110 Department of Chemistry.
ANALYSISVKOHQ gallon contains 9;1 grains of solid matter
(.156 gram per liter) composed of calcium carbonate, magne-
sium carbonate, calcium sulfate and sodium chlorid, with
traces of iron, silica, potassium sulfate and lithium
carbonate.
LABORATORY No. 43837—Marked "Amyx Spring No. 2, water
just as it comes out." Sample contained more reddish
ferruginous sediment than No. 43836.
ANALYSIS One gallon contains 6.5 grains of solid matter
(.112 gram per liter). In composition it is similar to N0.
43836 except that it has more iron. The iron is in sufficient
quantity to class it as a chalybeate water and it should have
some medicinal value.
NELSON COUNTY.
LABORATORY No. 43787—Water sent by L. Hus, Samuels, dur- A
ing Hrst week of August, 1914.
ANALYSIS—One gallon contains 79.8 grains of solid mat-
ter (1.37 gram per liter) composed mainly of sodium chlorid
with small amounts of calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate
and magnesium carbonate and traces of iron, silica, potas-
sium sulfate and lithium carbonate.
It is a weak saline water possibly of slight medicinal value.
OHIO COUNTY.
LAiaoRA*roRY No. 43854--Well water sent by John W. Ste-
vens, Beaver Dam, received September 28, 1914. The
well is in the City of Beaver Dam. It is 66 feet deep and
water stands about 40 feet deep. Sample clear and
colorless.
ANALYSIS—OY1€ gallon contains 64.6 grains of solid matter
(1.114 gram per liter) composed mainly of sodium chlorid
and sodium carbonate with traces of calcium carbonate,
magnesium carbonate, ferrous carbonate and silica.
It is an alkaline saline water and should have some value
as a diuretic and in some forms of stomach trouble.