88 
MINERAL SPRINGS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
[UULL. 32. 
portions of the State are being newly settled that our list for that State 
will doubtless be considerably increased in the near future 1 . 
In regard to the springs utilized as places of resort and for commer- 
cial purposes, the Southern Central States compare favorably with the 
Southern Atlantic States. 
Summary for the Southern Central States. 
States. 
Number of 1 Number of 
spring lo- • individual 
calities. i springs. 
vr„ mKo „ nf Nnmbe r of Number of 
serines springs util- springs used 
analyzfd. ' ^ as re " f omMri * 
Total num- 
ber of an- 
alyses. 
82 °™ 
18 
4 
24 
73 
5 


13 
22 
13 
62 
21 
24 
1 
6 
25 
6 
4 
8 
6 
4 


8 
19 
Mississippi 
Tennessee 
Kentucky 
82 
177 
142 
108 
10 
15 
105 
110 
311 
296 
459 
15 
28 
472 
4 
25 
80 
5 
Indian Territory. . 

o 
Texas 
13 
Total 
721 174 
36 
146 
ALABAMA. 
Although but few of the Alabama mineral waters are used commer- 
cially, there are many springs that are important as places of resort, 
and several are quite well known throughout the country at large. 
Bladen Springs, Bailey Springs, and Blount Springs are the ones gen- 
erally noted in the books. The following list is made up partly from 
data contained in the geological reports of M. Tuomey and of Eugene 
A. Smith, but a great many localities have been added as the result of 
correspondence with persons in all parts of the State. Chalybeate and 
sulphureted springs are most numerous and are not confined to any 
portion of the State nor to one geological formation. Two of the best 
known sulphur springs — Bladon and Tallahatta — rise in the Tertiary, 
while Blount Springs, equally well known, and also sulphureted, are in 
the Coal Measures. Sulphur springs also abound in the northern coun- 
ties, whose rocks belong to the Subcarboniferous limestones. Artesian 
wells are said to be numerous in the region underlaid by the rotten lime- 
stone of the Cretaceous. Such wells are usually highly charged with 
salts of iron, lime, magnesia, and soda. Comparatively few of the Ala- 
bama springs have been analyzed. The analyses presented here have 
been taken from various sources. Thanks are due to Prof. W. C. Stubbs, 
State chemist, who has furnished many of them. 
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