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( Assembly 
Mineral Springs gp the State op New-York. 
The mineral springs of our State are much more numerous than might 
be supposed. With a very few exceptions, we have within our limits, 
examples of all the different varieties which have hitherto been descri- 
bed. Some of these are of acknowledged importance, as the brine or 
salt springs, which are of frequent occurrence; others, as the carbonated 
and sulphuretted springs are highly esteemed for their medicinal pro- 
perties, and have on this and other accounts, become places of great 
resort and sources of wealth, not only to their proprietors, but to the 
community at large. 
In the account which I am about to give of our mineral springs, I 
shall not confine myself to the results of my own observations and 
analyses, but shall refer to such works and papers as have been publish- 
ed concerning them. 
I shall adopt the following as the most convenient classification, viz: 
1. Brine springs, or salines. 
2. Gas, or carburetted hydrogen springs. 
3. Nitrogen spring's. 
4. Carbonated, or acidulous springs. 
5. Sulphuretted, or sulphurous springs. 
6. Petrifying springs, with a notice of their products. 
Brine Springs or Salines of the State op New- York. 
Geographical view of the brine springs. — Brine or salt springs, the 
waters of which contain a large proportion of common salt, and are not 
charged with a sufficient amount of carbonic acid to be placed in the 
class of acidulous or carbonated springs, are of frequent occurrence in 
the western parts of the State. They have not hitherto been found east 
of Salt Springville, on or near the line between the counties of Otsego 
and Montgomery, about fourteen miles from Cooperstown. The springs 
at this locality, like many others to be hereafter noticed, although con- 
taining a very small proportion of salt, formerly afforded supplies of 
this important article to the inhabitants in their vicinity. In the 
strongest of these waters, the amount of saline matter does not exceed 
three or four per cent. This locality, however, is interesting in a geo- 
logical point of view, as it occurs in the second greywacke of Mr. Ea- 
ton, a formation much older than that in which the great brine springs 
of this State are found. 
