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As the springs are not found west of the known fault, it is 

 important to remark that in the region of Saratoga village the slates 

 also fail on this side. The Amsterdam limestone is indeed known, 

 hut the slates cease on its east side. Slates are, however, at the 

 surface between the main fault and the Gurn spring branch, but 

 only in limited exposure. Generally speaking, therefore, we may 

 say that both springs and slate lie east of the fault and that the 

 waters of carbonated and saline character apparently belonging to 

 this series of springs have not been discovered more than three- 

 quarters of a mile from its assured outcrop, whereas most of them 

 are where the fault is known and within a few hundred feet of it. 

 In this connection, however, attention should again be drawn to the 

 weak Quaker springs, to Reeds spring in South Argyle, and to the 

 Round Lake well, all of which are some miles east of this particular 

 fault. 



The line of springs along Spring avenue, in the village of Saratoga 

 Springs, north and south of the High Rock, are not far from the 

 280 foot contour. The Hathorn and Congress to the south are a 

 few feet higher but are under 300 feet. The springs west of the 

 steam railway at the Geysers are both above and below the 300 foot 

 contour but do not reach the 320. The Gurn spring is between the 

 280 and 300 foot contour. 



At Ballston Spa, Hides Franklin comes out with a strong pressure 

 at 276, but the other three are below the 260 foot contour. 



West of Saratoga Springs and Ballston, the 300 foot contour 

 speedily crosses even the lowest stream valleys and the general 

 level for from two to five miles is between 300 and 400 feet. At 

 Rock City Falls, seven miles due west of Saratoga Springs, the 

 500 foot contour crosses the main line of drainage, Kayaderosseras 

 creek. Still farther in this direction and within the limits of the 

 quadrangle the altitude attains 1000 feet and to the north, still 

 within the quadrangle, the culmination is about 2000. 



By contrast when we turn eastward, Saratoga lake, one important 

 low point, stands at 204 and the Hudson river at 100. With such 

 flat dipping strata even though the commoner dip is to the north- 

 west rather than the southeast, the general course of the ground 

 waters would be to the southeast, and such head as would exist in 

 the normal ground water would be exerted in this direction. 

 William R. Hill C, E., by a careful series of levelings upon the 

 waters standing in the wells of the Natural Carbonic Gas and Lin- 

 coln Spring Companies at a time when no pumping was being done 

 and Ihe waters had resu r.cd their normal positions, and by deter- 



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