Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-21
DID TOLTECS MAKE COAL?
Where Did Arizona Indians CT Az.
lhraClts by ths Ton.
married. Reservoirs Found ruled win
Coal In ancient Huin- Near Tempe
tine uuge uru Of cement CON.
tained More rhan three Ions.


tops are stone castles nuu watch towers.
Far up precipitous canyon walls are
yet to bu found the curious hRJitauon,
Of the clln dwellets, anu on the broad
valleys anu mtsis below lie the ruins
OF elites surprising Ia magnitude the
settlements OF this latter day.
Casa Gfande, the "Great House. u
near Florence, IL celebrates even 10 tue
degree Of being placed under govern.
mental care aud protection, but eixty
miles 10 the northwest OF Florence lie
tuins far motoeNteusiye AnJ ui far great.
~ lntefest 10 the ex pl0ring atcl ~ IiOsi
The locality OF thcio runs may Ue more
clearly stated as In the vicinity oi
Tempe, about twelve miles from
pue ak, ArzJn4's capital city.
Here II was that Rfauk Hamilton
Jushiug, heading the Hemingway
ufcLm logical expedition, ueived ~
long anu with such ma erial benefit to
the cause Of historical science.
LOs MuefiOs, ihe"Cuy Of the Dead
wherein tue researches VI the Hem n /.
way eHtodition weie mainly prose.
CutrJ, lies seven miles ~ tue suuthwafi
VI Tempe. Within dense forest Of
giant mesquite trees that hau grown
upon lie Hits the evidences 81 tile city
10y for miles on either hand. For tue
Ert after portion, ehOwn Oniy by mounds
Of debris, ~ be passed by the casual
observer ~ mere Inequalities Ia the
gently Hl0Opiug lauu, there IL yet
prominent MI tho city's center u vast
ruth Of what was In tue dim past un.
doubleday oss,ls, the government
house, where resided the controlling
power OF tuat nation Of long ago.
For 100 miles TO the southeast and
southwest Icy tributary cities, con.
nected by network VI canals Ieadipg
from the Salt river ami its smaller
nVighbof, the Gils, irriSatlng the lands
that tho husOaudmgn of this nineteenth
century again tllls aud, apparently, by
much tue Hauie methods.
From the Photographic histories Of
their successors IN Mexico, tbs A Eteos,
muoh bas been learned Of these TOltec
people, aud ny analogy much mofo has
teen logically deducted, yet the sclgn.
tist must confess thst conjecture main
~ guides him In explanation Of the
tnany mysteries that confront the Ia.
vestisalOf VI the relies OF Arz1nA's De.
parted nations. IL IL probable that,
ike the record Of lsfaeps l9st Ten
Tfiher, the true story will never bs
known. Whence q,inc they, whittier
they went, what causeI thu migration
" Mt lrast a million people from = ter.
Tile land are questions that probably
Will never mud gtue answer
A PLwniK Correspondent Of tho San
Francisco O,rOHiolossys that ons ofthr
supreme mysteries Of these ancient,
lies In this discovery within the last
few weeks Ui ttus anthracite coal
within the boundaries Of One OF the
ruined cilies. IL created decided II.
element among the Tow In phmaix
who were admitted TO the secret OF
tho discovery. An option was secured
upon tn. land, when lay three miles
northwest Of Los MuettOs. and work
was begun At once on the DEVELOPMENT
Of what was thought TO be the main
croppit & VI n cOAl ledge, its black stain
being traced In the gTanitio.oOuntry
rock fof fully mile.
But the Leaf was soon exhausted, and
the miners were amazed 10 find that
they had boon cleaning out tho con,
tents VI u gigantic ola, an urn buried
to its Up In this earth. Ihe coal, 10 the
amount OF over three tons, was CON
tanned In cofnucopla In the center OF
the lar, tue termination Of tue cOTnu-
copia being tiilei with clean charcoal
Around anu supporting tue coal ADD
the charcoal the ola was filled with
dry earth VI a limestone character,
The ola had been made Of a cement,
the main ingredient OF which was
plainly the hydraulic lime Of the 10.
gion. Though such n combination
needle no hardening from lire, the lip
Ut the urn, In its bTieK-rod color,
showed the effect OF intense heat. The
all Iaa a ~. Is.a ala gsslN
deep, pins feet across the mouth anu
materially wider at hall the depth--in
no wise different IN form from the
drinking Jars Of that region today. Tue
walls tapeTsd Ia thickness from about
olght inches at tho tip TO n maximum
OF eighteen Inches near tho bottom.
The material was readily distinguish
aOle from the deo0mpostd granite into
which the urn had been built.
Tue coal found II genuine anthracite,
ON the authority OF several Of tho beet
mineralogisls VI the Coast, and aus
iAibH every test Of tue assaycr. IL was
found closely packed, though far from
solid, anu regularly riratlnod, M
though In tfue coal bl ,nket
In n straight line 10 the southeast,
phTalleling at a short distance the
course OF hn ancient canal, bits OF coal
were found stTcwn upon the ground,
And, following this "ltAd," nvs other
ollas were discovered, much smaller,
but IA every way similar Ia oonsttuc.
ton anu contents 10 that hrst explored.
One was not over three feet In depth,
yet II contained the cone OF Coal.
Without doubt careful search along
this liue would dvyel0pe many more
such pts.
Tho diso0verers, after secretly usiug
every effort TO locate coal Ia tho near
by mountains, at last confessed entire
inability 10 solve the puzzle. Tue
formation Tor miles atOuud Ia much
the same, changing from porphyTy 10
gfanite And then TO sandstone, with
occasional golI-bearing veins OF copper
Rsd irou-tinged quprlz, n region mere
the geolOgist would scout the existence
Of deposit from the oID1nifef0us
age. A huudfeI miles TO tue north
east 10 the nearest coal, Bulphurous
ignite that IN places may be- called
bltumin0up,
In TACT, II the writer be not decided.
ly mistaken, this "potted coal" u the
Salt River valley IL the only anlhTaci,e
ever found west OF the Mississippi.
The ollas lie within one OF the Ioltec
pueblOs. A few bundled yards from
lhs largest are the ruius Of a large cat.
tie, the walls OF which were exposed
by tue work Of the Hemingway sxpe.
dillon. Under the circumstances the
question In nalural, "CHn this coal be
an artificial product made by these
fIntIaaE0u