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1 . . . . _•_*IA California Wonder—The Sea |•The Austin (Nov. 5 JRevtilf, si Nov. j L; 14, has the To]low nig. •ifmj There are Riany things in the great i P1j ’ ha:;i»; or along its rim, which excite [I the interest of travelers. A correspond j f I pent ashs «s to tell him “ whether Mono-, ,¥: • lake is actnally the.‘ilead sea* it is re-1 ported to be. ' I am tol.l that its bitterj wfl i . • |%I -j waters' are fatal to all Iiving things. 1 f j b a\ yon can, will you please, say sonic- lt;h\ thing about that singular. body of; A ; j Water.’* We gatUey from the ^.Report |.e * .i on the Mineral Resources; of-the States i t?i* -i) and Territories wea.t of the Ilottky ; cj • Mountafns/V that A|ono Irim lies' ten ,j.*i •| mile's southwest of the iHvklmg line i.stv i4te-l \ -- - j B , r . , j «•i bet ween: California and Nevada* .and is j1f • ■ ■' . ■■ , •'• ■. ■ : ■ ■ • ' • ■ ■ ■• abortt foiliteen miles Wide and nine j/*^ i'fong.y It 1ms never been souaded, btu'j1 i a trial said to have been i made; with ft j S. Z f' Hue of £00 feet; failed to rcaclithe hot- ] f : ! fom . By cl temieal ana 1 y sis• a gal I on 1j -, of water/weighing . eight ;pjound» ; was ■ 1 fpiind to conlain 1,200 grains of solidd I «■* r - 1 I' ~ js matter, .consisting piincipaIiy oi cui.o-.-_1i1HI ‘I- ride of sod j lim, carbonate of soda, sal -'11y3-ie-.;e;[I- i. « Vphate of soda, borax and silica.. These ! substances fender the water so acridand: no.ascat.ing that it is unfit lor..: 1I** I . ■* , • I-! drinking • qr even iiathingf Leather j1! immersed in it is soon destroyed by its 11i ■ ■ - * . '■ # w. -10,^.1 corosive properties, and no aniinal, irot.j • even a fish or frog* can ' exist. in. the |leasaeat-idotwid91fiatwater for; more than'. % short time.—The only thing able to li ve within or | upon, the water of this lake is a; species ] of fly, ; which, springing from larvre j .bred in its bosom, after an ephemera] life 4ies, ftnd, col 1 ectIng on the snrface, is drifted to the: shore, where • the rey | rnains ebllact in Vast Jquftntities, : and | | are fed.upon .by the ducks ^ or gathered| by the Indians, ;with whonj they are a-l, staple article of food. - •• Nestling under!'j the dasterh water-shbd of. the, ..Siena-i:4s- j: m -«* ■ Jxkv itjceI ves seVeral-coils.iderabIq '[.■tiibutanes; and, altlioiigh destitute., dfi;!. any orttleti such is• the ariillty of the at'-T'isss «-:inpsphere that it. is always; kept ;• at j n ear-1 y ■ n hi form I e v el' by the p rog resS o f | evap'oration. So dense, .and sluggish 1^ | is the wateri rendered thimngh - srtper-': ■ ]. so t nr a ti o n W i th. V a r ions; sal t« and cther 1 ^ | foieign xn at tersv tbat' only the strongi j •I fcsf winds raiso. a ripple on its surfaces..]a 1. As the.- Sierra'in;. this neighborhood |tie C----:-'-.-; .......I •a 1:: • ,1;rea6h©s iiba rly i ts gr.eatest at t itude, th e ; seer? ery abou t Mo no I a kei Is varied and ! htajestic, some paris of it.being at tbs‘same time ni a iked by a most cheerlesslie-iwnd desolate aspect! The bitter and fatal waters of this lake render it lit-btis-ir-ndy.he.lri:he*n.~eral ly ,a dead senand all i ts Rurroiuicl-j.ng~—wlid, gloomy,. and foreboding—-are suggestiye of :sterility arid deathc ri'h s cleco nip os rug ae ti o n of t h e wate i h shown by its effect upon the bod iss of a, company of Indians, tiventy or thirty in niirabcr, who, while seeking to cs-■ cape from 1 heir jCvhite phrsners, . took j refuge in the lake, who re* they.- were jble;sliot by tireii/ enemies, who left them in 0X1 the wateiy Tn the course of a few vvcelts.id; 11 e. ss-;)S0?s -. in-fnV?ie,not a vestige/ of their bfulies was. to be j' • ## m . » ‘ . * ’ • 4seen, even;the bones; havingl been de-!• compbseii by this pbwerful solvent :-Mineral curiosities abound i-hthe;* i . # , “*.-'*•* • * s * . \ m 'ne ighbprhood.. of Moiio IaltQ, among wiiiidi arc; hiimbcrless; deposits in. the • :»ha pe. ,of fi ny pine trees. .';. f '.
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West Eau Claire Argus
West Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1868
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