The sun., 1899-03-05
COLORADO DESERT RUINS.
TRACES OF PREHISTORIC PEOPLE
WITH ENGINEERING SKILL.

BANlD1kco. Cal r Feb 25. -Stepsa are being taken
TO exploro the supposed buried city discovered
recently by prospectors in San Diego county
| In the Colorado Desert II is believed that
the ruins may throw light on the migration Of
the Toltecs and Aztecs into Mexico. u the
meaRro description given proves TO be correct
The ruins have not yet been examined by
4 mon com petent to determine their true charac-
ter. The discoveries were miners at work
4 prospecting in the desert. Their inter-
ests lny In an entirely different direc-
tion. and their Investigation OF the ruins
was purely casual. Yet they examined the
huge blocks OF stone with enough caro- to
give good idea OF the external features. and
| brought back pieces OF pottery dug from the
base OF the ruins which many prove OF value.
1 The party consisted Of ak men. two OF them
being In henrch OF mining claims. and the 9TH
| ers being laborers and teamsters. After cross
| Ing the mountains from San Diego. they trav-
elled down into the desert, climbing one little
| granite range after another. for distance OF
twenty-five miles. Between the ranges they
found patches OF the desert as It 10 generally
| pictured. a level. stiHng waste Of sand. seem-
inGly almost incandescent under the white
4 sun, totally destitute OF water and vegetation.
I Through this level Rreat.dike OF granite are
thrust sometimes rising to the dignity OF
| small mountains. In other places sand dunes.
formed BY the wind, rise to height OF from $50
| to $50 feet.
These men took the country as IL came. not
following the beaten track. In order to find
water they moved from the head OF one water
! course to another. thus cutting across the trend
OF the mineral form alton. which follows the d.
| rection OF the streams running from the noun
tains into the desert It was In crossing from
the headwaters OF one stream to another tina:
the stone ruins.were found.
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