Show 7 T SPRING OF DEATH IS FOUND DISCOVERY madir HI III prospectors CN IN NEVADA spring of water in the desert proves to lie he heavily cl urge arge I 1 with arsenic arsenio and has ilg ca used den death th of many A spec al froin irvin ban sa n bernardino del Bei n nardino arc I 1 no says A party of prospectors headed beaded by henry arnell who is well known all over the desert in ning district has arrived here bring ag dg word 0 of the d a s covery in southern nevada of the remains of several people supposed a to have been a party of prospectors arnell and party have been bee n prospect ing 1139 in nevada and were on their way to this city intend ag ng to come coi me by the way of norman springs when near what they supposed was timber moun tain they were attracted to a spring by the lumur ant growth of vegetation around it which could be seen for miles upon nearing the spring they were startled to find first a part of a human skeleton and a little further on the he remains of several other skeletons thawing that quite a party had perished although the find ag ng of a human skeleton on the desert is not an event that creates much ex exl bement the dis covery of the lemkins of an entire party caused in ich wonder among the prospectors and espee ally when they were eo so near a water supply the cause of the r death was soon revealed however no sooner had the members of the party drank of the water from the spring than they were se zed with cramps some of the men suf suffering intensely suspecting that the water contained a in po son arnell cau can tinned his companions not to any more and started for this city bring brina ing with him samples of the water the water was analyzed by a chem st and proved to be heavily charged with arsenic |