The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-05-05
RIcHEs OF THR S
Cold. silver, Lead, iron ssa O"p'i
All Feuua In the hoisvs
Desert sAad.

Gala. silver, Lead. Iron aaa Copper
All Feuua a. the Moisvs
Desert sAad.
The train was rushing over the white
Moiave desert. a trail OF sand and dust
in the distance, a coming ssndstorm
high in the air. The thermometer was
dancing a Highland ding. 80 degrees
perhaps, anywhere you thought IL
might be, and the heat waves ross from
the sands. -.
81 wouldn't care to " this land
remarked q tourist.
why" asked a Californian.
Its so absolutely worthless"
There's Just where you eastern peo-
pie are mistaken" said the native.
TRUE. this isn't the most beautiful
part Of California; ike Los Angeles
better myseli-but l can tell you. no
n is going 20 give you this desert this
year. Why, all IL wants is water TO
convert 1t into the garden spot OF tho
world"
That's true OF HAdes," retorted the
stranger, but the trouble 10 you
haven't the water, and you're no' going
to get it here"
Wrong again" said the Californian:
They are fnding the finest kind OF
artesiAn water eli Y the desert
Some day you'll hnd this desert a
banana orchard; and az for value, some
OF the most valuable mines In the state
are on the desert. The land that water
has been put on has been found TO be
yery rich, and fruit Fipens Ave or sig
weeks earlier here than anywhere else'
The desert Is rich In GOLD silver, copper
lead and iron; you don't happen to see
IL from the cars, but its there all right.
Dozens OF paying gold mines are BE-
ing worked on the desert. The richest
and largest iron mine in the west 10
right in such a place as this, and not
far away. The iron lies around like
sand, and Is preferred in the fine work
on the cruisers TO oil Others. Over be-
yond here they raise trees, yuccas'
that are ground up and sent to Eng
land, where they print papers on H.
Down at Ivsnpsh-that's a.town right
out on the desert, 9 red-hot place
they have started a copper mine; began
thh year, and its Planned out slso,OOo
profit so far. suppose you wouidn''
refuse that. And II you want TO bet
III 20 you any amount that within
rear there'Il be 4 dozen copper miner
at work on the desert. Why, the deser'
! IL Just rolling in wealth oil ready to b
picked up. It's warm. I'll agree TO that
|, but there are hotter places. When 20,
come to silver mines, there are lots o
them on the desert, at Barstow, ant
, Calico. In the worst part OF the deser'
4. in the hills over beyond Daggert Ia thu
most valuable borsx deposit In an!
land. About 800 people are working
at IT,, and they think they are In gres
luck. You can't touch the borax kim
who owns II with a ten-foot pole. Fl
makes thousands out Of II.
III you want 10 see the greatest sigh
In America" continued the snthut
astic Californian, 'in the way Of a sal
mine, go down to Salton, on the deser'
4 There they pillow it out; and there ar
d acres OF salt. pure and white A. mov
a ! know another desert landhoidsr VIII
gets a crop of bitumen; another get
phosphstes; another asbestos. Anoti
er has a sulphur deposit; and still Al
. other takes out gypsum, all on th
desert, and the great waste has Jul
begun 10 be known. There's enouR
4. gold and silver and copper lying in tbs
desert TO make hundreds Of men mi
lionaires. and it's going to be fouu
vet. And" added the California;
\ there's another side TO It, it's hot br
i. it's the healthiest place on earth. Pc
N, pie are living here now who would
m dead In a few months anywhere else.
:. Then look at the curosities," ]
went on. Take 5alton. way down b
T. low the level Of the sea. Ten years al
"A II was one Of the wonders OF the cou
try. Salton Is $50 feet lower than 81
level-s curious sort OF . place. All
once the men at the salt station heA
that the Indians said the whole di
~ was full mot and was going To Ill
:. again. and they began TO take 10 I
mountains until not one was left. tn
there was something In what the
dianA said anyone who has been the
knows, as you can see the old vat
line and the old nah traps, mads
rock, along the shore line. The VIII
men didn't take much stock In I
story, but one day they found wat
running into the desert from View nv
and In a few weeks there Wa an inla
sea on the Mojava desert that y
couldn't see sc-oss. and IL am do
into Salton and threatened TO ruin ,
~ sait works. There II staid for . mon
or two, one Of the wonders Of the cot
try. and thousands Waited IL
Then" said the cAffornii
there's the town Of Indio, on I
desert, that's many feet below the
level; and a few miles from there
blows so hard that they've starte'
wind ground-giass factory. AL u
do ia TO set the glass outdoors, and
frat sandHtorm grinds II all right
raj Down at Palm Springs thsy hay
,th- palm tree forest that Is . Desert
!. 4, traction. Bow the trees got there
one knows, but there are hundreds
can them. Some people live there.
a.. man told me that In summer he sp
most OF the time lying in an irTtEat
raj ditch, It was that or roast; Andt 90
places on the desert the nights ART
hat cold you feel as though you'd frees'
1o,. death. tell you the dessrt Is q or
place. II isn't exactly q summer res
but for actual value OF resources II
n. 60 ahead Of many like areas in the RI
ard est parts Of American. Y. Sun.
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e in az Existed In All Is
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