168 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
A qualitative analysis shows that the water contains sodium 
chlorid, calcium sulfate, iron and aluminum, magnesium sul- 
fate, and a trace of potassium nitrate. It is evidently a ca- 
thartic water. 
Blasing’s Artesian Mineral Wells, near Manhattan. 
These wells are situated in Zeandale township, ten miles south- 
east of Manhattan, in a well-wooded, rolling country. They 
were discovered in 1883 by William Blasing, while prospect- 
ing for coal or other ‘‘mineral.’’ ‘‘The location of these wells 
is in the fork of two creeks, bordered with a belt of timber in 
the shape of a horseshoe. An oval hill rises within this belt of 
timber, and at the foot of this hill is well No. 1 (120 feet deep), 
on the south side, and well No. 2 (180 feet deep), on the north 
side, ten feet above the level of the bottom land. At the foot 
of the hill is a stone-quarry, and there isa farmhouse and hotel 
midway between the two wells.’’ The water flows over the top 
of each of these wells. A single well is said to discharge 800 
gallons per hour. The water was formerly delivered to custom- 
ers in Manhattan, and also shipped from that point. The resi- 
due remaining after the water is evaporated was also sold 
under the name of ‘‘mineral.’’ In connection with the wells 
there is a hotel containing bath-rooms, with hot and cold water, 
and arrangements for steam- and shower-baths. These wells 
may be reached by carriage from Zeandale on the C. R. 1. & P., 
.and from Manhattan on the C. R. J. & P. and the U. P. R. R. 
