From The Mountain , by R. M. S. Jackson, M.D. published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1860. p. 179, "Alabama Springs"... courtesy of Penn State Univ. Library ( http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digita lbookshelf/28207996/28207996_part_05.pdf ) The most celebrated are "'BLADON SPRINGS." The analysis of their waters shows the presence of sulphuretted hydrogen and carbonic acid gases, chloride of sodium, carbonates of soda, lime, and magnesia, oxide of iron, sulphate of lime, silica... read more