254 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
Piqua Brine Well, Woodson County. 
This well is situated on a farm one mile west and three- 
fourths of a mile north of Piqua. It is 171 feet deep, and the 
water rises to within seventy feet of the surface. When the 
well was drilled for a time considerable gas escaped with the 
water. As this drilling was done in 18838, before the lola gas 
field was known, the presence of oil and gas with the brine at 
this locality created considerable excitement. This is about 
eight miles from the lola gas field. The water has the follow- 
ing composition : 
PIQUA WELL. 
Grams per liter. 
IONS. RADICALS. 
Sodiums(Nain aye eee 4.5403 | Sodium oxid (Na2O).......... 6.1194 
IEAM (UEQ)o.00600000 0000 0000 .1699 | Potassium oxid (K2O)......... . 2049 
Calciumia(Ca)iws ware eo nism mCalciuimeoxids (Ca ©) eee 2414 
Magnesium (Mg).............. .1086 | Magnesium oxid(MgO)....... .1812 
Lrony(Hie) Saari eee eee HKOE) || Iyer @xaKel (NEO) ooc0000000 0000 trace 
Chiorin: (Clic a ee ee Uolle® |] (Clnlvoretin (Ol)... s65 065000 cb0n06 7.1270 
Sulfuric acid ion (SO4)......... .0824 | Sulfuric anhydrid (SOs)....... . 0686 
Silicic acid ion (SiOs).......... trace | Silicic anhydrid (SiO2)........ trace 
Carbonic anhydrid (COz)...... 1222 
Water (Hs@)e ee cee 1477 
Oxygen equivalent. .......... 1.6105 
TLotal 2.3: seer ere 13.2019 
Hypothetically combined as follows: 
Grams Grains 
per liter. per gallon. 
SOonunn Gallorarcl (MECN). cc n60000000065 ovo 11.5026 671.8668 
Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCOs)............ .0368 2.1494 
Ro cassiumamc Monica (KC |) ieee .d242 18.9365 
Calcium bicarbonate (CaHo(COs)2)... ..... .6985 40.7993 
Magnesium sulfate (MgSOu.)............... . 1029 6.0103 
Magnesium bicarbonate (MgH2(COs)2)..... .9369 31.3603 
Tron bicarbonate (FeH2(COs)2)............ trace trace 
Si Ca(S1Os) ees sa ise eee ee ee trace trace 
Totals uct ee Oe 13.2019 771.1226 
SOA IG AEWA coc 00000000 1.01 
Analysis by E. H. S. Bailey. 
