The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-30
NEW MExlCo'S PEOPLE.


Remarkable Discoveries by WniHg
Explorers OF Pr, historic CiVilizd"
IlOn.
Mr.. II. Patterson and M j H
Mackley are in The city from Ne" Nrx
co, bringi z with them some curl"ns rr'
les aud specimens from tom- t The an
Cient mines and cities Of that e, uu'ry
that show iDdubiabe evidenC Of helng
the remains Of a people long al ecedenI
to the historic ages. There IL eVi tenct
that people xisted in Nav M-xlCo WIN
built dwellings and temples Of hewn
stone even hrflre the advanCed people
whose remarkable structures are ii ex
tant in Peru and Central Amerl n. Fnerr
is evidence of vast volcanic ern nDflOns III
the parts OF New Mexico visited by the
above named gentlemen which over
whelmtd large cities and buried the in
habitants with hot ashes and lava, the
same as befell the more recent cries OF
Pompeii and Herculaneum According
to Mr.. Pa terson, the principal rnins are
found at Alb ), an ancient city in the Man
z4na Mountains. These mountains are
in Valencia county, situated abont eig"-
teen miles from the Atcnison, Topeka &
Santa F. Railroad, l25 miles souhwent
of Los Vegas, and, say, twenty miles west
of the RIO Grande River tn re are 10
inhabitants in the vicinity, bnt every
where there are evidences If the former
existence of dense population. There
are seen the ruins Of large church or
temple, covering one acre Of gr0nnd. Mr..
Patterson paced it IF and found it to he
seventy PAGES tqnare. The walls that
remain are sixty feet high. I e thick
dess of he wall at the base is about ten
feet. Mr.. Patterson brought away
piece of one of the timb9rs THAT protrud-
ed from the walls. L ls of what IL called
in that country the "pn0n" Tree, II
species of pine, and is as sound as wnen
taken from the tree. There is on one
side some rude figures, one of the All.
Seeing Eye, represen iug probably the
sun. 0Gher figures are deeply indented
in the wood as if made by anything bn
sharp edged tool. Mr.. P PltrerAOH say
he found stone hammers, but nothing IN
he shape Of sharp-eGgei or -leel tUuls.
L are small furruws seeu IN the
wood, as if poughed out with stOhe
gouge Mr.. Patterson lnCllnrs TO the
opinion that the locality was the site Of
one of the seven cities maHtiOned by the
Spanish ChroDiClers. the AL hOr If winch
traversed the country fer th- Cruques
of Mexico, among which We're the rIrlrs
of Camelone, Grand Cavra Santa Or 2
Puerto de AbO, the ABB and tne Old Pecos
and another situated few Niles West t
Abo in the lava beds. Mr.. Paterson AZ
serts that tAe old city In question was
never until quite recently explored by
white men.
About five miles from the Abo Spring
they have discovered some ancient silver
diggins. r KIT below the OId mines they
found twenty-five old smeIters and there
We're acres covered with the sag, sOme
specimens of which Mr., Patterson brInge
with him. TIE smeters were built ut
abode or sun-dried bricks and ware ele
waited some twenty or thirty feet anove
the surface of the ground, In digging
down they found the remains ofcn.rc IA
which was used for fuel by the old emel
ters. There we're also seen tle remain
of an aQueduCt. in which water Was con
veyed fro spring, three fOurIhs OF a
mile distant, to a dam winch diverted |
the water into the smelling works Frou
the ole furnaces trail Was found, after |
ex lOratlon leading directly |
from the smelling works to the mine in
The mountains, which here ri-e III peaks
TO a height Of 10 600 feet. The anClen
trail pursues zig gag course, having a
length of fsOme five miles, whlIe in an air |
line, the distance Is not muCn exceeding |
one miles. Everything was transported
in those old mini days on mems shonI.
1ers to aud from the mountains. T Z
party worked nearly two weeks in clear
ng out the mine, removing the timb-r,
,tagnant water and old leaves. Tney
Iound the mine seYen'y feet 'ep, with
.everal horlz )ntal drifts from the main
lhaft. The rock is found to he very rich
ls appears from the specimens brought
here.
Mr.. Patterson has here alsO lot of
pottery consisting of drinking vessels
lsed by these Ud inhabitants Of the
The vessels are If various de
Iigns, representing several sp cles Of
birds aud antelope. Ime of the speci
mems are striped aud spotted with
oack cooring. An old miner named
Baxter found IN digging down a cham Der
IOout ten feet 50 rare, having on ne side
/ fire place, across which hung u crane
having clay hook and at The end Of
he hook was bone. Ga the opposite
ide of the fireplace was found The skeI-
on of man in sitting position Who
vas evidently watching the bone roast
ng for his meal when he and his habi'a
ion were overwhelmed in ruin by sud.
en- discharge of lava from the mountain.
There are lava beds near there * end
ny aOout fifty miles aud Mr.. p luersOn
8 of the belief that the entire population
n some former period must have been
extirpated by a great volcanic
Eruption He thluks at one time the
;rater of these mountains was sky miles
ong and from fifteen to twtnty miles
ICrOss, an eruption from which would
lestroy every living thing within hun
lred miles. Mr.. Patterson saye: TN
,nly idea we can form Of its des ructlve
is by the RUNS seen on every
land. In that dry atmosphere, where
rains only between the months of jane
md July, wood aud animal remains are
ons preserved, and that 80 little is pre-
erved of this ancient people gives u1
.ood idea Of the ruin that ensued.--6. |
Louis Republican
HOPE FOR CONSERVATIVES AT LAST.