Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1921-05-04
NINE FOR DATA
ON LOST RACE
aRD8s THOUGHT INDIANS
paamsesse stores ~ Vsluahts Arssso.
ts9aesi Material Nave eeen rakAa
From ths tarieus Exeaystsoas-
To MAXI II chow paaes.

Prospecting tor the hsfasAssoux oS q
Loss race IN virtually the Aarss raannes
~ miners dig tor gold. federal eso-
paoyees here have just started 70 TN
eoFef the remains ut city ot IT least
10000 inhabitants which Eour1xaed
four thousand or more years Ego.
Here and there over the cynhne4 Of
the buried city have besan sunk shafts
To find streets. houses and Temples
known TO exist hel0~ ~. is~a. os ,sse
mountain valley !n 3hieh lies the little
village Of San Juan Tectshuacxn, The
narne of which nesEs In tA< Aztec
tongue City OF the Ge~ss.~
The Mexican government hAs srg,ru-
priated funds for this work os sxcava-
ti0n, which is In charge Of Maine,
Gailio. director OF sutaros,ology of The
department af agriculture. TIE. gov-
ernIne1t hopes eventually TO make tie
spot one Of the sAGw places Of Mexicc.
Dominating the area are TWO py-s
niGs, ore 10 the sGa and 1he @tA-r 10
the moon, which tur centuries Aars d.
fed the Efforts o. srcAeoloS1sS sn.
hss'o-faas to trace tAe4r o.sSln- The
pyramid to the nseon Is still 60.
touched, retaining an appearances to
the lay eye Of huge mound of s-rsgu-
lar shape, oye-srown with grass aad
rubbish
Builders Thought indiana.
Senor Gaiaia says the city Uow un-
der excavation a1 oE1e tine covered an
area Of fifteen square rsiIs-s with q
population ut more than ,ot.hsn. Its
builders are unknown to history. bat
Se.la- Gaflio believes they we're part
ot an Indian tribe u aach wandered Into
Mexico frow the a1rtn. and finding the
vsI'er fruitful and ,sae climate salH-
brious, decided To settle there
The presence If vcsieaaic rock IA oae
os the top strata covering the ruins so-
Glcates that one af the Nearby moaa-
taIas erulIesi and inundated the city
with lava.
Eat-y ;o the gvouaas ts made facing
the Temple os the Goddess cs tbs.
Winds" which Was discovered less
than year ago, wten erosion Gncoy-
sresi weii-i%fsned waiisAnd A~~nrstsens
syIAcslly Indian and Egyptian In thear
confels,ic,4 This temple has naw ss-eu
Gus @gst Aac reconstructed oa The eI-
terror.
The inside is reached a; present
through series VI ssssssrra0esn pas
seees, Inside the visitor trsads efer
massive stairs ornate with s.s<Noeasses1as
os huge s@r,eais with csssadian eyes
and groi-sque conceptions reEra :aissv-nt
O! Egyptian art TAe WORK os interior
excavation sad reconstruction liz far
from Complete.
Pain, snii 6r,es,
Beswess, this temple sni the rrra-
mid IT, she sla Is stretch ts atae.-
quarter ~ ilaaie. which Is as Intervals
ps@rcea by the shafts es the dlsgess
and .n saale s4scx.s by the uncovered
remains ot hoIse @. .set!tc building
~ssh the p%,sF sts!l brsga, sas' she fTes-
c~sss as i1sact as the day they were
PLACED there several thousands vi ,~ars
sSo.
Betw $es the two pyramids IL q well
stree, has t,esgs uaocsssv4s. sxr~a as
the Path q the Dead Fisnsias the
l.lxEs are h2lsirssis of yassatis. which
Ssssar Garais assured s.as coe~e~psstsxi,
ca. cssasata4ed either htss,ssss or s.-s-a;sses
liametsNe stssrcs of valuable arvsssxs-
4 A. A
The VARIOUS .acs. saiIcsss nassssa ssessess
terra Gotta ussas!s tssssssss&a knivss, ar
rpaAeads. cs.slstr~a's ser> IL clay. eS.sk-
iaS aieass.s lnt~s4se bayxers assgt crude
caasscsi instruments fssrrs .sse bulk u
ths asas.. AMI all are ps~ssersesi 10 =
museum which has Just hsws, ervcts,d
ca The srsoase~
Ia cassaecs4oA with his sas~srvsssen
of the sXcasaEsogas. Seasos SsSg=Ie has
Interested h.sgsself In tire lsssssa lite
as the valley. aEsa csse at his E-Ss e.
ferris has .seea 81 establish ssfseass With
special xsssasiesa Isaic 10 sssAauxl train
iaS.
0r.staa!i. tho valley cssasssesi sn-
psl lassiaas. bat these bad s-xsa re-
ducssi 10 1ais0 IN c<saox4ssi szys. and
naw agrzas>er few~. than Assss They
earn hat a psSsr living whea sr~as a.s
soex- and ufasz these are satigrss ssxs~
sa,toa and asssssscasa assssh ~ssas.
Groups u indlaas sSsxssea In pot
tery making new industry sr she val-
ley, wcre estdesss that q s.arssee as
least II ScssSs tsanasss pxoSrzm Wns