Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-10-17
TmE,.unizo NOT NrAiNs
FA~t- aud Romanr- About n latte
hnown Region

SOLITARY pyramid ugh, hundred icot
hgb covering SON" thirty acres uu tie
busum - Mother Earth, situRted about
forty mlles southwest from Junction
Cdy, y. VI and plaiuly visible distance
~ ouc hundred mllrs from almost any
direction The Navsju Indians regard i
With u reverence amounting g. some
thiug sacred, 'ur, ia their traditions Will
have u, when the good mother ~ their
trIbo died her pure spirlt wac waited in
the sun aud her body burIcd upon thls
great cmiucucr, where, they believe, u
tiny sptug constantly dtipe rts cupl ~.
frrshlng waters upon her sacred grave.
TIL" vicinity ~ the Shlp Rock has
been "a bhttir ground frr untold genera
tlunH. Standing, ~ It does, near Canon
de- ChIll,lce. where X found the ancient
runs ~ the gteatest Aztec settlement
yet discovered, Il must have been slleut
Wi,u"s- 10 the ul,nishrd rau.ci hy the
Nurthmrn ~ lhwr cruel aud trlrttcs
vars uppu the lost tribe ~ the children
~ lsrHcI whum We call AZtrCa
The Canon Il" Chlllelre heads IN the
Cnrrrlp and Chuckll mountains. aud ~
filled with runs and cl,iT dvelIues Il II
race - people lost and forgotten ~
history.
The whole region u San Juan county,
y NJ, aud including large area ~ ndla
cent counties, Was Ht one tune long ago
one Nast lake, ~ sea shells are found up.
on Canon Gallogos. Chacj, thuEco and
nj the loot hills ~ old Chucklo aud the
CHrriIo mountains. The Rivers San
juan. Anlmas, LA Plata aud numerous
other streams we're hundreds, perhaps
thousands - care filing thus vast basin
with their pure, iresh aud sparkling
waters, the borders oi Which lnNcd the
rocks into Fantastic Shapes on LightnSr
creek. and covered the toWnsitc oi Du.
RAJ 20, Col some four hundred fect hc.
meath the blue waters ~ Laguua ds San
Juan.
proved To Oe the weakest spot IN the RIM
~ this mimic ocean, and the oveiilnU cut
the marvellous channel now known M
the Colorado canon. Had the divide
near Chama been few hundrel fee,
lower the drainage ~ all thus vast river
- stem, including the Green river with
lts iouutalus IN Wyoming, would have
5een through the Continental divide
empt! inR in the Rio Grandc, when II
second Mississippi would have iioatcd
steamers from Brownsville. Texas. to
Green River CITY, Wyoming. thus chang
ug the commerce OF The Pacific slope.
GuLp MISEs.
Tradition has woven web ~ mystery
and plamor ~ romance around the
Lhucklo and Carrlzo mountains, As far
back IN ~ parties from California at.
tempted TO invade and explore the Car
Rios. whose fabulous wealth has been
measured only 10y the anxious miner
The Adams party left legend that
three days travel from Wlngate with
pack animals they found gold for all and
graves for most of their party upon the
Navajo r@etvaiiun. Again, 10y n party
from California, consisting Of twenty
seven men, only tSo ot whom escaped u
put the fact upon record that gold aud
death are inseparHble companions Ia the
carrIzu mou6tatus.
MNmCK's NnvESTvREs.
Among the unwritten histories OF these
mysterious regions the adventures Ui
Chas. +, Myrick mus, forever stand IN
bold relief against all other r.tcmpts at
exploration r" far in this country, ot
which so much 10 believed and 30 little
10 positively known.
MyricK vas young, brave aud hand
some, brilliant as u star and gentle as q
woman when b, arrived at the Old Mitchell
ranch on the lower San Juan in 1870. pre-
sentlng himself before the Mitchell fam
lly Of father aud mother. ,hre. lovely
daughters versIna upon wOmanhoo,l. aud
two stalSart sons, representing hImse,I
from California. having come actosH Arl
zona aud through the Carr,zo mountains
successfully locating the NavaiI min-'
ana showing specimens ~ mineral rival
ing King Solomon's reckless display 81
riches, fairly rlectrIiylng the mIulug
campo OF southern Colorado,
Myrick returned from Rico and Silver,
ton leaving u comfortable bank Hcconn,
Of t29OW, which has not yet been called
for by his heirs lie and young Mitchell
then planned secret expedition TO his
new and wonderful discoveries,
II requires no great draft upon our
lmRRi alton 10 see lovers wandering Ia
shady groves ut the Mitchell ranch. a
parting scene ard young girl weeping
Tor her lover who never returned.
Friendly Indians brought the Lews oi
their death and permission for the
Mitchell family 10 come and perform the
last sad rites OF burial Young Michells 4
body lay IN Canon Chlllelee, and Myrlck's
with lantern in his hand, Al Ia" foot ii
Ship Rock mon ument, the grandest head.
stone tha, ever marked the grave ~ NOR
tai man. With him also psrlshe1 the
secrets ~ the golden treasures buried ~
the Carrizo mountains
Twelve long years have hngered slowly
by since Myrlck, like n meteor, startled
the mining world with hIs splendid dis,
ocvari.,, anI lR,a1 tha vail that nthars