Show i I 1 experience nearly swamped on a trip to antei lope island david loch lech a mining engineer whose I 1 blue prints issue from offices on main street tells of a thrilling adventure while on an expedition to the copper I 1 t and gold bearing deposits on antelope island laland that rises from roni the waters ot of great salt sail lake engaging himself to make the trip the ena engineer ineer left the city on saturday last and 37 reaching SAlt Silta lr camped at that point until monday morning A perfect calm rested on the lake when he stepped into a fourteen toot foot sall sail rigged i boat and with alio h outlook alook tor for a most I 1 uneventful voyage ills shell had skimmed the writers waters under a a good breeze tor for two miles when from th the not noi th he saw a white cap approaching that appeared to rise without provocation I 1 down upon him it came raising I 1 his shell out ot of the water and sweeping I 1 the mast away then the wind I 1 began to blow a sole galt that cat cairned tried m with lit it riner sheets of 0 salt that filled his eyes I 1 until he was momentarily blinded I 1 then he changed his hl course cours e and w with ith the wind healing boating at ills ilia back finally refi reached ched the point of 0 the island where I 1 I 1 lit iw dis embarked and began his big journey journey I 1 on toot I 1 his i experience with the salt storm has left mr lech with abair of very badly inflamed eyes that are confining hint indoors for the present but that II 11 will not prevent ills hs repeating the expedition 4 tion in a few days daya concerning the copper and gold bear ln in g deposits that have been prospected prospects d I 1 in n a despi desultory tory way for many years mr hr lech Is not prepared to go into details at this time both gold and silver are there some ore Is upon the dumps that can be profitably handed handl rd and it Is not unlikely that permanent developments development s nill shortly egill begin b during b hla i a experiences upon the 11 Is land island mr air lech encountered the handful of buffalo that ate aie owned by the v island cattle company and tor for which will walker Is foreman and reports I 1 three births among them during the j year th range Is said raid to be in good g shape andi and stock Is wintering well |