Edueatlon Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post OflBce, at Albany, N. Y. 



under the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 517 ALBANY, N. Y. April 15,1912 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Museum Bulletin 159 

 THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF SARATOGA 



BY 



JAMES F. KEMP 



INTRODUCTION 



This paper was originally written as a chapter for the bulletin 

 upon the geology of the Saratoga Springs quadrangle which is 

 being prepared by H. P. Gushing and R. Ruedemann. To both these 

 geologists the writer is greatly indebted. The local geology will be 

 set forth by them in due season. To Professor Gushing special 

 acknowledgments should be made for the invitation, extended with 

 the approval of the State Geologist, Doctor Glarke, to join him in 

 the Saratoga work. 



Assistance from the Hon. Edgar T. Brackett and Mr J. C. Minor, 

 jr, in connection with books, early records, analyses and the like, 

 has been received to a degree that has aided greatly in bringing 

 together the necessary but widely scattered data. The writer's 

 thanks are due to both these gentlemen. 



With regard to the source of the mineral matter and gases in the 

 springs, the writer has consulted many papers not specifically cited. 

 Acknowledgments may be made at this point to those of A. Gautier, 

 " Annales des Mines," 9:316, 1906; F. G. Lincoln, " Magmatic 

 Emanations," Economic Geology, 2:258, 1907; R. T. Ghamberlin 

 " The Gases in Rocks," Garnegie Institution, 1908, and to the recent 

 volume of A. Brun, " Recherches sur I'exhalaison volcanique," 

 Geneva, 191 1. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH 



The mineral springs of Saratoga first attracted the attention of 

 the white settlers soon after the middle of the eighteenth century. 

 In early colonial days they were westward of the first lino of settle- 



