212 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
Overbrook, Osage County. 
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 96 WELL. 
At Overbrook, Osage county, a well 144 feet deep was dug on 
the property of school district No. 96. The water was reached 
when it was down 122 feet. On account of the large amount of 
salt in the water, vessels in which it stood soon became in- 
crusted. ‘This well is located three miles south and one and 
one-half miles east of Overbrook. There are other wells within 
a mile of this which are deeper, but the water has an entirely 
different composition. The water attracted attention on ac- 
count of the large amount of mineral salts which it contained, 
and the analysis given below shows that the water is not suita- 
ble to use as an ordinary potable water. The analysis is as 
follows: 
SALINE-GYPSUM WELL.” 
Grams per liter. 
IONS. RADICALS. 
Sioa HN (INE) o.o6000 000090000008 1.5841 | Sodium oxid (NaO)........... 2, 1852 
@alciumy(Ca)ieeeee eee -4288 | Calcium oxid (CaO)........... 6004. 
Magnesium (Mg).............. 0357 | Magnesium oxid (MgO)........ .0596 
GRO (ANNs o coo ooces os sens genres .0120 | Tron oxid (HesOs\ nn tee eee 0154 
Chiorint(Cier aca eee %oaevA) || Clallertin (CN)coacccsosccocucceac 2.4290 
Sulfuric acid ion (SQ4)......... 9446 | Sulfuric anhydrid (SOs)........ 7872 
Silieic acid ion (SiOs).......... Ges | SHRED (S8Oa)ocaccoccs oeaceoea 0548 
Carbonic anhydrid (COs2)....... .2445 
Water: (EGO) ees. aeneer eee .0559 
Oxygen equivalent ............ .0464 
Totaled sacniaaees eae ence 5.8286 
Hypothetically combined as follows: 
Grams Grains 
per liter. per gallon. 
Sodiumychioridsg(NaC)) penser 3.9911 233.1201 
Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCOs).......... .0451 2.6343 
Calcium sulfate (CaSOu)................ 1.1302 66.0151 
Calcium bicarbonate (CaHo(@Os)2)........ 3905 22.8091 . 
Magnesium sulfate (MgSOs)............. .1788 10.4437 
wilicai(Si@s) te seen oe eee ee ee .0548 3.2008 
Totals ye ice kei ae Cae ee 5.7905 338 .2231 
Analysis by E. H. S. Bailey and H. E. Davies. 
70. Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci., vol. XV, p. 86. 
