| Show FAINT AND THIRSTY BEAVER utah july 3 1893 about the lot of june edgar clark started from his home in Paro Parow wao av iron county for ranch mojave cOu county lity arizona a distance of miles the ranch lie is seventy five miles dues cuth of st bt george mr clarks purpose was to purchase and gather cattle so he tork tok along twelve or four teen employee mostly young men and boye all remained at the ranch for more thein than a week in which time they built eight or ten tan miles of fence sub dub eight of the young men started d C cut ut upon a trail trall sala to be that of some of major men who tried to go through that country twenty three years ago this division of powell powells s men had bad refused to go any further down the colorado river and started for the settlements when near the springs at the ranch they were kilko by ILd indians lans the eight men of clark clarks s camp had the idea that the trail would lead them in a few miles to the north wall of the colorado which they were desirous of visiting li it was as four in the morning when they started out on horseback but the distance was greater than they estimated and they did not reach the river until four oJ clock in the afternoon the latter part of the journey was accomplished 0 i foot the horses being left jett at greens springstein springe ten alies from the ranch the men had failed to take water with them and during their trip over the rocks and sand with the ther kometer mon ranging at degrees had become intensely thirsty several of them were almost exhausted and le a young man named lyman fainted from toe the heat beat and thirst be fore reaching eg the river when they arrived near the colorado tile thirst of the men seemed intolerable but the water was till still beyond their reach the stream beling being hemmed in by rough and perpendicular cliffis cliffa which it appeared impossible to cross at this time the condition of the men was wag awful their tongues were so swollen that they bould not got get their fingers into their mouths the 11 wim was do desperate operate they preyed eagerly forward crossing glitches and lettino letting the down b by a rope from point to 9 in the cliffe the hope that they were getting nearer the water spurred purred fl them on at last they came across a crevice in the rooks down bitch they could climb one at a time a distance of feet to the stream all ox ot the men could not make the descent k tut ut those who wore were able to do no ao sou bought glit means to carry water to the biera to save ave them hem from perishing thoy they found some large willows willow which they ibex out with their and then the bark which they loosened Jo ened by beating as they had boon been went to do eiten boys boy a in whistles those bark tubes they plugged at each end and and datade alide in which high they were able thearry back to their cord after difficult and ted tedious tripe su Algion water to keep un ax from dying of thirst it delit wa nine o at night when they were able to begin the journey back to the ganob which they reached at nine O ane aest morning exhausted several days rest reat was required to recuperate them sufficiently tor service in their work there are eight members of that party who will never forget their experience in crossing crossl nu over thirty five miles if cf our Dixie 8 desert forgive for five years past there has been known to exist over the arizona line and twenty or twenty five miles from st bt george a deposit ot mineral wax it is a blanket vein and was first visited by mr jesse tye in 1888 and again about two months ago the jast fast time he be brought back samples earn plea which were tested and found to be a first class article the vein has once been visited by a gentleman from pennsylvania guided by john D pierce of washington washington county utah the gentleman says the wax is just what tie be was after the vein car ries a mall percentage of gold A volu vein of mineral wax has been discovered ton ten miles northeast of beaver it is of fi fine no quality and in greater quantity thu the arizona deposit the vein is fety eat thick cropping out along the ledge the eumire length of the location por for some years this wax has been mista mistaken on for stone coal obsidian aidian ob or other mineral its discovery affer a an opportunity for the establishment of an extensive rud profitable branch of hodoe industry and one worthy the attention of capitalists JOSIAH |
