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Accompanying the flow of water from the "Gas Well" there wa 

 in 1 847 -a discharge of about 300 cubic inches of carburetted hydrogen 

 per minute. This has, however, been much lessened through opera- 

 tions at the spring, and it 's doubtful if the flow of gas at the time of 

 the visit of the writer, in July, 1888, was more than half that 

 amount. About twenty-five yards distant from the above spring are 

 situated the " Saline " and " White Sulphur" springs, the former evolv- 

 ing a small quantity of carburetted hydrogen, and the latter a small 

 quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen, equal to less than a cubic inch per 

 gallon. The temperature of the water in the Gas, Saline and White 

 Sulphur Springs, was found to be, in September, 1847 : 44*4°, 45° 

 and 46° F. respectively, 



Charlotteville, Norfolk Co. {a) — On lot 3, con. iz, township of 

 Charlotteville, is found a somewhat remarkable spring of sulphurous 

 water, issuing from the Corniferous limestone. The water rises through 

 several openings in the mud, at the bottom of a natural basin of about 

 100 square yards in extent, and was found to have a flow of about 

 sixteen giUons per minute. It has a strongly pungent 



taste, from th^ great amount of sulphuretted hydrogen which it con- 

 tains. By experiment at the spring this was found to be equivalent 

 to 1 1 "6 cubic inches in 100 of water. The temperature of the water in 

 the basin at the time of examination — some thirty-five years ago — was 

 45° F. The solid matter amounted to 2'495 parts in 1000 of water, 

 specific gravity, 10027. The analysis gave the following result for 

 1000 parts of water : 



Chloride magnesium "0878 



Sulphate soda '47 18 



" potash '05 10 



" lime i'i267 



" magnesia "4351 



Carbonate lime '3050 



E'" magnesia "0179 



" iron traces 



Sulphuretted hydrogen •1776 



Craigleiih, Gray Co — About midway between Collingwood and 

 Meaford on the Georgian Bay are situated the "Blue Mountain / 

 Mineral Springs" in the village of Craigleith. ij 



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