The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

Nearly al % the inter te-I- saii Professor
bailey. speaking OF his Investigations. -
Tar discovered are situated IN the northern
part Of san Bemardinu County and extend
across the boundary line into The southern
ne shore lines. or old beach-s. that mark
The boundary Of Death Valley. a. IL was
during the eOcere times.
The i"w OUTLYING beds 30 far discovered
are also located along the beach line o;
some OF the numerous lake that we're
formed by the drying up az Lake Aubury.
In order To- form some Idea OF the pos
sible Nulue 81 the fields. one may consider
the cahche alone for a minute The calichc.
u may he explained Is the crude nitrate Of
soda ard this lies In beds from SIX TO
twelve feet thlck.
Now. then. the minimum thickneS. Of
the surface inter - SIX Inches one acr
u ground contains B.Ss square feet. This.
A. six inches IN depth, Is equal 20 -.aS
cubic feet. This, at seventy pounds per
cubic foot. amounts to l.5e4.sgt pounds per
acre. or 30 tons per acre-Ssy. 20 tons.
@tp acres. allowing 500 acres 20 be re-
lected. Al 80 tons. amounts 10 &S0c0l
In some places the eaIiehe l. known to
he from three TO five feet In depth and
sne Screas" OF the ~coatings Of the high
Hills ia considerably more than IL the
s11und were level as In the foregoing
when 10 ir remembered that some Of
he strata from three to ten feet IN thick-
hess have been found 10 contain values from
hitecn 20 forty Per cent % uilre u will be
seen that the quantities are sufficient TO
attract the attention % the largest capital
ISIS ana TO lead IL their full exploration
CaIcuiaimR from the data furnished by
troteSsor ElieS. pruSpect0rs have figured
.lI I'M h'lHienS al1 millions OF dollars
worth ~ hitter are IN plain sight ready 10 D.
picked up This means that In the Death
Ndsley tnere arr ~undoGblSdiy vast de-
pCsitS. worth billions OF dollars
POOR MEN STAKE CLAIMS
Those who have 80 fhr made claims 20
the inter beds are poor lIrn. "BortN King
Smith. Lord Humphreys and Mr.. Singleton.
a millionaire. are the capitalists who have
taken the greatest i~nteT--t In the discovery.
bat they have not yet made claims. nearly
10 men have heeu sent into Death Valley
by ~B0rax King Smith aud Lord Iium-
operations now uncer Ray will b. in tue
neighborhoOd Of a quarter OF a million dol
lar.
Professor Bailey ACCOUNTS sor the fact
THAI while the tNstenCa Of the inter in tns
low rolling hills along the ArmaEoSa River
has been an open secret az least In Cali
fornia for perhaps twenty years. very little
importance was attached 70 The first dis
coNeItes. and they were allowed To lapse.
one reason than the beds have lain neg
lected Is that very ltue intelligent prospect
ing was DONE Immense hills were sampled
In the most Superficial way. rs explorations
in this weird desert are necessarily very "N-
pensive. and the explorers were Handicapped
by the lack q capital
was another drawback. II the clsWs oh
tdtned from the numerous analyses had
been followed up these beds would nave
been worked long ago.
There Is q commtrcfl Importance in the
similarity which Professor Bailey has found
To exist between the nitrr deposits 81 cali
fcrnia and those nf chile. he asserts that
they are found Ia both countries under ron-
uluauS StrtkiuFly similar
The inter beis OF chile vary in breadth.
The average being i"o feet. and they aso
In California the beds ron from 100 feet
In depth 10 more than two miles IN width
ana from three To- six miles In length. The
nHHrH Of hnHN nnnnwHHHa. wUua Fnwws.a HTAaW
the same geological conditions ard or the
same huge scale. Tie chemistry nf each il
practically the same In both countries The
inter IS a peculiar and unique product Il
their great desert regions
CHANCE FpR LARGE PROFITS.
TIL chance for great profits IN California
inter is found in the export duty OF Thiie-
Niter enters this country free. but the tx
port duties in Chile in the period from 1873
10 i&2 amounted 20 Si5t GS.5t4. and the to-
tai value Of the export between and iuctu-
sive OF those dates f. given az SST.is1.H+
Professor Bailey. IN describing the region
OF this newly found vast wealth. gave g
which so many h~uucrfts OF men are now
rushing. with the hope bf obtaining a snare
OF the riches TO be found there
II nature has been unktnd in some WAYS
IN the desert. he says she has been w.
ish with her gifts In others II the valleys
look forbidding. yellow with sand ana
lava buttes. yet they are frightened with
beds OF soda. salt and borax. that CLEAN
lakes. with dancing waters and lrafy Dor.
ders.
Every peak. face. ledge. gorge ana
stratum has a color u Its oEn. while 10
two hreadfhs OF color are exactly alike.
They vary from pure marble white TO lava
black. from paiest green 10 darkeS armiuc
frrm delicate cream TO ROYAL purple. Bril-
liancy and dullneSs Of color ate ali mingled.
c0ntrasted and blended in magnificent
masses that defy description.
1t Is the land OF the paradox. a veritable
desert. yet hlied vita an abundance OF
riches "A region % death. yet for one-nalf
o. the year one OF the |he1lthiest places on
the Continent. a place. where the temper
ature may jump from. i9 degrees In the
shade 10 20 degrees below zero during the
year: where the average r-1nfafl Is MI. yet
cioudbursts rip out tha sides OF the noun
tains and change the face OF nature in an
hour.
LAKES on MOUNTAINS.
1T Is a place where iskes are found IN
The pointed peaks % tAs SsGats1ass xhsgs