Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-03-16
LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO.
Hot springs---A New Health Resort.

Hot Springs---A New Health Resort.
Correspondence.
Among the many remarkable and in
teresting works of nature which the ex-
ploration and settlement of the New
West is bringing into general notice,
none is more wonderful than what are
known as the Las Vegas Hot Springs,
in New Mexico. These springs make
their appearance six miles northwest
of Las Vegas. on the line of the Atchl-
son, Topeka s. Santa Fe Railroad. At
present they are reached by a stage
line of six miles from Las Vegas, but
as early as April first a branch of the
above named road will be completed
f the city to the springs. A Sec
on / commOdious hotel is now In course
OF construction, and is also to be open
ed at the same date for the reception
of invalids and tourists. This new
hotel will be one of the finest in the
west.
These thermal springs are located on
the southern slope of the Spanish
rarge of the Rocky Mountains at an
eleva on of $500 feet. Their cura-
tive properties are similar to those of
the Arkansas Hot Springs, and have
stood the test of experience and science.
They possess, however, one very de-
Springs, in that they do not have the
sultry malarial climate of Arkansas,
but have instead a mild temperature at
all seasons, with a pure invigorating
atmosphere. A bath-house has been
erected, complete in all its appoint
ments, and with capacity of five
hundred baths daily. The following
opinion of the Hot Springs of Las
Vegas is from DR.. r. H. Porter, prom
inent physician, and member of the
faculty of the Kansas City Medical
College:
LAS Vegas, n. NJ, and its hot
springs, as health resort, in my opin-
ion, is equal to any place in the United
States, and has many advantages over
any other place. First, the springs
give forth an abundance of water for
bathing purposes for all the invalids
of the country; the supply is abundant
and inexhaustible from a number of
hot springs. Only three of them, how
ever, are now used. The temperature
of the hottest one used is 100 degrees
Fair. Its chemical analysis shows
fourteen and a fraction per cent of
sodium sulphate in 100 parts, and
twenty-seven and a fraction pei
cent of sodium chloride in 100 parts,
besides small per cent of carbonate
of soda, calcium and magnesia, with
strong traces of iodine and bromide.
For skin diseases much benefit may be
expected from bathing in these waters;
also rheumatism, both acute and
chronic; also, in my opinion, it is the
finest resort in the world for persons
broken down in health from long ex-
posture and suffering, and the reason
why is on account of the location and
climate surrounding the springs. From
my observation of the location and
climate do not think it possible for
malarial poison to exist. For incipient
pulmonary disease of any kind it can
net be surpassed as place of restora-
ton to health. As for asthama, it can
not exist at such an altitude. On &C
count of the location and heal .ful
surroundings, I cannot do otherwise
than give the hot springs of Las Vegas
my unqualified approval as health re-
Sort. equal, if not superior. to any 9TH
er p zee in the United States"
Aside from the springs, the region
in which they are situated is enc of
great interest and attraction to the
tourist, with it's abundance and varie-
ty OF game, trout fishing and grand
scenery. Through passengers to Cali
fornia find this delightful halfway
resting place.