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Zem Zem Springs

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Zem Zem, California post office application (1884)

Zem Zem is an archaic place name in the Berryessa Valley in Napa County, California, United States; the name is derived from the Zamzam Well (Arabic: بئر زمزم, romanized: Biʾru Zamzam) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Originally applied to Zem Zem Springs, a sulphured spring, the springs eventually hosted a small resort, which in turn garnered a post office. Zem Zem, California was originally located in neighboring Lake County but a boundary change moved it into Napa.[1] Nearby Zim Zim Creek and Zim Zim Falls,[2] in the Knoxville Wildlife Area, are alternate-spelling derivatives of the original Zem Zem.[3]

The site was also a source of onyx marble, according to a California state geologist, who reported there were specimens from Zem Zem in the museum of the State Mining Bureau.[4]

Water profile

According to a 1915 report by a U.S. government geologist, "A small spring of strongly sulphureted water is situated near the road between Knoxville and Monticello, about 5 miles southeast of Knoxville. The spring was of more importance during the days of active mining in the Knoxville district than it is now, but it is still a camping place for teamsters. The water is too highly mineralized, however, to be palatable, an early analysis indicating a content of 21,000 parts per million of total solids".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Beyond the Hat: Napa County Post Offices, 1850 – 1900 – Napa County Historical Society". napahistory.org. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ P, Cory (March 31, 2017). "Zooming to Zim Zim Falls". The NorCal Hiker. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  3. ^ "Lake County Towns". www.cagenweb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ^ Bradley, Walter W. (1910). "Mines and mineral resources of the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo". pp. 137–138. Retrieved 2024-01-29 – via HathiTrust.
  5. ^ Waring, Gerald Ashley (January 1915). Springs of California. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 45–46. doi:10.3133/wsp338. Water Supply Paper No. 338. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via HathiTrust. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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