The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-23


Creator and his wondrous wisdom, as
displayed in the arrangement OF bills,
dales, mountains, streams and rivers,
the handiwoIk OF the archfend is
again prominent, and you are little
in doubt as to which of the two
powers-the infinite or the internal
would be the better o3e to propitiate.
As you approach Soda, the count
less novelties beWilder you and you
quit asking questions or making re-
msrks, and stare vacauQy at objects
which q few minutes previously
would have started your tongue
wagging at 2.20 gait.
Finally you see at some distance TO
the left OF the road the "Ninety per
cent. spring." which is noted as
very fne soda spring. It's water Ia
much admired. The name is bad
one, but If you understand thereby
that it contains 80 per cent. pure iOater
and the balance mineral, mainly
soda, you will perhaps not be far
astray. A little to the right of the
road, and close by the bank OF the
Bear River, is the Steamboat Spring.
This is quite a novelty. 10 the
centre OF large. red rock, which the
deposit from the spring ba3 created.
there bubbles mp constantly body oil
water about the size of a bushel basket.
II leaps wildly from liz source 10 the
height OF say two feet and falls back
again. This water is slightly warm.
did not test its temperature-lt Is
perhaps about 500. Capt. Hooper
has erected two bath houses close to
this spring. At distance Of several
feet from the orifice OF the rock the
gas forces its way through the earth,
and at regular intervals Kissing
noise of considerable power is heard
and the gas forces its way to the sur
lace. Rocks the size OF pea sre
blown around by the force Ct the gas,
and if stick the sizs OF common
lead pencil be placed in the little
chimneys produced by the pressure
OF the gas, one discovers that the
force is almost sufficient 10 suspend
it in space.
At this point several springs can be
seen bubbling up in the Bear River,
and number of small ones trickle
along its banks.
Crossing Soda Creek you leave
Lover Town or "Morrisiie settle
ment," on the right. A drive OF
abou! halt mile brings you to Soda
Springs proper.
About block and a half from
Captain Codmsn's residence is the
Lame Spring. This is very fine
water. l believe this is the spring OF
which the qualitative analysis was
given in your columns some few days
since. This spring is situated IN the
middle OF one of the directs, and has
a subterranean outlet.
In the middle of the town is the
Octagon Spring, so called, l believe,
from the shape of a canopy which
Captain Hooper had placed over il
for the public benefit. This is q
popular spring. Nearly tue whole
time | was there number OF visitors
we're seated around this spring sip
ping lin draughts OF about quart at
time) its waters. Immediately IN rear
of Williams Hotel, on his pasture, Is
small iron spring. It is much aP-
preciated, and is very pleasant
water to drink. It is grea. con-
venience to his guests. There il
another iron spring, and Kind Of
mud spring below the town, both
owned by Captain Hooper, l believe.
The iron spring is similar TO the
Williams Spring. Quite a number
OF ether springs-in all, dozen per.
hsps-might be mentioned but
pass them hastily to speak Of the
chief OF all OF them-the celebrated
"aooper," named after the Captain.
Most OF the springs l have previously
mentioned are comparatively email,
having small discharges, say from
six inches to foot in diameter; but
the Hooper is body of water per-
haps ak by ten feet, and three TO four
feet deep. From it flaws a large
stream, directly into Soda Creek, a
beautiful stream larger than City
Creek, and full OF plucky and de-
licious front. The whole surface oil
the Hooper is one mass OF boiling
water, kept boiling, however. by car
bonic acid gas, at the delightful tenn
perature Of $40 Far. 1 tested this
apriDg when the temperature IN the
sun indicated 800. If a person had
no use for the water and never In
tended 10 taste drop of it, the sight
of this lovely spring, with its crystal
clearness, kept in furious agitation
by the turbulent gases seeking an
escape to the outer air, would well
repay the expense and effort ex-
pended in getting there. Closely in
the vicinity Of the Hooper are the
Harp and the Iron Springs. The
Harp is strong but pleasant, COZ
tanning a large percentage OF mag
nesia. 1t is quite powerful
cathartic. The Iron is strongly i'm
preguated with the mineral from
which the spring takes lis name. end
is much valued as tonic by those
acquainted with the water. These
three are undoubtedly the most val
liable springs in the country, and it
is hard to believe that any ordinary
natural shocks that flesh Is heir to"
cannot be cured By these waters.
The chief constituents OF all the
springs are described generally in
the analysis given BY Captain Cod
man in your columns, viz: Free ear
bonic acid, carbonate of lime. car
Donate of magnesis, sulphste OF soda,
sulphate of magnesis, chloride o!
potassium, chlorideof sodium, iron, etc.
The character OF these ingredients is
too well known TO demand descrip-
ton here. 1t ia a happy combina-
ton OF the most valuable medica-
menls 10 the materia nIsdica. The
testimony of hundreds who have been
cured of dyspepsia, constipation,
nervousness, blood diseases, kidney
affections, ETC., proves beyond q
doubt that the waters are unex
celled.
While thsre are other mineral
springs which possess remarkable
medicinal properties, there are few
which sre as valuable and go attrac-
tive to the palate as the springs OF
Soda.
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