Show THE VALLEY OF or DEATH alleged Disc discovery oTery of the lost last mont lit gonie rj train death valley is in nevada and liaa has been traversed by many miners and prospectors p actors wo now note eliat some of our exchanges are whitin writing of the valley of death possibly there may be a difference dill brence in the localities cali ties an ali arizona paper alleges that the kansas pacific R R engineers rs recently discovered the tile lost montgomery train it ought to have been discovered years ago if in death valley Vall proper in ili the south xer can portion of cyro t the ie state tato of nevada every inch of what lias has hitherto been known aa as death valley has been crossed and rc re crossed times without number authere but here is the story from f rom the arizona exchange the valley of death a spot almost as terrible as the valley of dry bones is just north of the old mormon r road to california in utah a region 30 miles long by 30 broad and surrounded except at two points lq R by inaccessible mountains it i t is totally void of water and vegetation and the shadow of a bird or wild beast never darkened ita its white glaring I aring sands the kansas pacific railroad Wail railroad road engineers discovered it and some papers which show the fate of the lost montgomery train which came south from salt lake in 1850 when near death valley gome come came to the conclusion that the guide knew nothing of the tile country so they appointed one of their number a leader leader and broke off from the party the leader turned due west so the people and tho the wagons and the flocks he be traveled three da days and then descended into the valley whoso choso treacherous mirage promised water they reached the trio center but only the white sands bounded by scorching peaks met their gaze and around the valley they wandered and one by one the men died and the panting flocks stretched themselves in death under the hot sun the children crying crying for water died at their mothers breasts and with swollen tongues and burning vitals tile mothers f followed ol 01 wagon after wagon wax wa abandoned and strong men in on tot tottered t or ed and raved and died after a week weeks s wanderings a dozen followers found some water in the hollow of a mountain it lasted but a short time when all perished but two who escaped out of the valley and followed the trail of their former companions p pan ions eighty seven families anions with i h hundreds bund reds of animals perished here a and nd now after 22 years the wagons stand still complete the iron works and tires are bright and the shriveled skeletons side by side |