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Great Bend, Barton County, Mineral Well. 
A well 1100 feet in depth was bored by a gas-prospecting 
company about 1888. Water was struck at a depth of 350 feet, 
and at 1000 feet salt water was found to be abundant. The 
water rises in a four-inch pipe, and runs over the top at a 
height of seventy-five feet from the ground. An analysis of the 
water gave the following result : 
GREAT BEND WELL. 
Grams per liter. 
IONS. RADICALS. 
Sociiuins (Na) pee ee 22.4535 | Sodium oxid (Na2O)........... 30.2609 
C@alciumy\ (Ca) eee ee 66179) (Calcium oxidi(Ca®)e. .9260 
Magnesium (Mg)............. .6925 | Magnesium oxid (MgO)....... 1.1542 
A\ilorentroneren, (Mo 66006 0000 0006 trace | Aluminum oxid (AlsOs)....... trace 
(Cinikoyatin (OM), c coco cconcnsccene 3B Onsy || Clallomim (Ci)... .cacccccoboscode 33.0587 
Sulfuric acid ion (SQ4)........ 4.7876 | Sulfuric anhydrid (SOs)....... 3.9896 
Silicic acid ion (SiOs).......... .0506 | Silicic anhydrid (SiQe)........ .0400 
Carbonic anhydrid (COz)...... 1.4620 
Weitere (E15 @)ie race ene .2990 
Oxygen equivalent........... 7.4711 
RO talvpe ces yA. oe ke take 63.7193 
Hypothetically combined as follows : 
Grams Grains 
per liter. per gallon. 
Sodiumeachilonide(NaCl) ese 54.5380 3185 .565 
Sodium sulfate (NaeS@4).-..... 2. 4....- 3.0001 175 .236 
Calcium sulfate (CaSQ4)............... 2.2489. 131.358 
Magnesium sulfate (MgSOu)............ 1.4659 85.623 
Magnesium bicarbonate (MgHo(COs)2).. 2.4264 141.726 
Silican( SLOR ypeeeerreee  n lett aca. ~ ,0400 2.336 
Joanne) (AGO) 565000005050 00000800006 trace trace 
MRO CaS Bees cas ean ered Tone red tes RN hots 63.7193 3721.844 
Analysis by E. H.S. Bailey. 
Great Spirit Spring, Waconda, Mitchell County. 
This is without doubt the most interesting and the best- 
known mineral spring in Kansas. It is situated at Waconda 
station, on the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad. 
Tradition tells us that from the earliest times the Indians who 
hunted over these plains held this spring in devout reverence. 
We quote from the description by Professor Patrick :" 
61. Trans, Kans. Acad. Sci., volt VII, pp. 22-26. 
