Show OUT IN N THE DESERT the tooele thoele times gives the following account of a new discovery recently made in the desert in tooele thoele county but this new district according to the description given will not be very popular in mining circles unless some very rich finds are made there the times says that mineral has sheen r discovered on silver island on the desert is now beyond dispute but the discovery is in a very awkward place being on the great desert and some sixteen miles from water supply that there is some good mineral i is proven from the specimens brought from the discovery to this city gold silver copper iron and galena is found in various parts of the desert island but in what qualities has not yet been tested only on one or two claims and the owners are rather shy in stating what results the assays essays have given but we are creditably informed that surface assays essays have shown about ore in silver copper and a small per cent in gold the island is said to be one of the roughest places on or around the desert there is nothing but stratas of rock to be seen and very little of any kind of vegetation is found and woe be to the party that will try to find the new camp without an experienced guide and then they may get into trouble for want water for it certainly is one of the deyesu spots of land in the united states near this very spot silver island is found the remains of a whole train of wagons that tell the terrible suffering their owners mus endured in trying to cross that desolate land not only the remains of the wagons are there but the bones of men and beasts have been found and can now be seen scattered over the desolate land of death if the prospect holds out as favorable as the showing n seems now no doubt a mining r district may spring up that will give work for many men but we must warn people unacquainted with the country not to attempt to ross cross the desert at any season of the year either on foot or by team if they are not prepared to meet the fate of others bothers who have already perished there |