Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 1 | Western Deserts May Yield Huge Fortunes in Gold

Western Deserts May a Yield Huge Fortunes in jn Gold LOS ANGELES Nov 29 9 APAn AP APAn AP- AP An exploration n of Death valley alley and p parts of Nevada to test his theory that huge fortunes in the form of gold oxide can be ve extracted from the desert wastes is soon to be made by Dr Herschel C. C Parker Parke noted scientist he announced today Gold oxide has been made in laboratories for a n hundred y years ars he points out but was never neier thought b by scientists to exist In nature However he became convinced Ion eon vinced that it docs does He lie made the discovery disCover he says during a course of experiments made over a year ego Hgo at Mona lake while attempting to extract gold from irons gold carrying waters by means of electrolysis Dr Parker believes th that t enormous enormous enormous enor enor- quantities of gold oxide oxide which he terms aurite lie on t tand the th arid and bottoms of Death valle valley Ind tow the wastelands can be made to yield hundreds of millions of ot dollars dol- dol lars lais In gold Dr Parker was professor proCessor of physics at Columbia university for twenty venty ears pars and at one time was associated with D D D' Robert Millikan Mill Mill- kan head of the California Institute Institute of Technology He will be Joined inthe inthe in m the explore tion by bv Harry Harl Wolf Walt Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago manufacturer who will act as manager of the expedition