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electrical stone which crops out above
ground in AN almost inaccessible
mountain pass some ffty or sixty
miles north OF the Needles, in Arlzona.
la pursuing a conscientious invcstiga-
tion Into subject OF this kind one
tinds IL necessary TO call lUto requisi-
tiOn such an immense number OF
grains OF salt that the real truth OF
the matter becomes lost In = brlny
deep, as IL we're, hut In spite Of this
the existence OF the electrical stsnc
has been proved beyond the pOssStill-
~ Of doubt.
In multitude OF witnesses there Is
safety, and 1t appears that the natives
we're for years acquainted with the
stone and its peculiar properties long
before It's discovery by u party ofhunt-
ers few days ago. Among the In
dians the stone goes by the name Of
the ''death trap, and the peak where
ON 1t is located is called Death Trap
Mountain. They say THAT their tath-
ers sand grSudfathers before Them
knew of this stone, andsit is only an
old and experienced guide who will
venture TO take a party In the neigh
borhOod OF it, lest by some unlucky
chance foOlhardy hunter will lose
his life by suddenly coming upon 1t IN
an unguarded moment.
The stone itself il described as be-
ing a rough, jagged Outcropping burst
ing up through the shale OF its sur
roundlngS, reaching up the mountain
side to the height Of about seven feet,
when sharp projection shelves over
again, making three sided tunnel,
perhaps 9 feet long and feet wide.
Ordinarily the rock is OF a blue me-
tallic lustrc, and shows trace OF vol
canic action, being scanned and ribbed
as if by melted lava. In the heat OF
the day, when the sun shines sQuarely
upon 1t, the stone assumes a faded
pale hue, at which times the Indians
declare it TO- be perfectly harmless.
AS the sun leaves the gorge, however,
the stone begins gradually to deepen
in color, and wheh night comes and
there IL no. moon IL glOws with all
the hrlliancy Of molten mass. This
Elimination may be distinctly seen for
"A grep1 distance when there are no
intervening mountains to obStrucl the
view.
Now as to thc:pcc1bssEr &eath-giyinR
power OF the stone. u Is said that
nothing great or small can set foot on
IL and live. So powerful arc the volts
which 1t gives out at even the slight.
est contact that it is impossible for
even the largest animals so Withstand
their strength.
Recently the party OF hnnters re.
ferred to veI1tured without guide in
to some OF the more dangerous noun
tain passes Ia the up country, and by
chance found their way into narrow
gorge, having come in hot pursuit ar
ter a little, fieet.llmbed mountain
goat, which they managed to start
from the rocks below. Suddenly,
while they were all some seventy OF
eighty foot AWAY, they were astOnish'
ed beyond measure TO see the goat fall
dead in his tracks, although not a aShot
had been fired. They were making
ready tOcllmb up the ledge and secure
the little creature, when an old Indi.
an high up on the clIff behind called
70 them to stop. So frantic was his
manner and so perslstant his admOni-
tions that they waited till he scram'
bled down to them and then for the
irst time came TO light the story ot
the electrical wonder.
The goat had fallen within the
death trap, the Indian explained, and
had the hunters followed after him
they, 600, would have shared his fate.
There was ample evidence at hand Il
prove no the hunters the truth OF the
old mans statement, for the little
BOIBc eullOuuuluB OuO obouC uoo DSou
turned into a perfect charnel house
full OF the whiteBiRg bones Of its vic
Tins. And IL this were not enough tC
convince the more skeptical, while
they stood withlR thirty feet OF the
stone big rattlosnake crawled up the
precipice and out upon the stone only
TO coil and writhe and finally die ID
the intenseet agony.
The hunters expressed the deepest
gratitude to the old Indian for saving
their lives, but regretted no little the
loss OF the goat, whose species Is al
most extinct now, wheVeupon the old
man Wnwound RATA from his walls
and tiWRg II up under the rocks. Hi
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