Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-05

Most Of the springs are covered
Wits wood, stone or cement, aud
from them leads network OF iron
or wooden pipes, or open troughs,
which conduct most Of the water
either directly o. tie bath-hot:ses or
10 tanks, where II u allowed to cool.
A broad steaIning stream bears wit
ness TO the quantity Of water they
discharge. This bas been estimated
AT over 4aG, 900 gallons dsily, or SUI
fcient ~ ALLOW about 10000 people
each daily bath Of - gallons. The
number Of visitors IL, at the present
time, about 800 and should they IN
crease In the future in the same ratio
a. they have III the past four years,
this quantity may al be needed.
The various spfipgsdiHer but little
IN the character Of their mineral
Ingredients, although some contain
q greater quantity 81 certain
elements than others. The chemical
analysts Of the water, while showing
the presence Of number Of valuable
medicinal elements, hardly explain
the remarkable therapeutic effects
lbat have been felt by the thousands
,glio have visited the springs. The
waters very much resemble tlic wa.
ters Of Gastip IN Europe, containing
alkalide salts, bronine and iodine,
which renders them highly elimina.
live. Among other curious eonstitu-
ents, ~ the manganese, which -
present 10 sufficient quantities 70 be
deposited IL the form of black oxide,
1r psilomeIane. Not 10 mention the
long list Of diseases which ere sup
posed 10 be benefited by tile use Of
the water II Il uuqnegtionably yalta,
bio IN ghrualati3m, govt, syphilis
and other diseases. Long before the
country Was settled by white men
the indians came 10 the springs 80
great numbers and from long dis
tancps. Could 1t have been the
known Therapeutic vir;ne OF these
hot waters that led the Indians u
the northwest 10 bGif1 tle pits and
brush butts for hot bathing which we
nave seen around the shores of Lake
SUPERIOR
Many suppose that THE Is the tabled
Fountain Of Youth, in the search for
which Ponce De Leon and his brave
followers spent their lives. judy
ing from the stories which one hears
Jfhe effects upon the complexion and
physique Of thn indies, this II not an
absurd proposition.
a common, aud to many Appalling
question Is, "wllat makes the wnter
hotyn The Internal aqueous heat 81
the cartl;p and The belief thatihi. 4,
The correct answer Is strengthened by
the fint That only ten miles away, at
Magnet Cove, the rocks are all 81 ~
noous origin, being granite porpi,y-
rs, etc.
Besides the hot springs that have
made the locality - Noted, Tire
mountains abound with cbaiybeate,
.mpter aud ALAN springs, that would
themselves make the place celebfg-
ted. These are more particularly
valuable IN certain diseases Of tine
Kidneys, chronic agne, ere. Among
them we may mention the Noun.
tain Valley Springs, the Sulphur
Syringe, near the narrow gauge road;
Magberry's Springs lb0tb sulphur
and caIy beateI, and many others.
Besides these medicinal Writer'S, no
country IL the world w,s eyer sup.
piled with 50 great u number Of cold
| heaIihfuI, plsHsnnt-iiaypted spring4
~ this. We're 1t ia accessible a.
/ saratoga; We nro confident that II
would have trolble the number 81
visitors, md they would remain f4r
| longer. We propose, before long, g.
sketch briefly the geological 1tnd
minenlogical resources OF tho coun.
try above Hot spring~,
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