The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-04
Alderman Sinclair Describes
the Numerous Springs in
that State.
There are Fifty in Number,
and the Most Wonderful
Yet Discovered.
The Weather is Delightful, Game
Plentiful and He is Enjoying
Himself Hugely.
STEAM BOAT SPRINGS,
of the BAzoo.

STEAM BOAT SPRINGS. Col, Aug. 20.
EDITOR SEDALIA BAzOo Leaving Ho,
Sulphur springs, we crossed the Gore
range to the northwest, and soon found
ourselves in Eyeria park, a most beauti
ful and picturesque valley, fifteen to TWEEN
ty miles in width, and thirty milss long,
and covered with a luxurisnt growth of
grasses and wild flowers. Here is first
class range for half million head of cat
tie. with plenty of pure spring water. We
drUvr fifteen miles in this valley without
seeing a habiiatiOn of man, and no ami
mails except an occasional wild deer, DIS
turbed bv our intrusion, would seek shell
ter in the adjacent hills. Bal on turning
q bend i'm the valley around q spur of the
mountain that runs down INTO. the valley,
We Came sudd My In sight of a most won
derfui shaft. or monument, OF dark granite,
about forty hy sixty feet in dimension al
Its base, hewn and sc1lptured b. natures
grand arti-t, and 268 ieet in height from
base TO summit Under the shadow If this
y4onnmen,, man Who about seven years
ago, lived IN Petlis county, between Soda
lia and Georgetown, has erected csbin,
on a homes lead claim, has some stock
around him, and acts as though he had
come to stay. Leaving Egeria park, we
soon find ourselves in the "grampus," or
Bear river valley. Here, again, is the best
OF range Icr thousands of cattle, and as
rich land IN can be found on the American
continent.
Fifteen miles down this valley are sit
uat-d the most wonderful group of mineral
springs known to civilized man. There
are fifty in number, aud as far as their
waters have been analysed no two of them
possess the same chemical qualities.
Water from three OF the most prominent
ores has been subjec; to scientific analysis,
and th- waller contains large percentage
of iron, magnesia, and white sulphur The
one from which the water is most generally
t,sed for ev,ry day drinking is very similar
|tlp that OF Congress Spring a, Saratoga
In the immed ate vicini'y of this spring
is the large cold white sulphur spring,
which Is fifteen Sect in diameter. and boiIs
al over the surface like seethiug caul-
dron, and has sufficient depth for plunge
bath, which is greatly enjoyed by the
mountain tourists. About 100 wards from
this is the famous Ste 'm5oat spring, The
one from which the group derived their
name. A large column OF water is forced
on. horizontally from a cleft in the rock
with such force and sound as TO remind one
of the action of the propeller of steamer.
1t beats as regularly as though lis vibra-
tions We're in anison with the great pulsa-
tions of the universe. The water from this
spring is as lear as any water can be and
contains sulphur, iron, EPSON salts and
soda. Within eight feet of his spring is
another, ten to twelve feet in diameter,
\end the water, boiling up from the bottom,
is of an inkv blackness, AS looked at In the
|spring, but, OH examining a cupfull, it is
comparatively cleT, and contains sedi-
ment of dark substance like black oxyde
OF manganese, or suiphurett of silver
Small stones from the bot ON Of this spr. ng
are coated with a beautiful black bronz..
Mt far away is the Milk spring, which, is
about fifty feet In diameter, and It> water
is, as the name indicates, Of milk color
1t is probable if this spring Was near
large city the price OF COWS would be very
low. The Cure spring comes gushing out
from the side of hill, and its waters have
formed crustaceous deposit, which, year
after year, has been spread over with new
layers. (iike wafer q wing over ice in win
ter time, congeals and thus forms great
depth of ice,) and has finally filled up the
space In the hillside below the spring, so
that there is compsrali sely level piaiean.
\ which has become hardened a. d resembles
stone. This plateau is about forty yards
In width, and extends about the same dis
lance out from the spring. In the middle
of this, where the wafer flows, after leav-
ing the spring for several yards, it has
formed a cave of several feet In diameter
and probably reaches down to near its
original channel and emerges through a
large assure below in the stone-like deposit
80 nod nv no lie n
tered this cave for several feet. as far as we
thought it prudent, On account of the
strong sui phurous gases exuding therefrom.
In the roof of this cave were salts OF sui.
phur, soda, epson salts, iron and sodium
ip such quantities that broke them off in
large chunks, and Oh exposure to air they
socn become hardened similar to stone
Large stalactite hang in clusters from this |
roof, but not of sufficient strength to re- |
move There is another spring near this, |
Cave Spring, which is not more than four
Inches in diameter, the water being forced |
up by apparently the same pressure of the |
Steam Boat Spring, and this water does not |
escape on the surface, but drops back with |
the regularity of regular beating pulse. |
This one leaves a large deposit of epson |
salts, and within six feet of it is another.
called the Alum Spring, from the force of |
alum, which it produces.
Near this group is the Hot Sulphur
Springs, which is large bathing pool and
has sufficient capacity for half-dozen
bathers at time, and is greatly enjoyed by
the mountain tourist. But space will not
allow of full description of all of these
springs Suffice it to say, there are fifty in
number, and possessing a great variety of |
salts, and medicinal properties. Aud take
them all in all, they are the most wonder
full group of springs known, and around |
oil, the gigantic spirit of mystery has
woven her insoiuble web.
Situated as the, are, in this beautiful
valley, surrounded ~ the most exquis te
scenery of mountain, glen and lawn; the
mountains covered from base to summit