Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-05
A CuuCKEN-SOUP SPRING IN Me-
VADA-WATER AS 4 MATCHING

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The Territorial Enterprise gives the fol-
| lowing interesting account of a remark
able spring in Nevada:
about one mile from Eiko, on the old
| White Pine road, are a number of curious
hot springs, the property of Messrs- Laum-
/ lister & Groepper. One of these springs
is really great natural curiosity-a spring
| the like Of which Is, perhaps, nowhere else
to be found in the whole world. 1t is
| hot spring Of considerable size, the
water of which, when properly seasoned
1 with pepper and salt, cannot be dis
| tinCuished from the best chicken soup.
| Of the hundreds who have partaken
| of il, all agree that it has precisely the
/ taste Of chicken soup or broth. The pro-
| prietors have made many experiments with
the water of this spring, and find it to be
| both wholesome and nutritious. Three
| pounds Of beef boiled in the water of the
| spring yields as much soup as could be OBJ
tanned from twelve pounds of the same
meat cooked in common water. The
| spring is one of a group Of hot springs
4 situated in a stretch of moderately billy or
| rolling country, and is in no way remarka-
| bic in appearance. Like the other springs
/ about the place, it is at the top of little
| mound of loan and sediment, formed by
| the decay of plants and mineral deposits
| from the water. Messrs. Laumister &
| Grmpper are now making use of the water
| of some Of the springs for the
| purpose Of Matching chickens. They have
| already Matched several large patches,
| and find the operation inexpensive. The
| eggs are placed in small wooden boxes, cap
| able of holding a dozen or two each, and
| these are placed In frames and sunk to the
| proper depth in the water, the temperature
| of which is regulated by the proper admir-
| ture of hot and cold water. The eggs are
| placed between layers Of cotton wool, and
are turned over once a day. The proprie-
tors of the spring intend TO go into this
| chicken Matching business quite extensively
as soon as they can erect the proper tanks
| and buildings. Chickens have been sue
cessfully Matched with little trouble and at
no expense at Steamboat Springs, near
| this city. There Is hot water and steam
enough there TO hatch out ten acres of eggs
in one batch. Why don't chicken hatch
| ing company be formed to utilize all this
waste Matching power
|
TUNNELLINCi TFEE OHIO.
A gentleman who has for many years
been engaged in the cement business at
TarascOn's Mills, on the Kentucky side of
the river, near the foot of the falls, has
for some time been manufacturing feas-
ible plan for tunnelling the Ohio river at
the fails. lie says that the cement bed
that crops out on both sides of the river,
at the falls, extends entirely across the
river, and the strata is of an average
thickness of from sixteen to twenty feet.
This cement rock is of such value, and
in such demand, that the gentleman thinks
if a tunnel was cut through it the rock
| coming from the tunnel, manufactured
into cement, would pay the entire eX-
pense of the work. He says it would
also give the tunnel an indestructI-
| bic shield, that would bear all the weight
of the water above that could possibly
press upon it; and is sanguine that CAPT
talss will yet take hold of the project
and build the tunnel. He says the strata
| Of cement rock runs under San Island,
| and no doubt extends to New Albany
Nc5g AibURy LedgCr.
Memphis is to have fine bath hous
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