The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . l, April 28,1903. It says : Five human skeletons were found to-day at the eastside of the Salton River, making eighteen found to dateon the part of the desert being brought under presumption is that the persons may have perishedfrom thirst as many have done in this region, which afew months ago was utter barrenness. Nothing has-beenfound to give any clew to the identity of these personswhose bones may have lain on the desert for manyyears. Down in the Colorado Desert is a wellwhich is bringing its owner a fortune. Withina rad
The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . l, April 28,1903. It says : Five human skeletons were found to-day at the eastside of the Salton River, making eighteen found to dateon the part of the desert being brought under presumption is that the persons may have perishedfrom thirst as many have done in this region, which afew months ago was utter barrenness. Nothing has-beenfound to give any clew to the identity of these personswhose bones may have lain on the desert for manyyears. Down in the Colorado Desert is a wellwhich is bringing its owner a fortune. Withina radius of fifty or sixty miles are a score ormore of mining camps where no water is tobe found. Prospectors and other travelers,also, frequently pass that way, and there isno other water for many miles about. Thesetravelers and the residents of the miningcamps are glad to pay handsomely for waterfrom this well. The proprietor has built tanks and loadingapparatus for the convenience of his patrons,and he has established the following scheduleof prices :. 5 f, The Land of Thirst 33 100 gallons, or less, 25 cents per load, 10 cents per gallon. Four-horse load, 8 cents per gallon. The well is a very deep one and the waterwas obtained by drilling. It requires a power-j)ump to raise the water to the surface, andthe fuel to run the boiler and engine has tobe hauled many miles across the desert sands,so, after all, the rates for water are not soexorbitant as they may seem at first glance. Every year the great deserts of the Westclaim scores of victims, the most of whomdie of thirst. Men go out into the arid plains,are not again heard from, and their fate re-mains, in many cases, a mystery to the endof time. Arain, beside a bleachingr skeletonis found a trinket or belonging which serves toidentify the remains. Sometimes the identifi-cation comes long after death, as in the caseof a Los Angeles prospector who years agoleft that city with a companion to cross thedesert. The
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