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Show 32 UNDERGROUND WATER IN VALLEYS OF UTAH. Analyses of water from wells, etc., in valleys of Utah Lake and Jordan River. ® [ Parts per million.] No. Source a n d date. Ca. Mg. Na. Al2 03 . Fe2 0 , SiC- 2. S04 . CO3. CI. Nas CC- 3 K2 COs. Na2 so, K2 S04 . Na CI KCl. Total solids. 22 23 Mill Pond a t Lehi, J u l y ,1895. Artesian well, Murray P l a n t, Am. Smelting and Refin- 82 23 24 37 11 34 74 62 157 85 54 6.6 16.0 1.4 1 2.4 1 1.2 5 Tr. 4 90 11 14 9.7 14 13 16 58 12 18 80 dl96 < U4 d 12 d50 d l6 154 41 47 6 135 42 64 56 c30 66 cl80 c91 120 127 124 £ 0 Tr. 6.8 27 44 45 116 152 11 28 87 58 87 103 287 800 114 24 A r t e s i a n well, Germania P l a n t , Am. Smelting and 8.7 1 13 140 25 U. S. Mining Co. well, Bingh am Junction, Aug., 1902. U. S. Mining Co. well, West J o r d a n , Aug., 1902 Wm. Cooper's well, Bing- 290 26 27 5 11 29 38 19 32 14 104 68 232 284 28 Beet- cutting s t a t i o n , Utah Sugar Co. well, near Provo, J a n . , 1899 89 21 21 160 656 29 Artesian well, U t a h Sugar Co., Lehi, J a n . , 1899 R. G. W. Rwy. well, Spring-ville, May 1901 648 30 31 R. G. W. Rwy. wel), Goshen, May, 1901 aAuTHOKiTiES.- Nos. 22, 28, and 29, Dearborn laboratories. Nos. 25 and 26, Converse, W. A. No. 27, J. H. Parsons Chemical Co. Nos. 30 and 31, De Bernard, J. H. 6 From MgCOs. c From CaCC- 3 and MgC03. <* From CaSO- i. No analyses of ground water obtained from shallow wells are available, but the general character of such water is known. In the upland areas above the canals the water from shallow wells is much like that commonly obtained throughout the region in deeper ones; it contains a moderate amount of dissolved salts, largely calcium carbonate, and is usually of good quality. But in the lowlands the surface water is quite different, generally containing considerable dissolved salts, among which alkalies are abundant. Where ground water lies within the scope of capillary attraction from the surface, evaporation causes the mineral matter which is held in solution to accumulate, and in this manner the soil becomes tainted with alkali. Consequently the water from surface wells in the lowlands is characteristically rich in dissolved salts. Abnormal conditions prevail locally in" the vicinity of the smelters in Jordan Valley south of Salt Lake City. Smelter smoke has lately become a nuisance to farmers by injuring crops and animals in the path of prevailing winds. Sulphur dioxide is the most abundant deleterious substance contained in the smoke, and to a minor extent locally finds its way into the water supply. Occasionally also ground water may become poisoned from accumulations of flue dust containing copper and arsenic, a Natural gas occurs in a number of water wells in the area under consideration. Well drivers report the common presence of vegetable matter, chiefly fragments of wood, at different. depths in many localities. This was entombed in the old lake deposits, and its decomposition may account for the origin of the gas. Though gas occurs in numerous wells it has been found in quantity in only a few localities, the greatest development occur-ing near the shore of Great Salt Lake, about 12 miles north of Salt Lake City, b Here several wells were drilled averaging about 500 feet in depth; and from September, 1895, a Widtsoe, J. A., Relation of smelter smoke to Utah agriculture: Bull. Agricultural College of Utah No. 88, 1903. f> Richardson, G. B., Natural gas near Salt Lake City: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 260, 1905, p. 48<\ |