130 THE MOUNTAIN. 



situated in a pleasant valley, among the mountains east of 

 the Alleghany range, offers elements of attraction found at 

 few summer retreats. 



HUNTINGDON SPRINGS. 



Five miles north of the town of Huntingdon, in Hunting- 

 don County, are some springs called the "Warm Springs." 

 They have been a place of resort for many years. Their 

 exact temperature, whether really above the annual mean of 

 the place or their chemical contents, have not yet been made 

 the subject of scientific investigation. The waters of these 

 springs issue from the base of a monoclinal axis with eastern 

 dips of Formation T, which here forms the Warrior Ridge, 

 on the summit of which are isolated shafts or needles of 

 this formation, left by denudation, called Pulpit Rocks. 



FRANKFORT MINERAL SPRINGS 



Are situated in Beaver County, near the village of Frank- 

 fort. They emerge from rocks which belong to the car- 

 bogaferous group. 



CAVE SPRING, of this place, contains carbonic acid, car- 

 bonate of iron, and magnesia, sulphuretted hydrogen, muri- 

 ate of soda, and a minute portion of bitumen. This is the 

 analysis of Dr. Church. LEIPER SPRING, near the above, 

 contains more iron and soda, less magnesia, and about the 

 same proportion of sulphuretted hydrogen and carbonic acid. 

 These waters are prescribed in a variety of diseased condi- 

 tions : dyspeptic derangements of the stomach, rheumatism 

 and skin diseases, with general debility. 



There is a chalybeate spring a few miles from Pittsburg. 

 Dr. Mead's analysis gives muriate of soda, muriate of mag- 

 nesia, oxide of iron, sulphate of iron, sulphate of lime, car- 

 bonic acid gas, 18 cubic inches to the quart 1 1 



