Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-26


Fair at New Orleans in 1854. He dis-
covered the minerals thoro-gumultc.
yttridlite and niYenite IN l.iano cOun-
ty Texas. in 1883, and aguilaritc at
Gaunaguato. Mexico. IN 1891, all OF
which were new to science, and is a
life member of the American MUSEUM
Of Natural History and Il member Of
the New York Academy Of Science and
OF the BROOKLYN Institute
"A letter from Mr.. Niven dated Sep
TENDER ith, ChilpnncingO, state Of
Guerrero. and received hcrc Oetohar
:. says: Il have taken 800 photographs
of the ruins of Queohomicthpan. wnich
cover a much wider area than | had
at first understanding like 900
square mites. and instead of three
! temples there are more than twenty
! | have photographs Of them and nf
| objects which I found in the ruins. In
| fact my trip has been highly success
| full
THE discovery of the ruined city
of 1894, although at that time he did
not know that II covered 80 wide an
area as his letters now say, The dis
covciy has been known to n few per-
sons for some time. but was not made
widely known pending negotiations
with the Mexican government for the
right of exploration.
This concession To- archueologists
was granted last summer. as was pub
lished In the Tribune of July T..
I'm the course OF u prospecting tour
thu"ugh me state OF futtr,ru IN tne
lall OF 1871 MT NiN'i NlSlt'u tht STATE
museum , ht 'nilpahtlhNv' 'h1 tapltnl'
me display Of arshht'I9Elc"l opJeets'
particularly of jade trnchytc, was re-
markublc, and he was surprised to
learn that the locality where they had
been discovered was an unknown field
W thv SNp'urylS' ~ lN'f MI. ~ cu
interested MOTIFS N, 1tSuP' preH,urht
OF thr american MUSEUM J." Natutal
histoty' IN inc lhhtte! anu was en-
gaaRen ny nm 10 iilake UP VI ;tpout
NV nays on hotsI.u'N ihr9uEh We
territory AS a result OF the irlp' MT
NlNeh Eol more man p'V arChurpl"S
lcal onJrcts' whicn are now on eNhlpl-
tipt NJ the ilustu,"' >.,..-
ON May ~, lSy4' MI NlVen ielt 'he
Town OF 'uant'h anu luIueh we Las
baisas river INTO me st.'e tuefrei'
WIN servant ana hyc riding and
DUCK ahlihhls' IN tue lu'oNihG three
weeks every town Vlsi'cd had some
prehistoric runs mnstly mounds
Nochipaia was renched ON June ".
ana the next day az herhahuena We're
round evidences OF prehistoric struc-
lures among them Nhat must nave
pten Il great temple covering space
OF 800 by 200 feet An altar solid
masonry was IN inc center IL was ten
teet square Well preserved ana twenty
ieet nigh The foundations ana part
or the walls of circular towers, SIX
rect thick. nj each corner We're plainly
visible. For ten miles Mr. NiNen rode
among the ruins OF what ne was con
WINGED must have been great city
The houses of stone and lime had been
IRON eight to my ieet sfuiue,
Many OF their Walls were standing
ana were from three to eight feet high
their thickness varying from two 10
i've feet. The next day the party
Vent to the north ON another foothill
Of the sierra Madre mountains. ana
after rough Journey found them
selves riding over the ruins of pre-
historic DWELLINGS, me use Oh tne plck
showed that they We're the foundations
or houses which had been substan-
tiaIiy bullt oil stone and lime. Another
temple was tound slihllaf 10 the one
at iarbabuena, with a larger alter
ana part OF the stiirs sun remaining
About 500 yards further on was
another building nearly as large as
the hrst, ana on IT'S corners We're
circular lowers the Walls hpout Tour
ieet hlgh. Ihete were quantities OF
broken pottery found around II enough
TO load dozen mules From TINS
| where the ridge abruptly terminated
| m perpendicular wall TO the canyon
i,'V' W. ue,uM' tiy a "''
| tered every hundHed Yards.
! Altogether ME- NlNeh Iounm tne
| runs 10 three trmpies' opout S.o ny
~ Zee, , ta'n ~, HIsn, III M -, nf
miles WIN alters standing IN Two OF
houses and mounds thickly covering
an area OF iWtnty-rour thiies. rms
was IN n part OIL me country nv uuSs
ride on horseback from me rallroad'
y NJ. D..