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Louisville Springs. 
In Pottawatomie county, three miles north of Wamego, are 
situated the Louisville mineral springs. These are not far from 
Rock creek, a picturesque stream whose banks are well wooded. 
Wamego is on the main line of the Union Pacific railroad. 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
A park, which is the property of R. M. Chilcott, is connected 
with the village by a suspension foot bridge over Rock creek. 
Just below this bridge a dam has been thrown across the stream, 
and the swift water below the dam, at a ford on the old Pike’s 
Peak trail, has washed away the soil and left bare the level 
limestone rock over a large area. This same stratum of rock 
that is here exposed extends northwest under the park and 
springs. On account of the level, smooth bottom in the pool 
below the dam, this pool is a favorite bathing place, especially 
when the water in the stream is high. Above the dam the 
slack water, which extends up about five miles, affords excellent 
boating and fishing facilities. 
By sinking over the spring a tile twenty-four inches in di- 
ameter down to bed-rock, the spring-water has been made more 
accessible, and can be raised to a platform above by an ordinary 
pump. Although the water when first drawn is perfectly clear 
and transparent, in a short time it becomes yellow in color and 
very turbid. Boiling the water also causes a heavy deposit. 
The taste of the water is somewhat astringent, and occasionally 
it has a slight odor of hydrogen sulfid when it is freshly drawn. 
The water when evaporated has a somewhat alkaline reaction. 
The analysis shows that the water is chalybeate, and also be- 
longs to the class known as alkaline waters. From a medici- 
nal point of view, its most important ingredients are magnesium 
bicarbonate, iron bicarbonate, and sodium sulfate. This water 
has the advantage of containing sodium salts not mixed with 
a large excess of salt, as is the case with many magnesium 
waters. On account of the presence of iron bicarbonate in 
the water, it is not adapted to shipping without being first 
carbonated. There are other chalybeate springs in this park 
