Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-20
ALlRE OF INK
AND ufF WONDERFUL CURATIVE b.
TECr nr fta wAIERs.

Nearly alI 0i tlu thiuy.fiyr hundred
| COCopah volcanoes IN Arizona are
situated near the eat end Of
! the volcanic area which they
! occupy several large mounds, once
iiyiug voloauoe', are now quiet. BE.
tween the hills Uf lava, rock aud debris
are large number OF living, active
volcanoes. From the eide. 0 the hin,
90 IN 200 feet above the surrounding
wh,er-, come forth most beautiful
springs ~ clear warm water, some 20
sour, others ~ awtpt, 80 bitter ami 30
strongly alkaline that no living being
OF animal can jflnk iit. These waters
course down tho hiiIsiuvs, laying a
coat Of white, pink, purple, blue of
green, mldc by the mineral silt' thcy
contain, upon everything with which
they come IN contact
In thp midst OF these hills is the
Lake " LUX. Thofe RON into 10 scores
Of streams VI clear mineral water,
others that are warm nud two that are
colt. The lake, oue.f0urth ~ a mile
In length and onr-right In width, los
like gem set IN these hills or these
ancient volcanoes. The black INK.
like water which nlls the laltu come.
up 10 within three or four inches Of
the level NJ IT. shores. The temppra.
ture near the edge Il about no, grad.
ually gtOwing warmer az you get
down ia ~, aud ~ you approach the
cruler Of the lake, on the surface, e j.
about lii, aud at "A depth Of .Il foot
Il is2lG. Near the shore on the east,
south and west sides tho water IL only
four 10 six Rect In dUpth Tor ~ fee 0f
NUsN Ia
breaks of perpeudiculArly, and there
no bottom has ever been found. 10
the touch the water frols smooth and
oily. The ashes ami oil which cover
the lake when H. waters are quiet are
from One half an inch 10 an Inch thick.
The water " the lake Is jet black,
though 10 do-u not color the skin Of
those who hathc in u,
Under glass the collorinv matter
seems 10 Dee = minute black substance
held In suspension by the water,
which Rdherts 80 white cloth immcr.
ed IA the lake. To tho taste tho water
is warm, salt and hittur. 10 the bath
NJ the sensation On entering the water
II gand, rxhilaratIng 10 wouitrhl
degree, 40 much no that bath of u w
Is minutes makes Onr feel NJ n hp !
were uuirr the iuilueuce pf the very /
hust brandy, VI Hons % huUulr-, |
formed by escaping gases keep the |
.lflACo Of the lake Agitatci re- an Times. |
IN II rolls, hollis nud folms as u |
ready 10 break over It's banks nnd |
scnpr, and n,nin only in myfinis Of /
-pnrsling glonnlys, gliticring Ia the /
sunlight. Whenever the NOlvunlt.
rage with anger the lake folluwr, and |
HE sight " iis m1diened waters - |
well worth seeing.
From time immcmoflnl these wttefs
rave been used hy the different tribes
II Inilans, far and wide, at war aud |
n peace, M the grsa, all.hetllng reno. |
ly, following u bath In the hot mud u
lie peaccahle volcanoes, Tor al fever |
scr0fgli aud venyreal 81 |
'ea.e-, They take the invalil ANT |
Jury him, all but his ears, eyes anu |
mouth, In the hot volcanic mud Tor |
rom - ~ 80 minutes, then carry him |
severed with mul on blanket the 80 /
ir Too f,ot 10 the edge OF the lake and |
put him into the water, holding his |
head above n, faT 10 " ~ mlnutc,.
Then, rolling him In his blanket, they ]
'arry him u few feet away 10 u shade |
which they have provided, aud lay /
him ON the hot sulphur0us sand or |
.ock and Their let him sweat They /
repeat this Ia tho afternoon, AZ night |
hoy remove hun 90 a piaGr where The I
ground IA not 30 warm, ami lot him |
sleep, whore he cau breathe the gases
y yelOgs OF the ueighhuTlng volcanoes.
The cures wfough, are PERFECTLY won.
lrslul, and could not he believed Or
not en-. \ iuw white have been
here aud tried the remedies, aud thus
or without single failure.