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Springs, Ontario county, and Massena Springs, St Lawrence county, 

 are among the localities where sulphureted waters occur and are 

 utilized. 



The Oak Orchard springs in the town of Byron, Genesee county, 

 are noteworthy for their acid waters which contain a considerable 

 proportion of aluminum, iron, calcium and magnesium, besides free 

 sulphuric acid. 



The Lebanon spring, Columbia county, is the single representative 

 in the State of the class of thermal springs. It has a temperature 

 of 75 F. and is slightly charged with carbon dioxid and nitrogen. 



Ordinary spring waters. The greater quantity of spring waters 

 consumed in the State belongs to the nonmedicinal, noncarbonated 

 class, represented by such springs as the Great Bear, Deep Rock, 

 Mount View, Sun Ray, Chemung etc. The waters are obtained 

 either by flowing springs or from artesian wells and are shipped in 

 carboys or in tank cars to the principal cities where they are bottled 

 and distributed by wagons among the consumers. The essential 

 feature of such waters is their freedom from noxious impurities. 

 This is generally safeguarded by the care exercised in the handling 

 of the waters which are also regularly examined in the chemical 

 and bacteriological laboratories. 



Carbon dioxid. This gas is given off in quantity by some of 

 the wells at Saratoga Springs, and its collection and storage for 

 shipment constituted for many years an important industry at that 

 place. Over 30 wells have been bored there for gas alone. The 

 industry has now been discontinued by force of a legislative enact- 

 ment; it was considered that the pumping of the wells for the 

 production of the gas was detrimental to the other springs that 

 were utilized solely for their waters. For some time the value of 

 the natural gas secured from the wells exceeded that of the mineral 

 water sales. 



List of springs. The following list includes the names and 

 localities of most of the springs in the State that are employed 

 commercially, as shown by a canvass of the industry : 



NAME LOCALITY 



Baldwin Mineral Spring Cayuga, Cayuga co. 



Coyle & Caywood Weedsport, Cayuga co. 



Diamond Rock Spring Cherry Creek, Chautauqua co. 



M. J. Spicer West Portland, Chautauqua co. 



Breesport Oxygenated Mineral Spring. . . . Breesport, Chemung co. 



Chemung Valley Soring Chemung, Chemung co. 



Keeseville Mineral Spring Keeseville, Clinton co. 



Lebanon Mineral Spring Lebanon, Columbia co. 



Mt Beacon Spring Matteawan, Dutchess co. 



