The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
MOUNTAINS OF PURE ROCK SALT
AND GYPSUM, CONTAINING
MILLIONS OF TONS OF
THIS MATERIAL
The T0nOpah and Tidewater Railroad
Will Build Branch of Their
Line Into These Vast
Deposits

They we're hardy lot. the pioneers who left
penlnd the ease and comfort Of their happy
homes TO brave the dangers and hardships of an
overland journey to the GOLDEN WEST.
Iheir courage was the natural result OF a de-
of that great wealth they believed so easily won
from the treasure stores of that WONDERLAND.
In their dreams they saw at the end of that
long pilgrimage mighty Ell Dorado in that glo-
rious land where the mountains and valleys are
oathed In beautiful hazy red by the glimmering
rays of the SETTING SUN.
They knew of the dangers thrown across their
lonely ION path by the savage red men. whose quest
Strange WHITE BRoTHERs. ''A'p' u 'H'i'
They did not however. know or realize that
the great necessity for water might lead them on
into that mighty sea of miraged sand, the decep-
tien of which has lured many man to death,
and which gave its weird name TO this now
famous DEATH VALLEY.
The daring OF few led them away from the
beaten path OF their predecessors. but weird
stories concerning piles Of bleached bones told by
the few survivors Of such perilous expeditions
caused most of them to stay close to the dinnly
marked trails of the lucky who, through
good fortune, had reached the GOAL OF THEIR
The true stories of the millions upon millions
OF wealth that lay within sight and beneath
their very feet. even in the most desoate spot in
that unknown valley. would read like a romance
in fiction to the sons and daughters of these
DARING PIONEERS.
That it was then so has since brought fortune
to the lucky prospector who while on his lonely
quest for colors was tempted by the mysteries
of the vari-colored rocks which nature has so
generously thrown up to his view.
Mountains of Pure Rock Salt and
Gypsum
The Death Valley Chemical Company has ac-
qufred and now owns some 500 acres of mineral
land in the Avawatz mountains. about IL miles
west of Dumont Siding on the Tonopah and Tide
water railroad. on which found untold mil
lions OF tons Of pure rock salt and pure gypsum.
:, For many years those familiar with the saline
deposits at this point. where the old emigrant
road from Utah to California presses close to
Cave Springs and descends the western slope to-
mountains of rock salt there and some lime
formation, but only recently has the real value OF
those untold millions of tons of PURE ROCK
SALT and PURE GYPSUM become fully known.
Railroad Into Camp
Mr.. II wilson, the general manager of the
Death Valley Chemical Company and Mr.. G. NJ.
Rasor, the chief engineer OF the Tonopah and
Tidewater railroad, accompanied by number of
interested parties from Los Angeles and San
Francisco, have just returned from an inspection
of this wonderful property, which was made in
order to complete final Arrangements for the
building OF branch of the railroad into the
plant OF the Chemical Company.
Expedition Accompanied by Eminent
Chemist
Koebig, an eminent chemist of Los Angeles, who
went along for the purpose OF making thorough
investiga ton as to the quantity OF ma terfal
available and to make full and complete analy-
sis of the chemical properties of the vast deposit
of rock salt, gypsum, nitrate and other salines
that have been found on the company's property
DR.. Koebig's letter follows:
JULIUS KoEBIG, Ph. D.. Chemical and Min
ing Engineer. 127 w. First street Los An
geles, CAL, Sept. 21. 1908.
Death Valley Chemical Company, Los An