The Glenwood post., 1907-06-22
AUTOMOBILE TRIP
ACROSS CONTINENT

and George K. Shuler. proprietor of the
Death Valley Auto Truck company,
left Greenwater, California, May 20,
for trip by automobile to Boston
They passed through the Death Val
ley country and the Utah desert, car
rying water and food with them to
supply their reeds when far from the
babitations of man. They reached
Glenwood early Monday evening and
remained here until nearly noon
Wednesday,
While here, piloted by Joe Lugen-
bell of the Hotel Glenwood, they took
plunge in the big swimming pool
and also explored the vapor cave.
both which they pronounced among
the most wonderful of nature s works.
So delighted We're they that they pro
longed their stay here much longer
than they had intended.
On each of the side doors of the
auto is the label, 1.-The Desert Rat,
while the rear is decorated 'Enroute
Wild Flower Mine, Death Valley. Cal
ifornia, to Boston. Massachusetts,, -
Their story is a wonderful tale of the
discovery of rich ore in the Shadow
mountains at the southern extremity
of Death Valley 1t is story of a
sentence thoughtlessly dropped by Bill
Keys, the partner of Death Valley
Scotty, and this unguarded remark on
the part of Keys led to a prospecting
crusade in the Shadow mountains and
the discovery of the rich Wild Flower
mine which these three gentlemen will
exploit in Boston,
The machine used by these gentle
men is a powerful affair of over so
horse power and weighs with the three
men A, no pounds, or more than twice
as much as any other machine which
has ever crossed the continent
The party has had some rough ex-
periences this far and they all expect
to encounter many obstacles on the
eastern end of the journey. In one
stretch of Utah road it took them just
"a working hours to cover 2s miles.
at another place they worked hard for
five hours to travel distance of 50
feet. AT one point they sank into
the mud until the tops of the 3Oinch
wheels were out of sight. 1t took
six heavy horses and eight men to ex
tricate the machine from this slough.
! The gentlemen reported first class
mountain roads after crossing the
Utah line. and say that Colorado roads
will compare favorably with the pest
of Eastern roads. The Colorado route
pursued by the gentlemen will be to
Leadville via Gypsum, to Buena Vista
via Tennessee Pass: to Colorado
Springs; to Denver After leaving
Denver the route followed will be to
Omaha to Clinton, Ia, where they
will cross the Mississippi; to Chicago; :;
to Cleveland; to tittsburg; to Phila-
delphia; to New York; to Boston,
which latter place they expect to
| reach barring a very serious mishap
by July 90
The party had averaged up to Sun
day night So miles per day from the
time they left Greenwater, California.
The worst part of the journey is past
and Tennessee pass is the only remain.
Ing obstacle in the way of the party.
After leaving Colorado Springs it is
estimated that an average of 1875 mi les
per day will be made to Chicago and
l75 from there to Boston. Not an acci-
dent of any consequence to the machin-
cry has occurred throughout the trip,
although three tires were "blown off,
crossing railroad bridge on the, ties
in Utah.
Strange as it may seem the parties
to this tour claim that it is not being
made for advertising purposes but
purely and simply as pleasure trip
The occupants of the car are tanned
to a beautiful and healthy color and
are enjoying the very best of health.
ABOUT 175 pounds of ore from the
Wild Flower mine forms part of tine
contents of the auto, and. beside the
names on the machine, is the only
thing that has any reference to the
starting point of the party. Each of
the three individuals are reported
very wealthy as consequence of a ,e-
cent discovery of very rich free gold
ore.
The auto left Glenwood at noon
Wednesday, and the occupants spent
the night at Gypsum, going on to
Leadville Thursday