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A. H. PURDUE 



In the Appalachian province, the Cumberland Plateau exceeds 

 2,000 feet and the Appalachian Mountains 6,000 feet in height. 



Topography of the area about the hot springs. — The topography 

 in the vicinity of the hot springs is shown by the accompanying relief 

 map (Fig. i). The springs, indicated by the cross, emerge from 

 the western end of Hot Springs Mountain, which is known as Indian 



Fig. I. — Relief map of the Hot Springs area 



Mountain east of West Branch of Gulpha Creek. Immediately 

 north of Hot Springs Mountain is North Mountain, which continues 

 west of Hot Springs Creek, as West Mountain. Three miles west of 

 the springs, West Mountain swings around in a horseshoe curve and 

 extends northeastward, and is known as Sugarloaf Mountain. Hot 

 Springs Creek^ a considerable stream, flowing southward, carries off 

 the overflow from the hot springs and the drainage of a portion of the 

 valley just south of Sugarloaf Mountain. 



