Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-10
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lnE SUN woHs1lptno.
A wonderful stone Roadway Built

A wonderful Stone Roadway Built by
Then I,e00 Feet Up Mound.
Charles j. Wimple, one of the wealthiest
miners in .IeXico, is in this city He told
the following wonderful story;
"You h ave asked me to give an account
OF the interesting mountain my friend,
Jesse d. Grant, and myself SAW during our
trip through Mexico. en- route to this city.
Well, that mountain is mt once one of the
most gigantic exhibitions Of mans handi-
work and something almost beyond ere
dence were we not already familiar with
the work of the Aztecs. Just imagine
valley forty by thirty miles in area and in
its center rising n mound over 200 feet in
height. Then you can realize the first
effect created upon our minds when we
came before the hill am to describe. My
foreman was with us and had partly pre-
pared us for the surprise, but we had
treated his story with incredulous remarks,
and had by no means suspected he had but
given modest description Of the mound.
eve gaZed to the top and allowed oureyes
TO follow the windings of road down to
The base We went around the base and
conjectured IL was about one and half
miles In circumference. Then we started
for the summit. The roadway was built
of solid rock clear to the pinnacle, and wN>
from thirty to forty feet in width. wall
of solid rock formed foundation and an
inside wall at the same time. The outer
edge of the road was unguarded. These
stones weigh all the way up to ton each,
and are not cemented. The roadway is ~
level as floor and is covered with broken
pieces of earthenware water vessels.
q tat oil
cut in solid rock; in the niche is bowlder,
which must weigh at least six tons The
bnwldcr Is of different stone from That used
in the walls. The rocks in the walls are
dressed by skilled workmen, but are not
polished. We saw no Inscriptions In fact,
we had no time to spare in makinga search
ing investi cation. We did look for arrow
heads or other warIile implements, to sat.
isfy ourselves that the mound had not been
used for defensive or offensive purposes.
"Nor was there any evidence to prove
that the roadway had been built for the
purpose of witnessing bull fights and other
sports in the valley could only conclude
the Aztec sun worshiper4 expended years
Of labor on the hill in order that they
might have m appropriate place TO cele.
brate their imposing festivals, inasmuch
carthenware, and those scions of IA bygone
and notable race were known to carry ut
sunrise large quantities Of water in earth
enware jars to m cminence, and there
pour out the liquid and smash the vessels.
"When we descended we brought with
us n number of small sea shells which had
petrilied ana If you look at these on my
table you win see how they have been per
forated by the Indians. We again took n
long look mt the mountain and saw it was
oblong in shape, and that the upward road
commenced on the eastern side. | have
Travelled on both sides Of the mountains
from British Columbia to Central Amer
lea, and ON either side Of the Sierra Madras,
where the clilr jewellers have left such re
markablc mpmentos of their skill and Gus.
toms but have never witnessed anything
10 wonderful and magnificent as the
mound which have been telling you
about. The valley is about 800 feet above
the sea level, and IL about seventy miles
from the coast 1t is situated in Sonora,
between the cities Of Altar and Magdalena,
and near the Magdalenn river. We called
the curiosity Palisade mountain, and it is
well named San Francisco Gail.