Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-11-21
INFERNALLAND
Visit To a Strange Region
In Lower California.
A MOUNTAIN OF SULPHUR.
Ground Which is too Shaky for
Comfortable Travelling.
Great Deposits Of Alum "A Small
Salt Lake Transformed to q
Large One.
A MOUNTAIN OF SULPHUR.
yuma Sentinel.)

mel ID. Z. Allen and party returned from
the surveying and exploring expedition
through the western part of Lower Cali
fornia last Tuesday.
AS the four boats passed the Unite'
States Custom house, Just below tn
railroad bridge, national colors fell an
rose in graceful salute TO the returning
explorers.
Colonel Allen left Yuma, Septembe
18th, with party numbering 16 men il
four staunch row-boats. The objectlv
point was the Cocopsh country in Lowe
California where the colonel had beeI
ordered ogo by the federal authorize
OF the Mexican republic he being q Ii
censeed civil engineer of that country
The survey he was instructed to maxi
was OF the Gonzales concession which i
about 100000 acres in extent and EN-
braces within It's boundaries mineral
timber, agricultural and pastoral land
After an uneventful journey of two day
down the Colorado, HarIy's was reached
and that branch of the river was followed
until Lake Meior was entered, camp wal
struck and preparations for active work
| begun. Indians with supplies were SEM
out to establish outside camps; on the
l6sh day of September the survey was
commenced under great disadvantages
as the heat was very great, averaging
1159 during the day and at night the
thermometer never registered less
than 900. AS the survey progressed il
became necessary to have water brought
from Lake Jullulee, the nearest avail
aole body of fresh water. Twenty In
dians were employed to carry the:neces.
ssry water for the party, the cost Of
which service required an expenditures
of SO per day. The Indians carried the
water in leather bottles and csuteens
over the Cocopsh range and were kept
very busy supplying the surveyor WIN
sutticiency of the precious fluid
The first point of much note reached
was the great Sulphur mountain, anu
we'll 1t is named. A peak standing IN Il
side break or the great mountains which
are on every side, this; peak, sentinel
like, stands prominent in golden color
ing of native sulphur. Without one
bit OF exaggeration this peak is one SOL
I'd mountain OF pure sulphur. Ii
stands from its base fully 150 feet high
and on It's sides great blocks of the yell
low mineral, tons Ia weight, are found
right and left. Great care was taken
that none of the party were allowed to
smoke as the sulphur is so pure that
spark of fire would set it blazing. This
wonderful deposit of sulphur is en-
traced in the concession granted to
Senator Gonzales Of Mexico.
Below the sulphur mountain thous-
ands of acres of alum were found. Two
miles north OF the alum deposit, an i'm
mense tract of inter was discovered; the
material found is very pure and from
the close proximity to tide water will
prove OF great value to its owners. By
the middle of October further explora-
lions were made and several interesting
discoveries made, not 90 much In the
way of valuable finds as curious phen
emena. Lake Jululee, for instance,
| which formerly was filed with salt wa.
| ter, had become sweet and fresh, prob
ably from the great overflow Of the Col
orsdo last spring. The lake had also
become a much laree body than when
visited last year; from lake five miles
| long to one half Of mile wide it hal
| through the earthquake upheaval of
last July been transformed into a beau
| tiful sheet of water, u miles wide and
% miles long. The depth of water was
| also greatly increased, but the members
Of the finny tribe therein seems to be
greatly diminished in numbers. From
the shores OF Lake Jullulee, the
volcanoes can be seen in al
their desolation and periods of activity
With q sudden roar and a burst OF
| smoke, this curious % ssteries OF future
suddenly grow active, throwing out anG
up into the air great masses of mud
rock and a soap like substance-red II
color. The eruptions OF the different
volcanoes continue night and day, The
great Chief and Gianta volcanoes
| descriptions Of which have already beer
published in the Examiner, were visited
with much trepidation, as the country
adjacent to them is Of q decidedly un
stable character, as frequently the SCI
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foot and iets of steam menacingly burs
out, causing, to say the least, mucr
alarm to the explorers. After taking
number of views of the volcano country
| Col, Allen returned to Lake Jullulet
and started for Meior lake, one OF TIT
most beautiful sheets Of water in Amer
ica. Preparations were then made TO
the journey homeward.
Leaving Meior Lake and entering
New River Colonel Allen made the IN
terestipg discovery that q large STREAM
was flowing towards the desert. Tn
intrepid explorer thereupon concluded
to try and make the return trip to Yum
by wafer and still not go on the Col
orodo river at all. Before leaving tina
interesting locality, however, Colone
Allen, with six OF his men, went over I
the so called lake of ink. A body O
water which is blackened by the sui
phur and iron which it contains.
TIE hot springs were also examined
| after which the trip homewsrd w6s re
sumed. Leaving New river, Colonel Al
. len mnch against the wishes Of his mer
, followed stream running desertwsrC
A ter several days journey the member
: of the party, one and all, became awar
OF the fact that they were lost. For fou
! days this uncertainty continued, but q
! last the Carga Muchacho mountain
were seen 10 the distance and the ez
/ plorers knew they were only about
, miles from Yuma and that they bad &C
5 complisbed something never done befor
, and that was travelling from Lake Melo
: to just below Hanlon's by water and ye
= not go on the Colorado river. A fe'
miles from Hanlan's ranch, some wor
was lone cutting syay brush which fo
time INSTRUCTED the waterway. Ate
through Carter river the Co
oaco was entered and on il
broad expansions OF waters the part
rowed along in security and with swift
ness to Yuma, where they arrived Tue
/, day at ll:3O p. ~, safe ard sound, an
gladly welcomed by their friends.
EKXzS
The Horse Shoy at Madison Squal