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WEST VIRGINIA. 
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WEST VIRGINIA. 
West Virginia is noted for its mineral springe. Berkeley Springs is 
one of the oldest resorts in the United States, the town of Bath, named 
after the English watering place, having been laid out in 1777, while 
Greenbrier White Sulphnr Springs, which arc bo well known through- 
out the country, have been used medicinally since 1778 or 177!>. The 
best known springs are in the eastern and southeastern portions of the 
State, especially in the Alleghany Mountains. The western counties 
also have a number Of important springs and mineral wells, and when 
the central part of the State becomes better known many springs will 
probably be added to the list. The general characters oi" the waters 
are like those of Virginia. The springs are thermal ami cold, saline, 
chalybeate, carbonated, siilphnreted, and acid. The saline and sul- 
phureted waters predominate. 
Mineral springs of West Virginia. 
Name and location. 
! 
Alum Spring, 1 mile from Little 
Sewell Mountain, Green In ur 
County. 
Aurora Highlands Spring, Aurora, 
Preston County. 
Barker's Springs, Barger's Springs, 
Summers County. 
Berkeley Springs/Berkeley Springe, 
Morgan County. 
Blue Sulphur Springs, Blue Sulphur 
Springs. Greenbrier County. 
Bluish- White Sulphur Spring. Ed- 
ray. Pocahontas County. 
Borland Mineral Well, Borland*, 
Pleasants County. 
Capon Springs, Capon Springs, 
Hampshire County. 
Chalybeate springs: 
Near Fayette Station, Fayette 
County. 
Xear Ed'ray, Pocahontas County. 
Xear Brandywine, Pendleton Co. 
Columbia Sulphur Spring. Colum- 
bia Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier 
County. 
Crimson Springs, Crimson Springs, 
Monroe County. 
Filling Springs (Blue Sulphur 
Springs), Floding Springs, Cabell 
County. 
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, 
White Sulphur Springs, Green- 
brier County. 
Green Sulphur Springs, Green Sul- 3 
phur Springs. Summers County. 
Grey Sulphur Springs, Peterstown, | 2 
Monroe County. 
Guinn's Spring, near mouth of Lick 
Creek, Fayette County. 
Hardy White Sulphur' Spiings. 14 
miles south of Moorefield, Hardy ! 
County. 
75 
20 
3,000 
I 
2,000 
4 
Character of the 
water. 
Remarks. 
M 
■" 
75 Calcic 
46 Sulphureted ... 
....I. ...do 
Alkaline, saline, 
sulphureted. 
54 to 66 Alkaline, car- 
bonated. 
10 
Chalybeate 
Sulphureted 
1, 860+ 
62 Calcic, sulphu- 
reted, and cha- 
j lybeate. 
Sulphureted, &c. 
Saline, sulphu- 
reted. 
56 
65 48 to 50 
Sulphureted 
....do 
Unimproved. 
Improved. 
Local resort. 
Resort. 
Resort prior to the 
Mar. 
Unimproved. 
Local resort. 
Used commercially 
and as a resort. 
Unimportant and 
unimproyed. 
Unimproved. 
l>o. 
Used to small extent 
as a resort. 
Unimproved ; used 
locally for medic- 
inal purposes. 
Resort. 
Used commercially 
and as a resort. 
Unimproved. 
Unimportant now, 
but used as a re- 
sort prior to 1840. 
• This locality is taken from Walton. 
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