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THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY 



Valle Grande, the Crown of Uie Jeniez Range, Sandoval County 



with temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit, carries free carbonic acid 

 gas and its deposit is a reddish brown, while a third spring, temperature 

 119 degrees Fahrenheit, is impregnated with sulphurated hydrogen and 

 iron. The other springs carry sodium, lime and magnesium. The solid 

 constituents are about .24 per one one hundred parts of water. 



The upper group, or Sulphur springs ,are two miles above the lower 

 group at an altitude 'of 6,740 feet, temperature varying from 70 to 105 

 degrees Fahrenheit. They flow from crevasses in the center of Sulphur 

 Canyon. The waters are strongly impregnated with sulphur and resemble 

 strongly those of Marienbad. The springs are both mud and vapor and 

 their principal constituents are chloride of sodium, sulphate and carbonate 

 of soda, lime and magnesium. They are especially effective in rheuma- 

 tism and blood disorders. The solid constituents are .3726 to each one 

 hundred parts of water. 



Commercially, the Coyote springs, in Coyote canyon, fourteen miles 

 southeast of Albuquerque, are the most important in the region, the 

 waters being sold, charged and uncharged, in large quantities. 



There are several important mineral springs in Valencia county, 

 w^hich, because of tlieir inaccessibility have not yet received much atten- 

 tion. They will become important with the developement of the region. 



In the mild and equable climate of the Central valley, the healthseeker, 

 if he be not bed-ridden, can find comfort and the most healthful environ- 

 ment in the so-called tent-house. The popular pattern is a board floor, 

 walls of rough boards half way up, the remainder of walls and roof being 

 of canvas, wnth a wide space between the top of the walls and the roof, to 

 allow^ free circulation of air. There are hundreds of these tent houses 



