OS1/32/20/14

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Well House (Continued) [continued from page 13]
"yards towards the north of the Well House. This las excavation consists of a drift slanting into the rock for several yards, till it takes a somewhat perpendicular descent, evidently communicating with the other shafts by the level drift beneath" ***
"Of the four springs which proceed from the eastern wall of the mine, three are collected in a cistern, about 300 yards from the bottom of the shaft, and from thence conducted, into the earthen pipes, to another cistern immediately under the shaft, from which the water is conveyed, by forcing pumps, up the shaft into the Well House. The shaft, which is thirty fathoms deep, is provided with a series of ladders, fastened on platforms, at safe distances, by means of which the mine may be explored." ***
"The temperature of the water in the collecting cistern is 49° Fahrenheit at 9.a.m., and the quantity of water flowing into it about 1000 gallons per day - a supply sufficient to meet the wants of a very large number of visitors.

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The following is the result of Dr Thomson's analysis of the springs which are used -"
"Springs No. 1 & 2 commonly called the Weak Springs"
"Specific gravity 1.00714"
"1000 grains contain -
common salt ------ 5.1 grains
Muriate of lime --- 4.674 grains
Sulphate of lime -- 0.26 grains
---------------------- ______
----------------------- 10.034 grains"

"Spring No. 3 called the Strong Spring"
"Specific gravity 1.00915"
"1000 grains contain -
Common salt -------- 6.746 grains
Muriate of lime ------ 5.826 grains
Sulphate of lime ---- 0.716 grains
Muriate of Magnesia 0.086 grains
-------------------------- ______
-------------------------- 13.374 grains"
A Week in Bridge of Allan
by Charles Roger F.S.A. [Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries], 1853.

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