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States; but, in both, sulphureted and chalybeate springs predominate, 
forming more than one-half the whole number. 
The Northern Atlantic States naturally have the greatest number of 
waters that are used commercially. This section has the greatest pop- 
ulation in proportion to its area, has long been settled, and is wealthi- 
est. All these are reasons why we might expect to find mineral waters 
used to a greater extent. 
Summary for Northern Atlantic States. 
States. 
Number of 
spring lo- 
calities. 
Number of 
individual 
springs. 
Number of 
springs 
analyzed. 
Number of 
spring lo- 
cal i t i e s 
utilized 
as resorts. 
Number 
of springs 
used com- 
mercially. 
Total num- 
ber of 
analyses. 
41 
12 
47 
24 
6 
16 
200 
13 
46 
49 
27 
74 
31 
17 
20 
343 
13 
83 
20 
8 
8 
7 
2 
2 
72 
8 
28 
9 
8 

2 
25 
1 
16 
11 
4 
7 
7 
2 
2 
34 

5 
22 
8 
10 
8 
2 
2 
94 
8 
33 
Total 
405 
657 Ite 
74 
72 
187 
MAINE. 
The mineral springs of Maine belong to the classes of alkaline, saline, 
and chalybeate waters, the last predominating. Many are sulphu- 
reted and a few carbonated. None is thermal, the highest tempera- 
ture attained, so far as we can learn, being but 50° Fahr. Most of the 
temperatures range from 40° Fahr. to 46° Fahr. 
The amount of mineral matter contained in the waters is usually 
small and some of the waters would be classed as chemically indiffer- 
ent. A considerable number are utilized, both commercially and as 
places of resort. Dr. Goodale's "report on the mineral waters of 
Maine," in the sixth annual report of Professor Hitchcock to the Maine 
board of agriculture, made in 1861, is about the only publication in 
which the mineral waters of the State are treated of systematically. 
Since that date, however, a number of springs have been discovered, 
and several of them brought into prominent notice, while others, then 
used as resorts, have fallen into disuse. 
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