Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-12


mime. ur, uHN closed down udcnn-
IteIN Gruai ueINI. uts been expert
,u.,d ot These prou.rt.. .t tho re-
fu.H ut th, -lu uum.u1u Indians to
respect tu, property Ilhta ef th"
Sew YORK. COMPANY. I., Indians
urlu, that tn,, sud H,r ancestors
owned aud uprN,d tho mines Iona
H.Ilt. e. whit, wJu ,tti .r foot In
America and tr,i mil Goo ... ht what
rrU t., ut.Ilopus American. claim
,N.H.I., possession now. llrg"
/ UuHutN,. .u. turquoise have louu euf-
roUtt.U N mined h> tho Indians
.s.r t.lr aud 90 Uu,s emo ucighpor-
! hood naH na,u mad, decidedly dam
/ goruu. DU 600. Tfmps manapcr The
Indians dIsros. of th, COINS thus OBJ
tain'i tu tourists uud to uigroc iow-
rjrt WuN,rs 300 Albuquerque. santa
'' mud other towns
Tho Wruuois, mines uf tu, Rurro
mountains Wrrr ALSO worked ny the
IHh,tigju,s. out not -o extensively az
/ tnuso OF Mount ChuIohhulu Here
~tuu" hammers fragments uf pottery
Hud similar relies ot prrhistofi. umrs
/ hI,' ti-n boon found boz the WORKINGS
mud dumps I'm, modern dis,o.orcr
of thus" mines was John e. coleman.
| h'ttrl known throughout the terri.
/ tors t Turquoise john. who To-
/ Gated a number uf claims boo 1879.
! The most year VI ~ Purterneld.
! Ntrh'laa e. HhsUom aud f. $ Parker
! located olulms that have been ~.
! t'nsi,.E developed Goa tho quality
/ "' the scms produced and iu tho
/ quantity that could bc mined " the
! demand Justified the porterfirId
! properties arc believed by many a.
| ranK with thos, controlled by Tif.
| huN n Go. Turquoise WAS discovered
/ Zoo the Jurillu mountains iu 1888. Tha
most important eft the claims /.
| known as tho DcMcuIcs property.
| named after its discoVcror. Amos be.
! Monlcs of El PIso. sine, the death
! of peMeulrs the mines have not been
! worked. although SOME mnenifIecnt
gems have been discovered near the
surface. lu the old Hdchlil en- En-
reNn district turquoise of fine auauty
| iS mined 100 dcsuitOry fashion but
! systematic exploitation has not heen
| "t"mrtcd n the nolghhorhood OF
both IN" DcM"ules ana tho ol1 va.
! chiu properties there ~ abundant
! t'i0'nt" oi extensive mining oprrl-
| N"i'H w pt'hlstnric times
Tho geological conditions nnJet
which turquoise IL found var, so
widely thai no general statement "
possible. In the Los Cerrllua dlslrir,
u occurs IN red rarhytie rock m
the ihrro mountains n is found IN n
Hecomposcd feldspaihlc granite In
/ Nevada Il Is found in u metamorphic
sandstone Al the foot of Mount sinai
o worthless turquoise occurs In rod
sandstone. Othor localities in which
it Is found under still d0crent condi
lions arc ON the slopes OF the Monht
lot The Holy Cross ln Colorado. in
fresno county, California. ia Ala
| bania. Arizona ana chic The modes
Ioi occurrence on Mount All MIRA and
| ~ tue lurrO mountains are very sim
mar. and chemical analysis 9l the tut
! duoise from these two widely sepa
rated regions are practically identical
! rms seems 10 Indicate that the con.
! dltions there found are best adapted
10 the production OF the perfect gem
! The principal Coloring constituent Ol
turquoise Is compound Of copper
| Many attempts have been made 10
explain how the 1borigines were able
TO carry forward their extensive tur.
| quoise mining operations with the
crude implements ~ their disposal
! ! erhap, The most plausible eXplana.
| lion Us thar given hv NJ W. Porter.
field of Silver city = NJ lie says
| The frequent occurrence OF charcoal
/ In tho oll Workings leads TO the belieI
| that the mining was accomplished by
! his' heating the rock and then poar.
! Ing water upon the heated surface
causing 20 20 crack Then stone ham.
mets were brought into reQusitlon 10
! separate the matriX from the true tar.
| Quoisc This process must have been
very slow, aud the amount or work
accomplished IN he mines must have
token centuries OF Ccaseless. patient
toll for SIS completion Measured by
our valuation cot time ana labor The
| gems thus extracted would have been
| worth hundreds oI dollars ner carat
! Even with AL our modern cnnyen.
! fences AMI improvements FOR mining
/ 10 requires special skill aud eNtrcmc
I Cafr tu take uuf turquoise without Dc.
/ .uoting more than is recovered The
uuiok action o giant powder o. no.
considered a. satisfactory rs tho SLOW
! CO. effects pl black p0Wdor and Gwen
| th' Watorhast as employed hy mo
| 1horlgiues. would in some casos. De-
more economical
| Although he Smniards. after the
conquest Of New Mexico. worked some
1 ui me turquoise mines extensively the
( general industrial eclipse thni ten
/ over the whole southwest in me dcca.
] dent later DAYS of the Spanish occlr
/ patton ted 20 their Abandonment The
! exquisite polish of some OF tho gems
\ dug from ancient burial places apl
| the extreme deliclct n' '0y pcrl0rt
lions made 20 permit them 90 he
| strung have often excited the aston
! ishmrnt OF mOlru lapidurles The
usual work of the ah0gignes is crude
! len comparison with that of Worl,meu
IhaviRe all tho tools and appliances NJ
! civilization ana that thcv performed
| such work with only The crude TOOLS
/ and appliances Of the stone axe vs. dif
] ncult $40 helioyc Hence II is sometimes
] suggested Thar me southwest has Hs
/ losi arts as vol as he ancient civil