Arizona republican., 1914-08-23
(By E. L.. GraVes)

(By E. L.. GraVeS)
 Gallup, New Mexico, is busy town of about three thousand popu- lation, having an altitude of some
 thing over six thousand feet above the sea, a delightful summer climate
 and many beautiful homes. It is the center of what is probably the most important coal industry in the south west. The coal measures underlying
 Gallup are most extensive The coal is a good quality of Ignite which lies at a convenient depth of from
 one to two hundred feet and in veins of from three to seven feet in thick ness. The output at present is over
 one hundred carloads per day. The Gallup coal fields in the future will
 undoubtedly develop into a very large
 and important industry. I am told
 that Gallup originates more tonnage
 and yields larger financial returns to
 the railroads than any other town on
 the Santa Fe system, excepting only
 Kansas City and San Francisco. In
 addition to several handsome and
 well stocked retail stores Gallup has
 number of large jobbing mercantile
 houses which not only supply the
 local trade but send immense quan-
 titles of merchandise to interior
 points, both north and south of the
 railroad, large percentage of which
 goes to the extensive Indian reserva-
 tions of the Hopi, Navajo and Zuni
 Indians Naturally, Gallup is the cen-
 ter of Indian trading, and many spe-
 cimens of Indian art and culture are
 to be found here; although perhaps
 the best specimens must be sought
 farther from civilization.
 South from Gallup forty miles is
 the pueblo of Zuni, the ancient Ci-
 bola of the Spaniards. The Zuni
 represent a separate linguistic stock
 from the other pueblo peoples, and
 are in approximately the same loca-
 tion and condition as when first seen
 by the Spanish explorers, in 1539.
 They are interesting artisans ana
 manufacture many articles of unique
 form and strange use. The pueblo
 now numbers about six hundred peo-
 pie.
 To the north of the railroad lies
 the great Navajo reservation with
 its millions of acres of land and its
 thirty thousand inhabitants. These
 Indians are famous Weavers, and II
 is chiefly to secure genuine specl- mems of their wonderful blankets at first hand that we penetrate into the remote parts of their great reserva- ton. The Navajos also own large number of sheep, and while large quantities of the wool are consumed in making the rugs and blankets (every step of which from the sheep's back to the finished product is car ried on at the primitive homes Of the Indians) yet a large amount IS sold and shipped away to the east. We were told by MT. Johnston, of the ln- dian Wells mission. that the total Ieceipts by the Indians. during the past year, for wool, belts and mutt ton, reached nearly s700,0OO. An other handicraft in which the Navajo excels is the manufacture of spoons, rings. bracelets, belts, horse brides and other articles out of Mexican sil- yer dollars Many of these articles are beautifully made and when col lected at first hand and known to be genuine. are much sought after by civilized people for both ornament and use, many of them finding their way into my lady's jewel case.
 The Hopi reservation lies in the very center of the great Navajo re- serve. The Hopi are famous for their strange tribal customs, and the manufacture of pottery and baskets; | but chiefly for their numerous and | ,-o,dorf,,, dapces esneciaIly their ab-