Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-19
TRAvERS|NG The
BURNING SANDS
CUDDY AND PARKER ARE
ON THEIR WAY
TRuNDLING A BARROW LOAD OF
ORE FROM ToNoPAH TO
THE SEA

John Cuddy and william Parker.
THE wheelbarrow kids" are already
discovering that there is some differ
ence between traversing the Nevada
deserts afoot and in Pullman cars.
/ They are pluckily keeping up their
hike From day to day they will re-
port progress in the Bonanza. The
following letter was mailed at Coal
dale Saturday:
I'VE arrived here this morning at
3 O'Clock and will stay all day for we
are "all in" We started from Tono-
pah on the 18th at about l o'clock and
reached Millefs at $50. We drank
a whole gallon of water on that jour
ney c. c. Dale's store donated some
head cheese, pork and beans and
crackers. A little outside of Millers
we pitched camp and ate our supper
Later we started with sand up to our
knees and to tell the honest truth, we
felt like giving up; but with great
deal of courage and perseverance, we
kept on going. Finally the sand be-
came so deep that we had to put the
} wheelbarrow on the middle of the rail
road track and go humping over the
ties for three miles. 1t was slow
, work and we were just about tagged
out when we reached a good wagon
road which made it much easier walk
: ms.
5 1T was a very queer sensation,
. wheeling that load along the desert
: in the middle of the night We could
not hear sound except the crunch
of our feet and the tread of the wheel
If one man tried it. we believe that
he would go crazy Six miles were
covered in this manner and then we
, spread our blankets on the ground,
J put our extra shirts under our heads
and slept peacefully the rest of the
night
I'VE rose stiff and sore at $3.50
{ O'Clock BY noon we reached McLain
e and found the place as empty as the
$ desert upon which We were travelling
/ Our water supply gave out and there
/ was no liquid to quench our thirst at
/ this little station so we were forced
= to eat lemons. A team met us at
e bn Irfx nc mr.
+ teen of water. Blair Junction was the
IS next station ON our list and we ar
d rived there at $3.50 on Friday after
d noon. Every part of our bodies were
Is burned and our feet we're sore and
IS swollen
r After eating some sardines and
y, crackers, we started for Coaldale and
y not being able to reach the station al
1890 that evening, we pitched camp
second time. This time we ran out
Of food and the pangs of hunger never
= seemed so sharp as that night. Oul
sleep was not very restful for our legs
~ were sore and the rocks very sharp
" AT s a. m. we arose and reached Coal
i dale, two miles away, in half an hour
m They gave us a swell hreakfas
- and also donated some corned bee
b. and loaf of bread. Owing to oul
le legs being sore and our feet blistered
le we rested all day, doctoring them will
, he drugs given to us by Mr. Prouty
- and the Tonopah Drug company.
:. "'ro give you an idea how hot it is
H. the candles that were in the road
lr house melted and are clinging togeth
a er in one huge soft mass The Their
r. mometer registered lis in the shade
To earn our dinner, we chopped som,
- wood for over an hour The dinner
: consisted of ham and eggs. Did W,
N eat? Oh, no. We are in hopes o
81 reaching Rock Hill this evening.
Is "On the way we lost a stag handled
Is knife and a tramp who was travelling
F." in our direction found it. He came il
= on the section gangs car and after
short struggle we succeeded in re
n. gaining the knife.
THE WHEELBARROW KIDS.
u. Up. S.-The water is awful dow
If here for 1t tastes like EPSON salts.
IN Word was received at the depo
y that the two boys had reached Min
=. about o'clock in high spirits. The
n. remained there about an hour an,
y. were ready to pull out about 2 O'Clock
Mt They spent Sunday night at Soda
he Vile.