The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-01-14

HumbIod, Ind Id, down into the dust.
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NEW fExICO's RUINS.
lHEhite Oaks Era =
New sxico is perhaps the most
noted dntry in the world for re.
searefS The historian, the wealth
SEE - and the "curions, can here find
h field and reward for their labor.
>heAAbo and Gran Quivira countries
are perhaps the most renowned In the
Territory for research. .,n.,ss, u
In the former there are evidences Of
great volcanic eruptions which over
whelmed cities and buried the inhabi-
tants in ashes and lava, long ages ago.
It is evident that these people, who
are. perhaps older than the Aztecs, were
prosperous race, with not a little adj
vance in civilization, as the 400 ruins
in the Manzana mountains Indicate ];
also CONGRATULATIONS of fine art, rude
figures and the images of animals be-
Ing found upon the interior s,of the
walls Of the structures beneath the de-
bris.
It is evident that this non-historic
race were seekers after mineral, and
evidences also that mineral was ob-
tanned by them In paying quantities.,
there being the ruins of many old
smelters and acres of Stag found near
Abo. Hero mines are found with the.
timbers SO rotten with age that great
difficulty Is experienced and danger in
curredin going down into the old
shafts, where shafts are formed. ssfesf 3,
One of our, intormants gave as his
belief that either the flow of lava or
ashes filled many of the shafts up, and
the sand, earth and leaves sQcomplete-
ly cover the ground that great care is
required Ito find them, with but one
or two exceptions-the Mount of the
Holy Cross ESQ namely being about
the only one that could be easily dis
covered. lF5. 81 N
One especially was found where
human hands or lava or falling leaves
or dust had filled it level with the
earth, no shaft being observable, and
would not have been found, perhaps,
had not an old trail been discovered.
This was dug into, and at depth of
twelve feet a man could, in places.
thrust his arm up to the elbow between
the granite walls Of the mine and the
earth which filed the old shaft. SliF4
The mineral, unlike our White Oaks
country, does not seem to outcrop, but
seems deep in the earth, no float
having been found as yet, except near
the shafts or around the old smelters,
On the Eastern slope of the Manzana
mountains no quartz has been found,
excepting in very burned and black
ened condition. This part of our coun-
try will perhaps yield Iimmense mine
raj wealth in time, and further devel-
opments and prospecting is awaited
with great interest to many. lliys b1u2u
The walls of some of the old ruins
at Abo are six feet solid stone-lime
and red sand--the walls in places are
yet sixty feet in hight and In a state
of perfect preservation. In the ruins
are found vessels of various designs
and size made of pottery-some re.
presenting birds and animals. Stone
hammers are found here but no indi-
cations that, sharp. edged tools We're
used in this ancient period. In Dig
ging down in one place the remains of
an old acqueduct was found, which
was probably used, as in the present
Gay, by the Mexicans7 for Supplying
the inhabitants with water - ~ -
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During the prevalence of a hurricane
about ten miles from Mobile many of
the valuable orange trees in the grove
oil aChas.S s. Patterson Were uprooted.
AT least twenty of them were thrown
INTO the public road, completely block
aiding that thoroughfare with their gol-
den fruit. 1t took at least one hour to
clear the road, The occurrence is re-
garded as one of the most remarkable
on record, as this is the first instance
IN which road was completely block
AIDED by oranges. va
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Eney have sensible colored preach
er at okolona, in this State. During
the recent terrible cold snap he went
10 work, built him an ice house. and