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ECONOMICAL MINERALOGY. 
I. 
II. 
Chloride of sodium,. 
i 
* 
05 
CO 
© 
o 
grains. 
59.00 grains 
Carbonate of soda,. 
5.00 
U 
5.00 “ 
Carbonate of lime,. 
.. 4.00 
U 
4.00 “ 
Carbonate of magnesia,. 
2.00 
a 
1.50 “ 
Carbonate of iron, (with a little silica), 
1.00 
u 
© 
© 
T“H 
Chloride of calcium,. 
0.50 “ 
75.00 
71.00 
CUBIC INCHES. 
CUBIC INCHES. 
Carbonic acid gas,. 
Gaseous contents,. 
.. 28.00 
26.00 
Oneida County. Iialleck's Spring, in this county, appears to deserve a notice under the 
head of carbonated springs. It is situated about half a mile northeast of the village of Hamp¬ 
ton, in the town of Westmoreland, and was the result of a boring into a solid rock of a hundred 
and six feet. The following is the composition of one pint of this water, according to the 
analysis of Prof. J. Noyes, formerly of Hamilton College : 
Chloride of sodium,. 78.00 grains. 
Chloride of calcium,. 13.00 “ 
Chloride of magnesium, . 4.00 “ 
Sulphate of lime,. 5.00 “ 
100.00 grs. 
This spring evolves carburetted hydrogen in considerable quantities, together with a minute 
portion of carbonic acid. The composition of the water is quite similar to that of the weak 
brine springs, to which it perhaps more properly belongs. 
The following springs, which may be arranged under this division, deserve only a brief 
notice. 
In Rensselaer County, about a mile west of the village of Sandlake, there is a strong and 
copious chalybeate spring, which issues from the gravel. 
In Essex County, near Crown Point, is a spring which, according to Dr. Emmons, has a 
specific gravity of 1.014, and 1000 parts of which contain 18.78 parts of saline matter. This 
saline matter consists principally of sulphate of magnesia, with a portion of sulphate of lime.* 
In Greene County, there is a strong chalybeate spring near Catskill. Several of a similar 
kind occur in the Counties of Dutchess, Columbia and Delaware. It is probable that 
the oxide of iron which they deposit has originally been held in solution by carbonic acid. 
Emmons. Neiu-York Geological Reports, 1838. 
