Evening star., 1941-06-05
BACKGROUND

OuHu LuHtUJ uULIU uftu Cd
ptorer, and his tUife, Ginger, long
ago set as their goal the discoD-
cry of the lost city OF the Mdyos
tDnglt inhabited By hostile Gan.
doneS Indians. Numerous ntonu-
nrents OF Mayan culture, sho1D-
ING their proficiency in architec-
t1re, stone -c1rDing and pottery,
hare been unearthed and their
complicated calendar studied By
psychologists. The So-called "loSt
city" hotDeDer, remained to be
found. This story lDritten for
The Stcr's Special Ne1DS Service
describes the Lambs adventure.
TUxTLA GUTIERREZ, Chiapas,
Mexico, June 5.-Discovery of the
Lost City of the Mayas in an area
inhabited by a lost tribe was re-
ported yesterday by Dana and Gin
ger Lamb, explorers from Santa Ana,
Calf.
The long sought monument of an
ancient cultured civilization Is on
q plateau in the center of a vast
Chiapas, between Comitan, Aqua
Azul and the Guatemalan border.
It's approximate location is latitude
is degrees As minutes, longitude 81
degrees 80 minutes, Mr.. Lamb re-
ports.
Belief was expressed by DR. Franz
Blom of Tulane, who is assisting the
Lambs, that the tribe inhabiting
the Lost City area must be Mayan
and may be descendants of the
builders of the Lost City.
Discovered From Air.
The discovery was made by air.
plane, which later was wrecked in
the jungles near here, without in
jury to Dana and Ginger Lamb, his
wife.
Describing the discovery, Mr.. Lamb
said:
THE unexplored area is made up
OF long series of high ridges, like
a giant washboard, and the wind
blowing over them rolls and boils,
SO that this bumpy air makes flying
next to impossible.
when we reached the plateau we
found the clouds fairly high. After
trying for over two weeks to get
look at the top of the plateau we
were desperate enough to risk a
crash in the attempt to get in under
the clouds.
First we swung in over the En-
ehanted Lakes and headed for the
top OF the plateau through a heavy
mist.
"All at once great cliff appeared
before us and we banked sharply,
missing 1t by inches.
I'VE then climbed out above the
clouds and at a point above the
plateau began circling down. The
air was extremely bumpy, we
couldn't see a thing. Several
times we almost lost control, ex-
pecting to crash any minute. We
circled lower.
"Ginger said afterward that she
was so scared that she said, oh
WELL and relaxed and enjoyed the
ride.
When we had Just about given
up hope Of getting under the clouds
we saw clear spot and dived down,
coming out in clear air
~
the top Of the plateau appeared as
q large basin. Here and there, un-
der the trees, we could see the out
line OF large pyramids, stone plat
forms and many large mounds. A
great dead city, shrouded in dense
tropic foliage, spread out before us.
The Lost City at last!
THE ship bounced and Jumped
around so that we got bruised and
skinned up while trying to see the
inspiring sight below us.
"Ginger's camera flew out of her
hands and went sailing off into
space. The clouds closed in and
we fought for altitude.
I'VE had found the long lost
City OF the Mayas' and our one
hope was to get out and start the
trek in on foot (on good old solid
ground.
A Windy Nightmare.
TT seemed hours that we bounced
back and careened around in the
thick cloud bank. The air rolled
and boiled. Lightning cracked
around us. It was a horrible night
mare Of air gone wild.
AT last we broke into clear air
and were driven down by heavy
blasts, close to the tops of jungle
trees. We had the motor wide
open, but couldn't gain enough alti-
tude to cross the high range between
US and home.
"Once we dropped almost down to
the tree tops. I was looking for a
soft spot to sit down when we saw
human figures running across a
small open spot.
THE Lost City area is inhabited!
I'VE finally gained enough altitude
70 zig-zag through the low spots in
the mountain ranges.
I'VE were just about home when
the oil pressure went down and we
were lucky enough to be within glid-
ing range Of nice smooth pasture,
m front Of q farmhouse We