KENTUCKY SPRINGS. 165 



KENTUCKY SPRINGS. 



IN the Second Report (185T) of the Geological Survey of 

 this State, by David Dale Owen, thirty-eight mineral and 

 other waters are stated to have been examined and ana- 

 lyzed ; twenty-five qualitatively and thirteen quantitatively, 

 by Dr. Peter. There is great sameness in the mineral con- 

 tents of these springs, which are generally lime, magnesia, 

 soda, with acids carbonic, sulphuric, iron, all of which are 

 combined in endless proportions and quantities. 



YELVINGTON SPRING, in Daviess County, shows the pre- 

 sence of these substances ; also, OLIVER SPRING, in same 

 county. 



Owen quotes Professor J. Lawrence Smith's analysis of 

 PAROQUET SPRING. This consists of nineteen substances, 

 or different combinations, to wit, sodium, calcium, mag- 

 nesium, potassium, with chlorine, these substances also in 

 combination with sulphuric and carbonic acids, iodine, and 

 bromine. It also contains organic matter, silica and sul- 

 phuretted hydrogen. 



ALUM SPRING, at the base of Burdett Knob, contains 

 sulphate of alumina and protoxide of iron, bicarbonates of 

 lime and magnesia, with strong and deleterious properties, 

 said to be poisonous. Near this, a well contains water of 

 much the same character. 



Yates's mineral water contains lime, magnesia, soda, chlo- 

 rine, sulphuric and carbonic acids. 



NEVIEN'S SULPHUR SPRING, in Lincoln County, at the 

 sources of Salt River, contains the same ingredients, with 

 sulphuretted hydrogen. 



ROCHESTER SPRINGS, in Boyl County, shows a large 

 amount of sulphate of magnesia ; also, soda, lime, alumina, 

 and iron. 



