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situated respectively about one-half mile and 1 mile west of it, on
the Hubbard ranch.

SPRINGS ON McALESTER RANCH (KEEN 3).
The McAlester ranch is supplied with water by springs of consider-
able flow. Their yield has not been used for irrigation, however, for
like other ranches in the region, the McAlester ranch is devoted almost
entirely to stock raising. The springs are hence of importance mainly
as furnishing a watering place for range animals.
SPRINGS ON STILL RANCH (KERN 2).
The Still ranch, at which Annette post office is situated, is supplied
by springs that yield a considerable flow of water of fair quality.
This water has furnished a domestic supply and has also been used
in irrigating a vegetable garden.
A number of other springs in this region have not been used or im-
proved to notable extent and are hence mentioned among the peren-
nial springs that are less well known.

MUD SPRING (ALAMEDA 4).
Mud Spring is near the road on the northeast side of the canyon of
Arroyo Mocho, about 1^ miles in a direct line northwest of Menden-
hall Springs. It issues a few yards above the road, in a shallow
board-covered pool, and its water is piped to a watering trough at
the roadside. It is of surface origin and apparently seeps from altered
sandstones and siliceous shales of the Franciscan group. A similar
spring issues near the roadside 4 miles farther southeast and supplies
another watering trough. Half a mile beyond this second spring a
pit has been excavated at a small marshy place on the slope below
the road and has furnished drinking water for the pupils of a public
school near by.
Another Mud Spring of similar character issues on the north side
of the canyon of Trout Creek, 6^ miles directly south, but it is un-
used.
BANTA SPRING (SANTA CLARA 1).
Banta Spring is near the northeastern border of Santa Clara
County, about 13 miles south of Mud Spring (Alameda 4). It
yields considerable water of fair quality, and the locality has been
occasionally used as a camping place by parties in the mountains.

PEACHTREE SPRINGS (CONTRA COSTA 5).
Peachtree Springs form a watering place for range stock, on the
northwest slope of Mount Diablo. They are said to be named from
a peach tree that formerly grew near one of them. The water,