While near the luminous peak no smoking…
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sulphur mountain, rising in pure yellow from
a spur of the great Cocopah mountains. The
cone that sends back the sun’s blazing rays in
their own hue is about 150 feet high. The sides
are not smooth, great boulders of clear sulphur,
tons in weight resting on others.
While near the luminous peak no smoking
was permitted, and no matches were lighted,
for a single spark would set on fire the whole
mountain and send a cloud of smoke heaven-
ward that would do for a signal to the people
of Mars.
Near sulphur mountain were found thous-
ands of acres of deposit of alum, and two miles
north of the alum, was discovered a vast bed
of nitre of great purity. The deposit is easily
accessible from the water and the value is in-
calculable.
When the surveyors reached Lake Jululee
another surprise startled them. The waters
of the lake formerly were salt; now they are
pure and fresh, and during a part of their sur-
vey in the arid regions, twenty Indians were
constantly employed carrying water from the
lake over rugged mountains, for the use of the
surveyors.
The change from salt to fresh is attributed
to the great overflow of the Colorado river last
year.