*** Source: History and Business Directory of Humboldt County, Lillie E. Hamm, November 1890, Eureka, Cal. *** ---page 203--- [ad] Pictures AND Picture Frames at Mathews [ad] HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 203 experiments make specialties of such fruit as seems to thrive best in certain localities. Success must be the unquestionable result. Mr. Vance is of the opinion that about $100 per acre can be cleared on proper kinds of fruit, or $10,000 on a one hundred-acre orchard. These facts as herein mentioned can be verified without any reasonable contradiction. The assertions that Humboldt county will prove one of the leading fruit districts is practically demonstrated in the success Mr. Vance has achieved in the horticultural line. MOUNTAIN GLEN SPRINGS These springs are situated near Rohnerville, five miles from the place in a northerly direction, and one-half mile from the dividing ridge between Salmon creek and Strong's creek, on the south side of the ridge, in a basin formed by a slide in the mountains. This basin is circular in form, and is about fifty rods in diameter, having an elevation of about 1,200 feet above sea level. In this basin are two mineral springs, some fifty yards apart. The water rises perpendicularly. In spring No. 1 is a wooden pipe three feet in diameter, at the bottom and twenty-two inches at the top. This pipe is sixteen feet long, with eight feet of iron pipe at the top, making it's entire length twenty-four feet. In spring No. 2 the pipe is all wood, four feet in diameter at the bottom, three feet at the top, and eight feet long, making the water in No. 1 twenty-four feet deep, and in No. 2 eight feet. The waters in these springs, although in the same basin, prove, by analysis, to be very different. But one is as desirable as the other. The waters differ in color also, No. 1 having a clay, or milky color, while No. 2 is perfectly clear. The gas rises in each at intervals of three or four minutes. The waters of these springs are used for different diseases. The springs were discovered in 1874 by some of the sent out for water by Dr. T. D. Felt, the owner of the property. They returned stating that the water was "bad tasting," which led to an investigation by Dr. Felt, who discovered the valuable medicinal qualities of the water. The water is pleasant to the taste and of a decidedly saline flavor, or to be more thoroughly understood, like soda. At intervals of a few minutes an effusion of gas takes place, which bubbles quite furiously and then gradually subsides, almost entirely ceasing. This gas seems to be of a chloritic nature, having a faint, bluish-green flame when ignited. It gives no soot or sediment and leaves no odor, and burns clearly and brightly. Dr. Felt used to place a burner over it and the gas would remain lighted the entire night. The place is under the management of Mr. T. D. Felt, Jr., son of Dr. Felt, The hotel and cottages at the springs provide accomodations for fifty or sixty guests. The former hotel which could accomodate over double that number was burned in 1876. This is a most enjoyable place for those seeking quiet and rest. The air [ad] Gibbard & Lever DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Furniture Cor. Third and H Streets Pioneer Building, Eureka [ad] ---end---