PEALE.] 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Ar.olyses of mineral springs in Vermont — Continued. 
21 
Constituents. 
Highgate 
Springs. 
Montebello or Newbury Sheldon 
Champlain 
Spring. 
Name 
unknown. 
Springs. Spring. 
Sodium carbonate 
Potassium carbonate 
Magnesium carbonate — 
Calcium carbonate 
Grains 
per gallon* 
1. 22 
3.67 
1.22 
1.02 
Trace 
Grains 
per gallon. b 
13.70 
Grains 
per gallon." 
0.40 
Grains 
per gallon. d 
Grains 
per gallons 
5.83 
1.40 
0.24 
17.60 
45.04 
0.40 
0.24 
2.45 
17. 12 . 
13.20 
48.60 
0.40 
0.32 
0.17 
0.74 
23.44 
34.00 
0.32 
Soda 

4.01 
Potash .. 
0.09 
0.17 
1.08 
Trace 
0.03 
Trace 
0. 0L 

0.15 

0.16 
0.51 
2.11 
0.81 
4.59 
8.80 
<0.24 
£ 2. 87 
0.90 
8.64 
Total 
9.78 
46.82 
37.60 
157. 96 
15.75 
8 A. A. Hayes, analyst. 
b T. Sterry Hunt, analyst (1867). 
c Professor Hall, analyst. 
d I. P. Dix, analyst. 
e S. Dana Hayes, analyst (1867). 
f With ammonia. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
The State of Massachusetts is not remarkable for the occurrence of 
mineral springs. The list contains twenty-one localities. In most lists 
only two are included, viz, Hopkinton Springs and the Berkshire Soda 
Springs. The former was once an important place of resort, but at 
present its springs are not utilized to any considerable extent. Brook- 
field and Shutesbury were also once much frequented. 
Professor Hitchcock, in the reports on the geology of Massachusetts 
made in 1833 and 1849, says that chalybeate springs are common 
throughout the State, occurring in nearly every town, usually rising in 
low ground containing bog iron. Many of these springs have a local 
reputation and a few are used commercially. Such analyses as have 
been made show that as a rule the waters are not highly mineralized. 
A mineral spring near Williamstown is said to be slightly thermal and 
in the extreme southwestern part of the State, near Mount Washing- 
ton, there is reported to be another similar spring. 
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