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sent to all the markets of the state. Livingston in Sumter 

 county is perhaps the best known of these. In the Flatwoods 

 belt on the border of the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations, 

 in Sumter county there are several shallow wells which yield 

 strong epsom salts waters that have a wide reputation and are 

 notw extensively bottled and shipped. Of the same nature is the 

 water from the Gary Spring near Centerville, in Bibb county, 

 with a composition very nearly identical with that of the cele- 

 brated Tate Springs 



The Ingram Lithia springs, Cook's Springs and others, have 

 also wide reputation. 



The Geological Survey of Alabama is now engaged upon a 

 systematic investigation of the natural waters of the state and 

 many chemical analyses are now available, though not yet pub- 

 lished. 



Note on Stone Quarries. 



In addition to the quarries supplying cut stone for building 

 purposes, mention may be made of quarries supplying rough 

 stone only, viz. : 



The Killebrew Quarries, two and a half miles east of Berry, 

 Fayette county, on the Southern Railway, supply rough stone 

 for the improvement of the Mississippi River; about 20,000 to 

 30,000 tons per annum. This quarry is equipped with crush- 

 ers, and furnish broken stone suitable for ballast. 



Messrs. Christie and Lowe, Ledule, Fayette county, also on 

 the Southern Railway, are quarrying the same rock as the Kil- 

 lebrew, viz., sandstone of the Coal Measures, to be used on the 

 jetties of the S. W. Pass, La. This quarry, opened in 1903, has 

 shipped 50,000 tons of stone up to May 15, 1904. 



