Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-26
4 WONDERFUL RELIC.

CHARLES J. WnIPLE, n wealthy
miner who has been operating il
Mexico, makes the following state
ment TO n representative Of the san
Francisco cal:
"You have asked me to give an ac
count Of the interesting mountain nv
friend Jesse d. Grant and myself saw
during our trip through Mexico en-
route 10 this city. Wei, that noun
tain is 4; once one Of the most gigantic
exhibitions Of mans handiwork and
s0Dething almost beyond credence
were we not already familiar with the
works Of the Aztecs.
Just imagine a valley forty by
thirty miles IN area, and from its CEN
ter rising a mound over ,2OO fee; in
height. Then you can realize the first
effec. created upon our minds when
we came before the hill ] am - de-
scribe. My foreman was with Us, and
had partly prepared us for the sur
prise, but We had treated his story
with incredulous remarks, and had bv
no means suspected ne had but given
a modest description Of the mound.
I'VE gazed at the top and allowed
our eyes To fellow the winnings Of a
road down 10 the base. We went
around the base and conjec;ured it
was about one ard half miles in
circumference. Then We started for
the summit. The roadway was built
Of solid rock clear 10 the pinnacle and
was from thirty 10 forty feet in width.
a wall 81 solid rock formed a fuunda-
ton and an inside wall at the same
time. The outer edge OF the road was
uuguarded. These stones weigh all
the way up 20 a ton each and are not
cemented. The roadway is Is level as
= floor and is covered with broken
pieces Of earthenware wafer vessels.
Half way up the mountain is an
altar gu, in solid rock; in the niche Is
a boulder tina. must weigh at least six
tons. The boulder is OF different
stone from thai used IN the walls.
The rocks in the walls are dressed by
skilled worl.men, hut are not polished.
We saw no inscriptions: in fact we had
no time 20 spa=c IN making a search
Ing investigation. We did look for
arrowhcads or oiker warliEe imple-
meuts 10 satisfy ourselves that the
mound had no. been used for defeu-
siye or offensive purposes. Nor was
there any evidence 10 prove that the
roadway had been built for the pur-
pose u wi,nessin. bull fights and
other sports in the valley. / could
only conclude the Aztec sun worship |
per- expended years Of labor on the |
hill in order that they might have an |
place 10 celebrate their |
festivals. inasmuch rs tho /
roadway was s.rcwn with broken |
asrthenwars. and thase scions Of = by /
gone and notable race were known 10 |
AIRY n sunrise large quantities Of 1
water in earthenware jars 10 an enin-
-nce. and there pour out the liquid
nj smash the vessels.
when We descended we brought
with Us a number Of small sel-shelis !
which had pe-rifei. and il Won look
L these on my table ron will SEQ how
hey have been perforated by the In
!anS We again took a long look at
Is mountain ami saw il was oblou.
n shape and tina. tho upward road
Oh tine eastern side. II
ave Travelled on ho:h sides Of the
sountains from British Columbia 10
'eniral America, and ON either side 81
he Sierra Madrys where the cliff
wellers have left such remarkabIe
lcmen:oes Of their skill and customs.
ut have never witnessed anything
o wonderful and magnificent as The
mound which have been telling YOU
bout.
"The valley is abol, 600 feet above
he sea level and Is about seventy
lilies from the coast Iti- situated IN /
onora, between the oi,i-s Of Altar
al Magl1lena, aEd near the NlSia-
ma River. We called the curiosity
ali-ades Mountain, and il is we'll
amei." /,