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  GEOLOGY. 
  

  

  for 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  forty 
  feet, 
  that 
  the 
  digger 
  was 
  extricated 
  

   with 
  difficulty. 
  The 
  water 
  continued 
  to 
  stand 
  at 
  that 
  

   elevation, 
  and, 
  although 
  surrounded 
  at 
  no 
  great 
  distance 
  

   by 
  springs 
  of 
  pure 
  freestone 
  w^ater, 
  was 
  so 
  strongly 
  

   impregnated 
  with 
  lime 
  and 
  iron 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  unfit 
  for 
  use. 
  

  

  MINERAL 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  Mineral 
  water 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

   and 
  is 
  generally 
  sulphurous 
  or 
  chalybeate. 
  

  

  Several 
  springs 
  have 
  enjoyed 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  a 
  reputation 
  

   which 
  made 
  them 
  the 
  resorts 
  of 
  fashion 
  and 
  pleasure, 
  or 
  

   attracted 
  the 
  invalid 
  by 
  the 
  virtues 
  attributed 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  of 
  these, 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  notoriety 
  and 
  fashiona- 
  

   ble 
  resort, 
  was 
  Stoveall's 
  Spring, 
  near 
  Columbia, 
  Marion 
  

   County, 
  Section 
  24, 
  Township 
  4, 
  Range 
  19 
  W. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  in 
  order 
  were 
  the 
  Brandywine 
  Springs, 
  on 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Ba_you 
  Pierre, 
  about 
  twenty 
  miles 
  east 
  

   of 
  Port 
  Gibson, 
  in 
  Claiborne 
  County. 
  

  

  These, 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  high 
  favor 
  some 
  twenty 
  years 
  

   vsince, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  Columbia 
  Spring, 
  were 
  of 
  sulphur 
  

   water, 
  and 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  ceased 
  to 
  be 
  frequented, 
  and 
  

   the 
  buildings, 
  once 
  familiar 
  with 
  gay 
  and 
  joyous 
  throngs, 
  

   have 
  fallen 
  to 
  decay, 
  and 
  have 
  nearly 
  all 
  been 
  removed. 
  

  

  The 
  Mississippi 
  Springs, 
  formerly 
  known 
  as 
  Bank- 
  

   ston's, 
  near 
  Clinton, 
  in 
  Hinds 
  County, 
  next 
  attracted 
  

   attention. 
  Extensive 
  buildings, 
  but 
  of 
  rather 
  a 
  tem- 
  

   porary 
  and 
  perishable 
  character, 
  were 
  erected, 
  and 
  the 
  

   place 
  enjoyed 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  a 
  liberal 
  patronage, 
  until 
  

   it 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  degree 
  supplanted 
  by 
  its 
  more 
  popular 
  

   and 
  widely 
  known 
  rival, 
  Cooper 
  s 
  Well, 
  distant 
  only 
  

   about 
  two 
  miles, 
  on 
  Section 
  — 
  , 
  Township 
  5, 
  Range 
  2 
  

   W. 
  The 
  water 
  of 
  this 
  well 
  has 
  acquired 
  a 
  high 
  

  

  