MINERAL SPRINGS. 



tind IS resorted to, more and more, annually, by persons in 

 health, as well as by invalids. The accommodations, at the 

 springs, are as good as could be expected, in a country so 

 new as this. There is a post office there, as well as a tavern, 

 with one hundred guests, frequently, in the summer months. 

 The proprieter has laid out some beautiful gardens on his 

 grounds, and has erected suitable buildings. 



THE DELAWARE SPRINGS. 



Are in the town of Delaware, twenty-four miles north of Co- 

 lumbus. Here are accommodations for a considerable number 

 of guests. The water in the springs is strongly impregnated 

 with sulphur. This watering place is more and more resorted 

 to, annually, by those who are in pursuit of health or pleasure, 

 or both, at the same time. 



There are many chalybeate watering places in the state. 

 There is one at Williamsport, ten miles west of Circleville, 

 on Deer creek. A similar one at Chillicothe, also, is coming 

 into repute. It is situated on an acclivity west of the town. 

 At the spring, a good view of the town is obtained, as well 

 as of the adjacent country, above and below Chillicothe. 

 It belongs to Thomas James, president of the Bank of Chilli- 

 cothe. 



PETROLEUM SPRINGS. 



Four or five miles above the north line of Washington coun- 

 ty, on a water of Duck creek, and within the limits of Monroe 

 county, petroleum was found by boring for salt water. This 

 Seneca oil, rises about four hundred feet. It is subject to such 

 tremendous explosions of gas, as to force out all the salt water 

 in the well. The sale of the petroleum affords considerable 

 profit, and the article begins to be used in lamps, workshops, 

 and in manufactories. It affords a clear, brisk light, and 

 will be a valuable article for street Lamps in our future large 

 cities. 



There is a petroleum spring, in Chatauqua county, New York, 



