Thirteen miles west of Lewisburg and in the same county are the Blue Sulphur Springs; this is also a popular watering-place. There are considerable improvements here, and the situation is one of great natural beauty. The water tastes somewhat like that of the White Sulphur. The analysis of this water, by Professor Rogers, is as follows:—
Solid Ingredients.
- Sulphate of lime,
- Sulphate of magnesia,
- Sulphate of soda,
- Carbonate of lime,
- Carbonate of magnesia,
- Chloride of magnesium,
- Chloride of sodium,
- Chloride of calcium,
- Hydrosulphate of sodium and magnesium,
- Oxide of iron, existing as protosulphate,
- Iodine,
- Sulphur,
- Organic matters,
- Gaseous ingredients,
- Sulphuretted hydrogen,
- Carbonic acid,
- Oxygen,
- Nitrogen.
"The Spring is a bold one, furnishing fifteen gallons of water to the minute. There is a great deal of red; white, black, and other deposit from the water. In female diseases this water is superior to many others."
Three hundred persons can be accommodated at the Blue Sulphur.
SWEET SPRINGS.
In the county of Monroe, in one of the most beautiful valleys by nature in Western Virginia, seventeen miles southeast of the White Sulphur, are the Sweet Springs. The improvements here are extensive and comfortable, but not so handsome as some of the other watering-places.
Dr. Bell, in his work on Baths and Mineral Waters, describes the medicinal properties of these waters as follows:
"The water of the spring rises into a large cylindrical reservoir, from opposite sides of which it flows out by small pipes; one conveying water to the bath for the men, the other to that for the ladies. The men's bath is of a quadrangular form, surrounded by a wall, and open at the top. It is of tolerable extent and clear—the bottom being of gravel, and the water constantly flowing in, and as constantly passing out, after it reaches a certain height.