BAILEY. | Mineral Waters. 171 
Carbondale Mineral Springs. 
In the vicinity of Carbondale, Osage county, and in the town 
there are a number of springs and wells strongly impregnated 
with mineral matter, and in many places this saline water is 
found by boring from 75 to 100 feet. The surface-water seems 
to be comparatively free from mineral salts, but if this is shut 
out by carefully casing a well, an abundant supply of mineral 
water is obtained. Numerous wells and springs are found on 
the western slope of the hill east of the city of Carbondale. 
Along the crest of this hill, at some distance east, there are 
many openings and ‘‘stripping banks,’’ where coal has been 
mined for the last twenty-five years, but on account of the com- 
paratively thin veins of coal it has not been found profitable to 
sink many shafts. The waters of Carbondale do not appear to 
be in any sense mine waters, although they are found below 
where the coal is mined, and at some distance away. 
Carbondale is on the main line of the A. T. &S. F. railway. 
North of the city about a mile and a half, on the direct road 
to Topeka, is the locality where the greatest improvements have 
been made. To the west of this road, upon a plateau slightly 
elevated above the valley to the south, a well about forty feet 
deep was sunk several years ago, and an inexhaustible supply of 
mineral water was obtained. Practically no improvements have 
been made in this property, although the water has been ex- 
tensively used and also shipped abroad. 
