P a g e 6 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r THE SPRINGS boil up from a rocky ledge in the bottom of a little valley or basin, enclosed by gentle undulating hills, interspersed by the rolling prairie. They are situated in three groups and are twenty-seven in number, the water varying in temperature from 148° to 168° Fahrenheit, while the combined outpour is about 1,500 gallons per minute, sufficient to furnish one bath daily of 30 gallons each to 30,000 persons. THE EQUIPMENT of these springs for treating all diseases is each year receiving valuable improvements. At present the baths for ladies and gentlemen are in separate buildings, each fitted with plunge, tub and vapor baths, heated by the hot waters. An outdoor summer bath 105 feet square is located about eighty rods distant from these indoor baths, and is from four to six feet deep, enclosed by a tight fence and known as the swimming pool. This is supposed to be the largest mineral hot bath in America. A new and commodious hotel is a future possibility. It will contain 100 sleeping rooms, in suites and single; office 29 x 38; dining room, 44 x 66; parlors, reading rooms and 15 to 20 baths. The new bath house for the new hotel is to be 45 x 100 feet; plunges, large and single, vapors, tub baths, electric baths, vaporized for catarrh and acute bronchitis; sweating and rubbing rooms, with dressing rooms for large plunges; dressing rooms for all tub and vapor baths; a natatorium 100 x 125 feet, with large glass domes, etc. The new bath house for the old hotel is 28 x 78 feet, connecting with new addition. A physician of the highest reputation for skill and excellence will always be found at the buildings ready to prescribe in all cases. During the history of these thermal waters all diseases of ailing humanity have been cured, excepting the advanced stages of Bright’s disease, diabetes, pulmonary and heart troubles. For these last the waters act as an aggressive agent. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Savage. No account of the hotel interest of Montana would be complete without mention of C.W. Savage, proprietor of Hunter’s Hot Springs. After serving Custer county in various official capacities, Mr. Savage engaged in the hotel business, and since then has managed the old McQueen at Miles City and the Albemarle at Bicycle Picnic on Shields River.
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