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Chingawassa Springs, Marion County. 
These springs are situated in a beautiful park about six 
miles north of Marion. This park is near Antelope station, on 
the C. R. I. & P. railway, and within a radius of a quarter of a 
mile there are at least thirty springs, but most of them are 
fresh water. The water bubbles out of the bluffs in such quan- 
tities that a stream of no mean proportions takes its rise from 
this point. There are no less than four of these springs 
strongly impregnated with mineral matter. 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
In 1888 extensive improvements were made here, and a 
dummy line was built from Marion to the hotel at the springs. 
The plan of the promoters of the railroad. also called for 
branches extending in several directions to the extensive lime- 
stone quarries in the vicinity. The citizens who had assisted 
in this enterprise found, however, that the developments that 
they had made were ahead of the times, and the park is at 
present used only as a picnic ground, and the improvements 
have been sold. The springs, however, are as numerous as 
ever, and the flow of water is not affected by local booms. 
In this park there are grouped some of the finest springs in the 
state. The present owner is Doctor Rogers, of Marion. Sam- 
ples of the various waters were taken by the author personally, 
and the result of the analysis of two of the most important 
springs is given below. From the north spring an inch and a half 
stream is constantly flowing, and from the south spring the 
flow is estimated at 1500 gallons per hour. On the bottom and 
sides of several of these springs may be seen a white deposit of 
sulfur, and in others the odor of hydrogen sulfid is quite ap- 
parent. A neat pavilion was formerly built over the north 
spring, and the water was conducted by pipes into the stream 
which runs in the vicinity. 
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