. Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. 85
· DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
e ANALYSES OF MINERAL AND POTABLE WATERS
BY V g
A. M. PETER, S. D. AVERITT AND J. S. MCHARGUE.
, BOURBON COUNTY.
" LABoEATo1>.Y N0. 43805—Mineral water sent by P. J.
Millett, Paris, August 23, 1914, from a drilled well, 155 ft.
deep.
ANALYSIS—OH€ gallon contains 126.3 grains of solid mat-
I ter (2.166 grams per liter) composed mainly of sodium
chlorid (common salt) and sodium carbonate. There are
· small amounts of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbon-
ate, also traces of iron, silica, potassium sulfate, lithium,
strontium and sodium iodid. It is alkaline, due to the
sodium carbonate present.
It would probably have some medicinal value as a diuretic
and in some forms of stomach trouble.
BOYD COUNTY.
Three samples of water sent by C. E. Layman, Ashland,
on March 10th, 1914.
LABoRAToRY No. 43495—Marked "Well No. 1, 95 ft. deep."
Bored 4 months ago. The water is clear and colorless with
I a very slight sediment.
ANALYSIS-Sample contains 9.5 grains of solid matter per
gallon (.162 gram per liter) composed of small amounts of
calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium sulfate
and sodium chlorid, with traces of iron, silica and potassium
. _ sulfate. · ·
· It would not be classed as a mineral water.