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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



NAME LOCATION OF OFFICE 



The William Connors Paint Mfg. Co. Troy 



Elko Paint Co. Randolph 



A. J. Hurd Eagle Bridge 



Rossie Iron Ore Paint Co. Ogdensburg 



Andrew Ruff Troy 



Samuel Ruffell Ontario 

 MINERAL WATERS 



The mineral springs of New York afford a variety of waters 

 suited for medicinal or domestic purposes. Over 200 different 

 springs have been listed and classified according to their mineral 

 composition, although many have no commercial value except as 

 sources of local water supply. Some of the springs are places of 

 resort for tourists and health seekers. 



Among the various waters found in this State those containing 

 salts of the alkalis and alkaline earths are the most important. 

 The celebrated Saratoga springs fall in this class and are further 

 characterized by the presence of carbon dioxid. They supply 

 great quantities of table and medicinal waters which are shipped to 

 almost every part of the country. The Sharon and Massena springs 

 are also saline, but differ from the former in containing sulfureted 

 hydrogen. Richfield Springs is a noted locality for chalybeate 

 sulfureted waters which are employed in medicinal baths as well as 

 for drinking purposes. At Oak Orchard is found a rare type of 

 spring containing free sulfuric acid. Thermal springs are repre- 

 sented by the Lebanon spring which is chalybeate and has a tem- 

 perature of about 75 . Besides the foregoing there are a number 

 of other localities where mineral springs occur and are utilized to a 

 greater or less extent. Quite a large industry exists also in the sale 

 of spring waters which contain very little mineral salts, their value 

 depending upon their freedom from obnoxious impurities. The 

 Great Bear Spring at Fulton may be mentioned as an example of 

 this class. 



In the following list are included the names of the leading mineral 

 springs in the State and their location. Nearly all are employed in 

 the commercial production of mineral waters or have recently been 

 so employed. 



NAME LOCATION 



Baldwin Mineral Spring Cayuga, Cayuga co. 



Chemung Spring Chemung, Chemung co. 



Rockdale Mineral Spring Rockdale, Chenango co. 



Lebanon Mineral Spring Lebanon Springs, Columbia co. 



