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The La Vida springs were located about halfway between Pomona and Anaheim.{{sfnp|Higgins |Therberge|Ikelman|1980}} They are very close to the point where the borders of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties meet,{{GNIS|1702006}} specifically about {{Convert|1.35|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of the Orange County line.{{sfnp|South Coastal Basin Irrigation Report|1933|page=44}} The water well was about {{Convert|150|ft|abbr=on}} north of Carbon Canyon Road, and the bottling plant that existed for a time was adjacent to the well.{{sfnp|South Coastal Basin Irrigation Report|1933|page=44}} The closest major settlement is Olinda.{{sfnp|South Coastal Basin Irrigation Report|1933|page=44}} The La Vida subdivision of the geologic Puente Formation is named for rock layers found in the vicinity of La Vida Mineral Springs.{{sfnp|Durham|Yerkes|1964|page=B12}}

La Vida is the site of two separate water sources, a natural spring known to indigenous people and a water well drilled in 1893 as part of the exploration of the Brea-Olinda Oil Field.{{sfnp|Berkstresser|1968|page=A-9}}{{Cite web |last=Schrader |first=Esther |date=1997-07-22 |title=Hoping Hot Springs Are Hot Spot Again |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-22-mn-15013-story.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{sfnp|Sammon|1986|page=144}}

La Vida Mineral Springs, sometimes called LaVida Hot Springs, was operated as a resort and spa from the 1910s to the 1980s.{{Cite web |last=Spitzzeri |first=Paul |date=2020-10-17 |title=In Hot Water in Carbon Canyon |url=https://www.championnewspapers.com/opinion_and_commentary/history_of_the_hills/article_100849b6-0fc8-11eb-948d-9b71472e3b58.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Champion Newspapers |language=en}} The resort had swimming pools, a café, and cabins and a motel for visitors. The springs were also the site of LaVida Beverage bottling plant.{{Cite web |last=Falk |first=Tracy Smith |date=2024-02-09 |title=La Vida Mineral Springs of Carbon Canyon – Orange County Historical Society |url=https://www.orangecountyhistory.org/wp/?p=2142 |access-date=2024-06-14 |language=en-US}} (La Vida Beverage later moved many operations to Fullerton.){{Cite web |title=The Historical volume and reference works v.2. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31210011866041?urlappend=%3Bseq=540 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}}

Major development of the site began with a $150,000 investment in 1924,{{Cite news |date=1924-01-25 |title=Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rio-vista-banner-business/149302055/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |work=Rio Vista Banner |pages=5}} and with the paving of the Carbon Canyon Road in 1925 touted as a "benefit to ranchers".{{Cite news |date=1925-06-06 |title=Paving Canyon Road is Indorsed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-paving-canyon-road-is-indor/149302139/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |work=The Bulletin |pages=8}} This development might have also been beneficial to bootleggers that were based at La Vida during the Prohibition era. At least one of the buildings on the site had a "Thirties Deco look," and the owners of the beverage company were based in downtown Los Angeles in the early 1930s.{{sfnp|Sammon|1986|page=144}}{{Cite web |title=Bulletin no.107 1932. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31210017404276?urlappend=%3Bseq=188 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=California mineral production and directory of mineral producers for 1932 / by Henry H. Symons no.109 1933. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435026407494?urlappend=%3Bseq=155 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}} Former boxer Archie Rosenbaum had a stake in the place, which eventually became a popular resort for Southern California's Jewish community in the mid-20th century.

The site was bought and operated by a Japanese-American family in the 1970s and 1980s but was closed following a 1988 fire. Only a restaurant survived, which became a popular biker bar.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boHYGHTMRmAC&pg=PA34&dq=%22La+Vida%22+springs+orange+carbon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigj96MgNqGAxWDIEQIHTtjD5MQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=%22La%20Vida%22%20springs%20orange%20carbon&f=false |title=Orange County |date=2005 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3054-3 |pages=34 |language=en}} The 2008 Freeway Complex Fire destroyed the most of the remaining infrastructure on the site.{{Cite web |last=Spitzzeri |first=Paul |date=2020-10-17 |title=In Hot Water in Carbon Canyon |url=https://www.championnewspapers.com/opinion_and_commentary/history_of_the_hills/article_100849b6-0fc8-11eb-948d-9b71472e3b58.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Champion Newspapers |language=en}} File:AAA map showing automobile roads leading thru Brea & Carbon Canyons, 1921.jpg

The well was said to produce 25,000 to 30,000 gallons a day.{{sfnp|Sammon|1986|page=144}} The water temperature was reported to be {{convert|43|C}}.{{sfnp|Higgins |Therberge|Ikelman|1980}}

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• {{cite report |series=Bulletin of the California State Department of Water Resources |issue=

40-A |title=South Coastal Basin Investigation: Detailed Analyses Showing Quality of Irrigation Waters, Supplemental to Bulletin No. 40 |year=1933 |publisher=California Department of Public Works |location=Sacramento |chapter=Table 11: Wells in Lower Santa Ana River Area |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000551516 |ref={{harvid|South Coastal Basin Irrigation Report|1933}} }}

• {{cite report |last=Berkstresser |first=C. F. Jr. |others=California Department of Water Resources |title=Data for Springs in the Southern Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular Ranges of California |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Division |year=1968 |location=Menlo Park, Calif. |series=USGS Numbered Series Open-File Report No. 68-10 |doi=10.3133/ofr6810 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102496741 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Bliss |first=James D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOaMBro8qhkC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA2 |title=California, Basic Data for Thermal Springs and Wells as Recorded in GEOTHERM: Part A |date=1983 |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |language=en |page= }}
• {{Cite map |last1=Higgins |first1=Chris T. |last2=Therberge |first2=Albert E. Jr. |last3=Ikelman |first3=Joy A. |title=Geothermal Resources of California |url=https://data.nbmg.unr.edu/public/Geothermal/GreyLiterature/GeothermalResources_California_1980_R.pdf |date=1980 |publisher=California Department of Mines and Geology |publication-place=Sacramento |others=NOAA National Geophysical Center |id=County code number: OR-1}}
• {{Cite magazine |last=Sammon |first=John W. |date=January 1986 |title=Wellsprings of Health |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_REEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA144 |magazine=Orange Coast |language=en-us |publisher=Emmis Communications |pages=142–144 |issn=0279-0483}}
• {{Cite report |title=Geology and oil resources of the eastern Puente Hills area, Southern California |series=USGS Professional Papers |id=420-B

|first=D.L. |last=Durham |first2=R.F. |last2=Yerkes

|date=1964 |doi=10.3133/pp420b |language=en}}

• {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yajomezx4w |title=La Vida Mineral Springs of Carbon Canyon - Mar 2024 - OCHS |date=2024-03-29 |last=Orange County Historical Society [CA] |access-date=2024-06-14 |via=YouTube}}
• {{Cite web |last=homesteadmuseum |date=2024-03-16 |title=Sharing Some History of La Vida Mineral Springs With the Orange County Historical Society |url=https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2024/03/16/sharing-some-history-of-la-vida-mineral-springs-with-the-orange-county-historical-society/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Homestead Blog |language=en-US}}
• {{Cite web |last=Prs |date=2013-12-22 |title=Carbon Canyon Chronicle: Personal Recollections of La Vida Mineral Springs |url=http://carboncanyonchronicle.blogspot.com/2013/12/personal-recollections-of-la-vida.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Carbon Canyon Chronicle}}

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