Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-06
FINDS PRICELESS CLOTH
 IN CLIFF DWELLINGS

TUCSON, Sept 2S.-The Univer. sity Of Arizona will have one of the best collections of relics Of the pre- historic west within few years Professor Byron Cummings, late dean of arts and sciences at the Univer- sity of Utah, is now working in the archaeology field for Arizona. Dur ing the past summer he worked in the northern part Of this State.
 His exploring was south of the Navajo mountains. He worked out two canyons, the Nitsie and Sagie canyons. He was in the Nitsie can yon for a mouth and while there ex- cavated three large houses and four small houses in a branch of the Nit sic canyon which is called ChiIchinta Boko. The word Boko, translated into the English language is canyon. In the Chilchinta Boko, Professor Cummings found many rare and in teresting specimens of the ancient in habitants. Besides many specimens of pottery and stone and bone i'm plements, baskets and cloth were found in the excavations The em- broidered cloth which Prof Cum mings found in the northern part of the state this year has not, accord ;ro +O +ba orrboaosoc;ct haa,, J,,C1;- cated The cloth is embroidered in very elaborate design, and although it is little tattered the cloth is in such a good state of preservation that the design can easily be traced. This cloth was very valuable and was prob ably used by these people in their religious ceremonies.
 Another specimen found in the Chilchinta Boko was pair of moo casins, made of yucca fiber and bears hair. The fiber had been wound with the bear hair and then made into the moccasin. The moo casin extends about half the way up the leg and is probably the oldest specimen of this kind in existence Some large ollas in black and white, which are also rare, were added to the professors collection this sum- mer. Ms1Ns&i
 House of s4-Rooms.
 The largest house or pueblo which Professor Cummings excavated last summer consisted of S4 rooms In | the Chilchinta Boko, Professor Cum mings found a great many prayer sticks. Another treasure is a jewelry ! bag, one of the few in existence. The | jewel bag, according to the professor, was probably used by an old medi- ! cine man and contained two strings of beads, one of shell and one Of agate and turquoise and a pair of ear pendants. In the bag was also a jet mirror some four inches in di- ameter.
 Found Ancient Ladder.
 Professor Cummings only stayed two and one-half weeks in the Sagie canyon. Here he found many skele- tons. One of the finest specimens which he found in this canyon is ladder which the ancient people used in ascending to their cliff ho1pes.
 According to the estmation of Professor Cummings the ruins which he investigated this year were thousand years old. The specimens which Prof Cummings obtained this summer will be placed on exhibition at the University of Arizona within a short time. These specimens are only a start to one of the greatest museums in the country. l;
 Up to the present time Professor Cummings has not investigated the ruins in the southern part of this State. He made statement yester- day that as soon as he was able he , would look over the field and begin work for the University of Arizona. "As soon," said Prof. Cummings yesterday, 'as some of the students ( work up enthusiasm in archaeology I we will go out and dig up some Of ( the ruins in this part of the coun- 2 try" Already the students haze re- ( sponded to his call and before many r weeks have passed it is probable that i the university will send out a field a expedition to investigate the ruins 8 around this city. T