Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-03
Utah Archaeological Expedition
Reports Valuable Find in
San Juan County.
is BIGGER THAN ALL OTHERS
IL Spans ga Feet and i 3Of Feet
Iiigh-IHas Never Been seen
Before by White Men.

The discovery o. natural bridge
surprising in siae anything hereto
fore found is the news brought to
this city this morning by Prof Byron
Cummings and party. who have Just
returned from the vicinity of san
Juan county and northern Arizona,
where they went as members OF the
Utah Archaeological exredition 10 ex-
plore the haunts Of primitive man
In Utah The members Of the party
were Prof Cummings and son Malcolm
Neil Judd. who has participated in
ell other expeditions in the region.
Donald Beauregard and Stuart
Nouns. ohicial photographer Of the
party and prof Blum OF the unNer-
sity. who left the party on Aug. 1
ana returned TO this city. The Iarty
leit June T. From here il went to
Thompsons by rail and by stage from
there to Moab. then 60 MonticeIlc.
where % QUILTED and then to BLUM
and Oijato and later into northern
Arizona. Oliato. an Indian word sisni-
Tying moonlight water" Is the name
given TO a little spring in a desolate
section where only trading post Is
maintained by the Wethereus
stuart Young, speaking OF the trip
this morning said
Quoting Prof Cummings. he
hcNe this trip has been the moit sue
tesstul ever taken into that country.
" are bringing back about 500
pieces Of pottery, baskets and other
specimens collected in thar country.
we are also bringing back a quantity
of grain. corn and seeds of various
kinds which will later be submitted
for ANALYSIS The baskets are most
rare Pottery is common IN the cliff
dwcncr districts. but baskets
are eagerly sought because there
have been only few found We succeed
ed In getting several fine specimens,
the Workmanship OF which shows quite
a high civilization 10 have been reached
by the primitive dwellers there. a high
CT civilization than has before thought
TO have obtained among them
THE GREAT BRIDGE
"Our chief discoveries were the
| bridge and the ruin In northern Arlzo-
ma OF the big ruin, the News" last
/ from Nj. Beauregard. 81 our party. OF
the bridge nothing has been said Yet
/ in cur baggsse which has been delayel
/ BY storms some splendid photogsa hh-
/ Of this discovery are included. II g.
bridge surprising IN size all others dis
covered. IL Is 30l feet high and "a 81
span The largest bridge OF tho other
group span 26l feet and Is a15 feet high
II Is in 10 mile canyon and Is To-
Gated four miles north of the Utah line
and six miles cast Of the Colorado river
on its top We're imbedded several fos-
sils Of remarkable size. indicating the
presence In earlier times Of animal life
in huge form. IL is believed that no
white man has ever seen the bridge
before. though some say in the south
ern country that Cass Hite. a famous
and notorious old prospector. once saw
Il. but we could not confirm this re-
port. ] do not believe he did. though.
for no one In the country even limited
az its existence Jt r. reached by trav-
cling southwest from the Navajo noun
tains. All our collection viii be ad Jed
90 the Utah museum and IL will cel-
tainly be an acquisition worth great
deal 20 the scientific record being add.
ed to year by year by these important
explorations"