234 GEOLOGY OF ILLINOIS. 



ally into the lumber regions of Wisconsin a work now actively agi- 

 tated, and in part commenced and under contract will greatly add to 

 this demand. 



The other economical deposits do not differ materially from those of 

 the northern part of the county, Abundance of good stone are found 

 along the two rivers for building purposes. The drift clays burn into a 

 good common brick. The purer strata of the Hamilton limestones 

 make an excellent and very white article of common lime. The rougher 

 portions of the surface are well adapted to the cultivation of the cereals, 

 the vine, and other varieties of Illinois fruits. The county as a whole 

 has many sources of material prosperity, although its agricultural re- 

 sources are far from being equal to those of some of the neighboring 

 counties. 



Mineral Springs. I should not close this report without speaking of 

 a very remarkable group of mineral springs just below the village of 

 Andalusia. They are known as the " Einnah Wells Springs." Two or 

 three of them are curbed with stone. The water flows out of the top, 

 and leaves a whitish incrustation on the curb stones. It has a strong, 

 rather pleasant, soda taste, and is said to contain marked medicinal and 

 health-giving properties. The water is far more pleasant to the taste 

 than that afforded by> the springs at Saratoga and other fashionable re- 

 sorts in the Eastern States ; but the probability is that there are no 

 better or more health-giving mineral waters to be found in our country 

 than those welling up from these "White Sulphur" or " Soda" springs. 

 Andalusia has a musical name, is surrounded with varied and handsome 

 scenery, and as a pleasant resort during portions of the year would 

 prove attractive. A little wealth and a little advertising would make 

 this a desirable stopping place for pleasure-seekers on the great tho- 

 roughfare of the Mississippi, and would attract the invalids from this 

 and the neighboring States. 



NOTK. In closing our report on this county we desire to acknowledge our obligations to W.M. S. 

 THOMAS, of Carbon Cliff, and to Mr. BUFFUM, of Andalusia, for the hospitable entertainment which 

 they so freely extended to us while at work in the county ; and to Mr. RIXXAH BUFFUM. Mr. S. C. 

 BOWMAN, J. H. SOUTHWELL, and Dr. COZAU, of Andalusia, for their valuable contributions of the in- 

 teresting fossils of this region, and their earnest co-operation and assistance while at work in the 

 southern part of the county. A. H. W. 



