218 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
spond with the waters of many localities that yield a sparkling 
and effervescent product. Some have attributed this excess of 
carbonic acid to the volcanic origin of a water. 
This group is represented by the following waters: 
Atchison, Dixon’s spring. 
Baxter Springs, Cherokee county, Nos. 2, 3, and 4. 
Bonner Springs, Leavenworth county, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 
Chico spring, Cherokee county. 
Chautauqua springs, Chautauqua county. 
Coffeyville, Montgomery county. 
Eagle springs, Doniphan county, Nos. 1 and 2. 
Eudora, Douglas county. 
Kickapoo springs, Leavenworth county. 
Moodyville, Pottawatomie county. 
Murphy’s springs, Geary county. 
Onaga, Hoover’s spring, Pottawatomie county. 
Ottawa, Sylvan springs, Johnson county. 
Stanley spring, Johnson county. 
Dixon’s Spring. 
In the city of Atchison, on South Sixth street, between Park 
and Spring streets, is a strongly flowing spring, which has had 
considerable local reputation for medicinal properties. [rom 
the time of the earliest settlers it has never been known to be- 
come dry, though it has a stronger flow after rains, but the 
water is never turbid. It flows from beneath the Oread lime- 
stone, with a flow of at least seven gallons per minute. 
This water was formerly sold throughout the city, but on ac- 
count of the fact that the spring is in a thickly populated local- 
ity it was thought probable that the water might be impure. 
The sanitary analysis seems to confirm this suspicion, and, fur- 
thermore, the determination of chlorin, made at different times, 
shows that the quantity is quite variable, thus indicating sur- 
face contamination. 
