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A California W«bJ«/ Tk« I»«a4 :*«a*r N«M.Tba Auatia lt;Nev.i'Keeaille baa lha relieving.Thara are many things in lha Greet Baa.ii, or along Ita no, that escite lha Hilaraal af Iraaalara. A e«rraapondani aabaua lo (ell him ''Mena I.aka ta aelually lha 'dead aaa,' il ia reported lo La? I atn laid lhaiila biiCar water* ara fatal 10 all living thinga. If yen caa, will you plaaaa aay aamoihing abaul that holy of water?' W a galhar from Iba “report on tha niibaral resources af lha Sialaa an 1 Territonea «aal af lha Reeky Mountains, thai Mono i.ake liaa tan milaa aouthwaai cf lha dividing lino hatirean California and Nevada, and ia abaul fourteen ruiiea dr and lima lang. Il haa novae boon a ut de l, tut a trial aaid ta liava Loan mad* with a line iOO foal loud f»«lad lo reaeh lha betteni.— Ilf chemical analyata a go leu of water, weighing aight pounda, wao found lo contain 1200 grama of evlid matt« r, coarieting principally al chloride ofaodiua, corbanale• f *a la, aulphate ol aoda, burai and ailiraI lit*a eubalancaa render tha water ao acrid ami nauaoating lhat it ia unfit ter drn.k i g or even hath inc. I.aa her iin me*aad in it ia aoun deatroved hj i|a corn a »e |'f«'|.ert lea, and no an mal, nat even a I ah ar a frog, can aiat in lha water fur• ere than a ahart t.n a. Tie only |l i y a »le In live within or upon lha wi»'er»*! l ia lake i-a eparira of fly, which, epi i •g from llio lar« it* hrad it. it a Loaaiu, all* r a', ephemeral liie, d«a. c» Irctn ir on I hr a rf«ce, i* drifted lo the share, *w tier a t he r !•»%' iatolled In vital quantities, ni j re fej m on by tha dm ka • g*li *r#l I » the Iin' a with whom Ihey -re v ea i i i ( f. ...I. \ • 111 • i in .!• r 1 • tea tinw a'er abed of t he Sieira.'lo* el i t ; a- * iveg ••taial cniaiderahlo t» Sulat.v . aid, a.lih'tn/h *l»* tilulr of any outlet,*lit h I r audit v of tha aimoep' , re th l st ia al t teaofraaj ration, ho lt;!***• a? d *luggli ■ tf - ^ atar t« ndc rad ihfo’gh auper biu»au*n with »•-«•»»»• aaitaand other *V»i* ,n matter*, it*at '•n’.y th* a'lngeat we d* ra aa a r |'| I* on ■!« e .ifare,Aa lha Si r*a in ihia neigh* orhood reach* aa nearly ita greatea* a.til ide, tha acn *ty ahuut M* no Lake ia varied an I majeatir, •une | aria of il to ng at li e *arna liiua mat a • d hv a n.aat i haer ***• and deaolate aapect. The biller ai d fa'al watara of this Lake reader il luem ly a dead eat, and all ita *urmundinga—wild, glotmy and fore-h d ng ara auggeative of atenlity and tlaaih. Tha derompoa*ng artion of Ihe water ia »h*wn be if* e'Ycrla up n the b* d «»a »fa raiopnny cf Indiana, twenty cr ihirtv in number, who, whi a eaekmg in• •r-yr fra-n 'Irtr wlita piirfVeit, to I i. :»ge • •' r *.h*. whet** thry were *bt»i » - r e-o tn*. *. who hit ft am i' the» »r. \- ■ '•*. c *ur*a • I a few wetke n i• »* i •- f heir I ut*« * aa to ho i-ee i, e»r ’ ra having b -n d*c- rnpo-r I t ta.datm .'liner*! • urie-ilie* a Sou d *ha nighhathn lof Mono Ink-, *•■.■ w .,r«i ar# rummer dej oait-* in II •»
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Daily Davenport Democrat
Davenport, Iowa, US
Fri, Jan 15, 1869
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