The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-13

no loss of life on the trail, but the suf-
fering has been intense from the extreme
heat. 1t is claimed by freighterS on the
read that horned toads, lizards and other
er desert creeping things do not exist be-
tween the Johnnie siding and GreenWa-
ter along the AmagOsa desert. They
sometimes get there, but soon the
bleached remains are found sun dried and
mummified. many of which are gath
cred as curioSities to decorate and empel-
ish museums throughout the country.
Some Wander Away and Perish.
Numbers have suffered death and those
who have dared the region without a full
supply of water have been lost, and OF
whom no trace has ever been found.
Their bones will some day be discovered
and a story of struggle for life will be
mutely told of. 1t is no picnic to go in
there now, but it is reported line of
stages running every other day between
the two points will be put on when water
has been developed in sufficient guam
tity to supply men and animals along
the route. Half the trials and troubles
will not have been borne when once in
where wealth lies hidden. For miles and
miles tributary to those mines discovered
and being operated the countryl has been
secured for fractions, claims having been
located until a prospectOr must travel
at least seven miles with burrO pack and
water to insure results.
A Wonderful District.
Eminent mining men have visited the
Greenwater and they pronounce 1t won
derfuI district Automobiles and rigs rush
and crush TO get in first, prospectors with
pack and burro drag along behind bent
on the same mission, all bending every
nerve to be recognized in the mineral en-
pire building in this state The mines
are wonderful and it remains to be dis
puted if this late discovery is not the
most startling of all copper discoveries
hI1C 20 in no nf
district is not copper alone, but copper
pred0minates Veins of gold, silver and
the other precious metals are found here,
too. Charles Morgan, United States
mineral surveyor at Las Vegas, has been
all over the country and he proclaims 1t
one of the richest he has been in, that is
from conclusions reached from the per-
sonal examination of the country by Mr..
Morgan prior to railroad building into
the desert.
Two Towns Started.
As in every country of the kind, the
question paramount in the minds of many
is where will the townSite for the mines
be located At present there are two,
one at the Clark mines and the other a
distance of two miles from 1t, both
amid the leads and lodges, and both at
this time, one as promising as the other.
whirl and neither good sense or solid
judgment is used on account of the I'M
certainty that prevails. Not being salts
fled with two, another has been staked
and plated at the base Of the Funeral
range far down on the desert as you
commence to climb.
Johnnie Located.
At Johnnie Siding, the ground was
found vacant. About a month ago the
Las Vegas and Tonopah one of Senator
Clark'S roads and on which the siding is |
located, sunk to develop water in a
ground wash and from the Jennings or
bearings from the well good properties |
were had which has answered partially |
in the discovery of gold and to warrant |
its location by c. II. Smith, c. o. Whit |
proprietors and editor of the Las Vegas |
Times. At present a railroad freight |
shed marks the spot There is neither |
hotel saloon or store. There is nothing |
here but what the future has in store |
Should the mines prove as fabulouSly rich |
as they are supposed, Johnnie will be the |
point for the south as well as |
for The north, as 1T is centrally located on |
the Senator Clark branch.
Caution Advised.
1t is well to advise at this time not |
to be in too big rush into a country |
where the necessary supplies are short |
and where water commands a higher |
premium than on any other spot In the |
west To those who have only their labor |
to depend on and no means, stay out |
for it costs money and without the filthy |
lucre it goes mighty hard with the poor |
man.
Water on the desert, far from the base
big price. Without water it is misery and |
death