Geyser Spring. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. …

[Saratoga] Baker & Record, Photographers, circa 1871, albumen photograph measuring 10 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches, on a printed mount measures approximately 14 ⅜ x 17⅜ inches. Printed mount is browned, some chipping along edges, else very good.

The photograph depicts the spring and the interior of the office of Geyser Spring, mounted on cardstock with printed text, describing the spring, discovered in 1870, and giving a brief account of its history, it reads:

"This Wonderful Mineral Fountain was discovered in February, 1870. It was developed by experimental drilling in the solid rock. It is located in the "Coeesa Valley," near Cady Hill, on the Ballston road, one and a half miles south of the principal hotels at Saratoga Springs. The water vein was struck by the drill in the birds-eye limestone, one hundred and fifty feet beneath the surface rock. The water immediately commenced spouting at the surface, being forced up from the depths of the earth by the pressure of its own carbonic acid gas, spouting through an inch nozzle to the height of thirty feet. During the season of 1871 over one hundred and fifty thousand persons visited the Geyser Spring, and the universal testimony of all is that the waters are the best and the spring the most wonderful in the world."