Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — An Arizona Curio. [ARTICLE]

An Arizona Curio.

In the extreme eastern edge of Arizona there is a great shallow salt lake in a bowl-like depression, the sink itself being some hundreds of feet deep and three miles across. The basin, all the portion of it not taken up by the lake, is dazzling white with millions upon millions of salt crystals. In the center of the lake rises what appears to be a cone-shaped volcanic peak. Should you take the trouble to ford the lake you will And a miniature lake in the middle of the peak clear as crystal.