Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-12-23
TRIP AROUND zUNi NOUN lAiNs.
A. II. MeDsrmou SENDS 10 Some Interest
ing Observauons.

A. II. MeDermou SENDS 10 Some Interest
ing OBSERVATIONS.
Special Correspondence.
Thoresu, n. NJ, Dec ia trip around
the Luni mountains. taking In the off.
ferent towns, ranches. etc., IL quite q
lengthy one. From Bluewster 10 Tinajs,
or ban Lorenzo b IL appears on the
maps, Ia as the crow fles. or IL supposed
TO be. sixteen miles-by wagon road
nearly twenty more. Going That way
we pass by Copper Hill, near the foot Of
which may be seen McDAniels " Taylor,
the well known saw mill men, erecting
buildings and placing their mill la posi-
ton for log cutting. They having re-
Gently moved from their old site on the
south side, near the head OF the ZuDi
canyon. TO their present one, from which
they viii, haul their lumber TO q point
m the railroad, known by the odious
name OF "StiDking Springs" Further
IN we Came 81 the mining camp OF Kid
ridge n Picard. who are pushing work
On some good tissure veins, and with
Leavitt Il 20. further south constitute
the only working mines In the o
tains. We turn south and enter upon a
valley fat, lying between the ZuDi aud
Bear mountains. 1t Ia q Hne grazing
country, and with tall and noble pines,
give Il u picturesque and soothing effect.
la = cove formed by red hills, at the
mouth OF u canyon. Is the ranch and
farm OF Hansen Bros. who have several
hundred acres under fence, II Is oae OF
the prettiest spots In the mountains. Fur.
ther on we pas, the sheep ranch o. your
we'll known townsman, Nathan Bsrth,
vel equipped ~ an up To date place;
headquarters, commissaty, Dip tank, etc.
Soon We turn west to Tineja, name
after that Indian water vessel, because
OF water pools in the hollow OF rock
near by.
San Lorenz, Is at the the southwest
foot hills OF the mountains. and at the
I'd g OF a broad. grand prairie many miles
IN extent, with immense peaks aud
buttts forming u far away background
There are several families here, amonp
them Lspoldo MezJn. the well-known
sheep owner. whose locks number sboai
I2,0J0. and cattle ~ many hundred
Jose Aragon. well aud fay0tsbly known
by the Americans around, has his child.
rem In school IN Cubero
To the west about a dozen miles. IA the
Mormon settlement OF Ramah, consist
ing Of about twenty families.
six miles south is n noble butte many
miles long. reminding n Of thu
lines: 'Around ana all about. stand out
tas bluffs, stern. perpendicular walls. "a
~ II by nature destined u barrier TO en-
close ALL" Az the west END Ia the his
torical 'Inscripti"n Rock" and upon It,
sandstone walls many names prominent
In the history OF this country. have bsen
carved. some dating back to the seven
teenth century. The vandsl, Of course,
has here, as elsewhere. got In his work,
and erased some OF the older inscrip-
tions, that he might write himself down
an ass"
Turkeys are qnite plentiful, but more
snow IL needed TO drive them down 10 the
foot hills.
We pass on and around Aqua Fria, a
description OF which | reserve for u
future letter. On the northeast We pass
through barren, desolute hills, ncum
bered with debris OF felled trees, awaiting
the match Of some careless herdsr or
hunter to start q hre that will dsvast the
country OF tens OF thousands feet OF tim
Der, ~ II has often done before.
Az we look upon the timber denuded
hills, we realize, Is never before, how %.
NSutinl W viz Ooouty VI Iubuuthtu lhuus
scape IL the tall and stately pine.
Then through Zuni canyon. whose high
walls. gracefully turns ever opening h
fresh vists-mske II quite Q grand affair
Tor eight or n,ne miles Near its mouth
Ia the village of San kSlBl, numbering
several hundred Inhabitants. All seem
prosperous. II il the home and head
quarters Of numerous sheep owners, AMI
herders.
Mirsbsl Brothers are Just putting the
anishing touches to y large two story
building. which, when completed. will
be- furnished with one OF the largest
stocks Of general merchandise Ia New
Mexico.
On north, we complete the cir
Gle by passing Bluewater TO Thor
eau. This Is an ocean OF "ds.
parted greatness" In 1892 the Nit.
ohell Bros. Of Michigan, purchased OF
the railroad company about $4,000 acres
Of timber land In and around the Zuni
mountains At this place, they erected
q large saw and planning mill. store.
shops, buildings. etc, and q railroad ten
miles In length. to haul In saw logs. A
total investment OF several hundred
thousand dollars. which they soon found
the home market would not support, and
railroads would not give rates 10 make
shipments possible, they retreated In
good order and now all that is left IL q
shack or two, and their lands, the tim
Der Of which there Is vet no demand for.
Corporations have no souls" There
fore, after making such q good thing out
OF them, the railroad recently changed
the name Of the station from Mitchell"
TO the present unproDunoeable foreign
a%ppendsge. This Is five miles to the
Continental divide" on one side OF
which the waters flow ~ the east, OF
the other to the setting sun This IL al
important telegraph station, the keys
OF which are held down by the courteous
agent, Mr.. G. G.. N0rthcott.
A. MOntoys Il Co do q good business
here with the raDchers around and
wandering delegations OF Navajo In
disns. Mr.. Daniel Eldridgs, q veteran
OF Custer's Michigan brigade, represents
and looks after Mitchell Bros.' Interests
here. A. II. MCOERMOTT.
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