Lost on the Desert

The entire male population of the camps of Greenwater and Death Valley Junction are 
searching the desert tonight for Dave Eldredge, son of a well-known eastern sewing 
machine manufacturer, who started from his mining property in the Panamint range on 
August 24 for Greenwater, and has not been seen since.  It is supposed that he 
perished of thirst on the desert.

Every able-bodied man in the camp has joined in the search for the body.  Horses, 
burros, wagons, carts and automobiles have been pressed into service, and no portion 
of the desert between Greenwater and the Panamint Range will be left unexplored.

Young Eldridge had extensive interests in mining claims along the ridge of Death 
Valley.

Tonopah telegram, Sept. 11.

The Inyo Register, Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, September 16, 1909
Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, December 31, 2004