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  NE 
  W 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  bulletin 
  recently 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  Professor 
  

   Kemp 
  has 
  discussed 
  in 
  exhaustive 
  fashion 
  many 
  phases 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  

   Mineral 
  Waters 
  of 
  Saratoga." 
  J 
  An 
  historical 
  sketch 
  is 
  given, 
  the 
  

   known 
  geographic 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  stated, 
  and 
  the 
  composi- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  very 
  fully 
  treated, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   a 
  presentation 
  of 
  his 
  personal 
  views 
  on 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  waters. 
  

   It 
  is 
  no 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  purpose 
  here 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  review 
  or 
  repetition 
  

   of 
  this 
  most 
  excellent 
  piece 
  of 
  work, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   anyone 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  matter. 
  But 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  phases 
  of 
  the 
  

   problem 
  do 
  seem 
  to 
  us 
  to 
  merit 
  additional 
  treatment 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  Location. 
  The 
  region 
  of 
  abundant 
  carbonated 
  water 
  centers 
  

   round 
  Saratoga. 
  The 
  original 
  springs, 
  outflowing 
  at 
  the 
  surface, 
  

   were 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  were 
  few 
  in 
  number, 
  and 
  their 
  mul- 
  

   tiplication 
  and 
  extension 
  has 
  been 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  drill. 
  There 
  

   has 
  been 
  much 
  drilling 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  even 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  

   between 
  Saratoga 
  and 
  Ballston. 
  2 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  springs 
  near 
  or 
  at 
  Saratoga 
  may 
  be 
  conveniently 
  

   separated 
  into 
  three 
  groups 
  (see 
  accompanying 
  map) 
  : 
  (i) 
  the 
  Vil- 
  

   lage 
  group, 
  comprising 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  springs 
  in 
  Saratoga, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Red 
  spring 
  on 
  the 
  north, 
  to 
  the 
  Congress 
  and 
  Washington 
  on 
  the 
  

   south; 
  (2) 
  the 
  South 
  Broadway 
  group, 
  the 
  wells 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  

   and 
  Lincoln 
  gas 
  companies, 
  about 
  1 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  village; 
  

   (3) 
  the 
  Geysers 
  group, 
  the 
  springs 
  clustered 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Coesa 
  creek, 
  about 
  2 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   are 
  isolated 
  springs 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  groups, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  Gurn 
  spring 
  on 
  the 
  Schuylerville 
  quadrangle, 
  about 
  a 
  

   mile 
  southeast 
  of 
  Wilton 
  and 
  6 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Saratoga, 
  has 
  

   the 
  most 
  interest 
  for 
  us. 
  

  

  Geologic 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  waters. 
  The 
  springs 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  

   all 
  occur 
  on, 
  or 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  to, 
  the 
  surface 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  

   Saratoga 
  fault. 
  Here 
  are 
  included 
  the 
  original 
  springs, 
  natural 
  

   outlets 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  waters. 
  The 
  fault 
  is 
  a 
  trifling 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  

   standpoint 
  of 
  magnitude, 
  as 
  faults 
  go 
  in 
  the 
  region. 
  Hence 
  the 
  

   association 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  with 
  this 
  particular 
  fault 
  must 
  be 
  for 
  a 
  

  

  *N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Mus. 
  Bui. 
  159. 
  

  

  2 
  See 
  Bulletin 
  159, 
  pages 
  7-9, 
  for 
  a 
  more 
  complete 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  known 
  

   springs 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  region. 
  One 
  addition 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  list, 
  the 
  

   Vita 
  spring, 
  near 
  the 
  northeast 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Schuylerville 
  quadrangle, 
  10 
  miles 
  

   northeast 
  of 
  the 
  Gurn 
  spring, 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  The 
  water 
  is 
  quite 
  

   like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Gurn 
  spring, 
  carbonated, 
  and 
  distinctively 
  of 
  the 
  Saratoga 
  

   type 
  

  

  