Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-01

torcstIng workmanship, ana IN q good
state of prosoryotion, number Of por.
lions Of willow burial baskets, a colloc.
tlon of arrow heads, u planting stick,
ana most valuable ~ an, couple "
two handled stone axes, made for Nght-
Ing 4 great many pots were discover
ed hut they were usually cracked and
crumblcd To pieces ON being touched,
An unexpected discovery was that OF u
piece ~ cotton clolh, ana several locks
OF hair
CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE
~ lho' geological specimens the
party brought back some valuable fos.
sils Of rocks Of the lower carhonferous
ana even OF the Dcyonlan oras, The
Devonlun fossils consist OF crlnoids
and sponges and show the structure Of
tho lower San Juan 10 be the same as
that from which the OH wells Of Indie
ana now More than that MIR Culmer
brought home win him q specimen
Of oil from these rocks The
oil was discovered some time ago, ana
IN now being developed by Seattle poo.
pie. Tho san Juan valley In which the
explorations occurred IN south and east
Of the great geological uphcNNals which
produced the structural faults and
plHtonus ~ the northern side of the
Colorado valley. The country was
mostly Of lower oarboniforous rock, and
the sand was not vnrlcgatod I'm colors,
NO LOCKS or GOLDEN HAIR,
Speaking Of the discovery of locks Of
human hair I'm the ewes, Mr. tulmor
said There was rumor We heard
before going down ana that we heard
frequently In southeastern Utah was
that locke ~ golden hair were 10 hr
found In the caves We did not locate
any However we aid nud nm Hbun-
dance OF golden stranded ylccn hbnr
that closely rcsombled hair The hu.
man hair we did lind Was usually of
black or grey Tho pieces of willow
used IN making collins for burial are ln.
toroslng Thoy nrc hound togol her
with nno threads hut lust what these
threads consist of do not know They
are too nne ana strong for cotton and
! believe they mas prove Ia DE goat
hairs
HAND PRINTING on WALLS,
I'm some Of the caves We found pc.
culIar symbols. They consisted al.
ways Of hand prints on the walls, the
left hand hcng used invariably and
the impression COorod with bright
stains, Some of these were rcd, como
brown, and some white, The hand
mprntq were usually about four or
five feet from the ground, hat they
often were high M ON the walls, Mt
points Inaccessible without the aid Of
Il ladder At the carolyn bridge we
found fomo NJ tho9c hand marks, not
imprinted lhia time, but carved IN the
stone. ono of them nltcd my hund
exactly although II would not III the
hands Of amy Olhcr momholN NJ the phrs
w. The moaning NJ the impnnN !
do not know Thoy may nave been "a
record Of the inhabitants NJ the houses
or symbol Of some sort II often
foot rope ladder and our 2h0 feet Of ropN
to roach the openings into the Clilts,
whore thu chambers we've found,
NOT HUMAN DWELLINGS,
"Nly opinion IL that lhclo has been a
mistake about those elm DWELLINGS,
Sonln of lhom were ro small that u
porpou could not stand up 100 lhcW let
nlono move about uH one muHt IN a
dwelling The people too, nave boon
| oWoncously thought Ia De undurslacd,
From the honpW and skulls We vNum-
mod the people were normally built
aud often over piy feet TALL ! believe
that those structures In iho clirla Nolu
forts, used only In timoN of peril uud
pottery factories, ur IN fOMC cuYoN grain
ptoro houses whore the people, Nhu
ronly lived IN the Nalllcs below could
neo for snfoly The remains Of human
beings found I'm them have cracked
skulls ana present other cNidonroR to
| indicate that they mot death I'm bait
lie, Tho dwollmgs ave sometimes lo'
ferrod to nv MowsW hous1s, or AZTEC
dwollmgM but these people ! bolcvo
have no more relationship with tho
Aytoca than the EequImonuN nave .Milh
the Northo American Indians, 1hey
lived there for thousands OF yoalH APE
! parentlN with little changes Of customs,
ana persisted long before ColumbNa
,umo TO America
EXPLORATION ONLY BEGUN
When asked as to what he ,hough'
ought 90 be done 20 follow up the de-
yolopmont OF the country MI Culmer
stated that the government should soma
IN exploring parties lo make BeoloBlctl
charts, such ns have been made for tho
country north Of the Grand river Tao
martyrs maps ne said, could furnish pre-
iUnInary sketches showing river courses
and mountain chains Tor the 500 square
miles of country over which he passed,
rho rest of the section should he looked
over I'm the Same way commercially
Mir. Culmor stated that the country
would give great returns I'm agriculture
| n water could be- secured, "lho agrI-
cultural experiment work should be aps
| piled To- this district NJ once" ho de-,
clarod, "for there are thousands of
acres Of arabic land between Blun ana
Monticello that under cultivation,
would be valuable. The country cone
iains some minerals, but ! doubt II II
Mlll ever hc famous producer
The party spent some time at tho
natural brldgoR nbout which ru
much has recently beon writton, ana
carefully mcNanrcd each bridge.
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