Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-25
. B|SbEE MINER LOST ON THE
 DESERT
Searching Party Is Unable to Locate w. E. Clark and
 His Partner.

W. E Clark. at one time a we'll known miner in Bisbee, and his par1- Ter, are lost on the desert south of Ryolite. Nevada.
 Clark left Bisbee about a year ago in company with his partner, Andrews, for the gold fields of Nevada. After arriving in Nevada. Clark and An drews separated and Clark took as a pt rtner a man named Pat Johnson, a miner al Goldfelds. They prospected around Goldfelds for a while. but without much success. They finally heard of some very rich prospects near Ryolite and concluded to try their luck in that section. They prospected all over the country north of Ryolite and then against the advice of many of the old timers of that district. concluded to take a trip into the Death Valley country.
 With a good outfit. including good team and wagon with plenty of provi- siors. they started on their journey. Deciding that they would first pros pect the country near the old wagon road on the edge of the desert, and if tEey did not strike duck there. would go into the desert country. Their camp was near the read, and an old-time stage driver who travelled the road e"ery few days was accustomed to eat 8 neal with them every time he came that way
 Finally. on July 10, the stagedriver saw traces of how they had started oil from the old camp, but as they had told him on his last trip that they were only going to some nearby springs. he drove over to the springs to see them. When he reached the camp he saw their outfit. but they were not there. He concluded that they were off prospecting somewhere and as he had to make quick trip, he went on his way without waiting for them 10 come to camp.
 Travelling back four days later the stage driver again turned off to the springs to see the boys. When he came up to the camp a horrible sight met his eyes. He saw the emaciated carcasses of two horses lying side by side. Nothing had been move since he was at the camp last. The horses had bee ntied to the wagon wheels to prevent them from straying away and as there was no fodder or water near them they had died of thirsy amt nun ger The old man immediately turned his team and made his way back to Goldfelds wehre he told the startling news. Everyone concluded that the men had gone off on prospecting trip. and had got out on the great desert before they realized it.
 A searching party was gathered to- gether at once md started for tie camp of the lost men. A short dis tance out of the camp they picked up the trail of the men, but lost it soon after as there had evidently been a sand storm which had obliterated their tracks. After searching for three days the party came across the skele- tons of four men. about two days journey from the camp. These skele- tens are thought to be the remains of some prospectors who went out on to the desert about three months ago. Up to late last night no trace had been , found of the missing men. It is now thought that they wandered out on to the desert and their water giving out they became crazed by the heat and lest their bearings, probably straying in directly opposite direction from their camp.
 Clark is the partner of A Runkle
 of this city. in some local mining DrOperty