered in this region. Others have been found re- 
cently to contain bromids and iodids. A comparison of this 
water with some other well-known waters will be of interest : 
Fabian, Hawthorne, Congress, Dead Bromo-mag- 
N. Saratoga. Saratoga. Sea. nesium well. 
Sodium bromid (NaBr).... 4.655 15384 8.559 156.53 1133, 7101 
Sodium iodid (KI)......... 235 .198 138 trace 022 
Comparing this well with the water of the Atlantic ocean, it 
is seen to be somewhat similar in composition, though the In- 
dependence water contains a larger quantity of calcium salts, 
twice as much magnesium, more sodium iodid, and nearly one- 
half as much sodium bromid. The mineral strength of this 
water is about twice as great as ocean water, as may be seen 
from the following analysis : 
