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Show 452 Ex. Doc. No. 41. h e across the mountain, anci soon We continut·cl our norl In? coursro:It s\0})\)ccl at Mr. Campbell's comrrH•ncc' I 1 11 ,1 (' s c e 11 d {IIH 111 oUr I · • ' • •d of a very poru anl vt' tcu- goh1 mt·n (•. Ill·rc tbc ort> . 'gI eomI.p ohstt blow and on can eaf-t·1 y b 'Pa k htr ro< k, th<ll trumbl~· s wlt1jl a, 'fhe roof' and ~idt's of th<> mine. rr . , . • s w '\ h t h c II an' rom . 1 t f ' ·t 011 pH ( (' • . 1 I . r 1 a I ~ n d it s b ('(Hi I) g a }J tl (> n 0 r tll 0 w t s ' The "\' (.'Ill IS IH'ar y \OTIZOII ' . The i<les or the 'N 50o W.) and tun~ through compact hm.cs t~ne. M C· b ·ll ( . '\ f ·kds {IIlli ronndcd prOj •ctlOnS. r. clmp l. mine an· lui 11 p< 1 H • ·• tl, he of the c·arth provt•sthcrich·st, sa) s that orl' foun< nr,ul I HI sur ~ot d •fray hi~ ·xpenses wh<•n he an d that h (' fw d s t h ~ ~ o \ I < o c ;le n• too ~v c fi ~ tl c :u I> o nat<' o f 1 i If\ t' ; JH·ndr<tl('R \ol<~ ~~rl<l·~lt':<let~)tll.cr·)'-tals' Th<·se mints are murh mor • .. II 1'!.:. 111 r 'n " " " ' . .. . l I' lt ,o~ l ... J "orked than tbose of Real Vit-jo, and, notwlt J::;tant tng t' x \ I. n ~ 1 v l ) I , . t ' r 1 }, a v e b t· <' n t o I d b y s e v c r a I JW r ~ o n s lit n t n o t HH· !-rarnly 0 '' ' 1 . h. 2. 000 I' t ' ' · 1 . • , • • • vh ·n t' 0 p 1,. co 11 g 1 r ~at c h c r c 1 n t 1l e ~ 10 h r s < a ~w n , ~ 1~.· ~s t ,,n , t . l r f't·om tbt• snow . Th<•sc wotkcrs SJH' tHl the t h t• y ran g t• w" l • . '•. 1 '• " I'- t • ·t of' their 1imc undt>r ground, ltvlllg on .tto c, at J 1 J!fl'C\}(:r v·~~f ('()I'll ll1\l~h· !-Otn!'limcS ('Olll1ll~ forth to the light of u l t' d J\H I } , .., w j s h , t c: ~ !' 1\ 1 b t' prod u el 0 f their 1 a b 0 r · d il ) w I (' ll I ~ J I • 'r'h•· ,,1 11 I . t l '\ ~ 111• of lbt'St' wines cannot v<·ry W(' Je est1ma t'< .now, • l . 11 .,1 1n ·'tl)' llltJHOVt•m<·nts in the mdhods of worlung goltl, tJl(•rl' I a If I ' I n . ,, \1Jch w: , n atloptl'd <1t thls!· mines, may pr.oduc · a great tn cr<·~~~ · 1 ' · I yi .. ld At jH<:st·nt none of the ownl·rs of thtsc 111 t H.' 1 r a 1111 u ,, ~ · ' . . . · go I1I m llll s. 1' ,' I V<' l'V<'r ueeomt> wt:-al thy by th<•tr mtntng· opt·ratt1o ·n s, hn!l I ~~ ~~\ <' met ~<·veral wbo haYe sunk all tltt•y ha<l m stare 11ng for g,oltl. · 11 · tb M r Carop1H•Il \t•lls m<' that he got from his we s one ptecc wor $'iOO,' """' ;.1t ;ntotht•r 1lllH', <I pit·cc worth ~900; tht-fW w •rt' at first carr 1 <' d 0 tr u )' 1 h e w o 1 k w t • n , h n t w · r c o f sue h v a I u c t h at t h e w hoI e truth, wi th n•lt n•nc(· lo the lbl'ft, was xpos ·d, and our ho~t re-covl'rc( l Ill~ propPrt y. . . The rai~in~ of ~h<·ep wonld h<> much more profitable tf 1t wen~ n 0 t for tIt<' , I, p rt' ,t,, ll on s n r the N a v a j o e s. E v <' n now g r ' <\ t n n mt . r "4 art· r a i...,,' d w h o ~ e 0 " :--h 1 R a R fi n t' a ~ a n y 1 h a v c e v e r t a ~I < • '1. .)~>Ill(' 01 lhP "H\ros'' n11 the Rio del Nortt• are said to own 40,000 shi 'P· \V ntd i~ uol t'Otts1cle1 ~·.cl v<'Ty .valu;tbll'? and can lH· bou!!.ht fo 1 4 1•1·n1s a flt·er ,·, or a propndor wdl pcrmtl any one to l5h •ar 111 :--: ~hlt'P for $1 thl' hu11drt·d. . . Tht- ho\lS<'" thtou~hout the eountry arc furn1she<l wtth mattresses, douhlt·t\ up itlltl arrilngt·d l'lnsl' to the walls, so as to Hnswcr for set~ t :-;; th 1· ~'-a' ar · t.·ov<·rl'd with beautiful Navajoe blnnkets , wo~th from 50 t c• 100 dollars. Tbe wall~, midway np, arc eov ·red w1th c a 1 i c 0 to p n~ v t' n l t h c w hi t e w ~u::; h r u b b i n p; o ff ; a tHl t h e w h o I c 1 n - terior 'or the hous1·s of thP. w<'althy is eovt'rrcl with mirror::: . A 11 the hidalgos prHit• thttnS<'Ives on allowin~ not~ing uut t-.ilver to app r 0 at h t h c 1 r lab I t' s ; even t h e p .1 a I c s a r.e o f s tl v t> r. 11 ut , w 1 t h a II this air of Wt'c\lth, true comfort lS wanttng; and very few of our bll-'s. cd land would consent to live like the wealthi tst Rico iu .New M exi<"o. While we were at Tuerto the following notice was received, I Ex. Doc. No. 41. 453 which, as it gives a view of the civil offic rs appointed for this territory, may be of interest: "Avxso." " n a 11 rlO cJ .o m c cl e b i ,1 a m ~ n t e au t () r i z a ( l 0 p 0 r e l p r e ~ i d (. n t e d c 1 0 s E::; 1 a d o s Y n 1 d o s d e Am · r 1 c a , p o r I a p r l' ~ <' n t e, h a g-0 1 0 s s j ~ u j 1 • n t t> s nombn11n1cntos; para Ia gobcrnacion de Nueva Mt jico, Tcrritono de loSJ Estados Uuidos. " Los c m pI cad o s as i nom brad o s s c ran o b c c! c c 1' <l 0 ·,", • y rcspcta<1 a s se~u n eo rrcs pond('." CARLO BI~NT, sera Gobenador. J)ONACIANO VfGIL, " Secretario del1'erriton·o. RICARDO DALLUM, " Eslterif Mayor (.fllqu.acil .) FRANC! CO P. BLAIR, " Promoterfi~·cal (Mayor.) CARLO BLUMMl~R " TesoreTo. EUGENIO LER TEN DORFEH., " Yntendente de cuentas pub-ficas . . Joab Houghton, Antonio Jo c Otero, y Carlos Bavbicn seran JUes ~lc Ia sup.rcma corteda de justicia, y cada uno en su di~tncto sera JUCS de Ctrculo . ' . " J_h d o c n Sa n t a F 6, capita I tl e 1 T c r r i to rio d c N u e v ~\ M c j i c: 0 est a d,ta a 22 cle .scptcmbre, 18!6, y el 71° de le independencia d'c los Estad os U rud os." . S. W. KEARNY, General de Bngada del Egercito de los Est ados Unidos." October 2.-~his d~ty we left our kind friends, and cfiora Campbell bade us aclteu. Wtlh tl~c greatest reluctance, assuring u~ that ~cr house, and all 1t conlatncd, were ever at our disposal; an1l all~ o ~1 g.h poor, yet w~. wou I d never fin~t that her ho ~pi ta I it y was mtled by the nattowncss of her Circumstances. In vaiu w~ pr~sscd them to all~w us to comp<'n~atc them for their tr uble; theY wou 1 d not rccet ve ;:t n y remuneration. We now travelled rapidly, in order to reach Santa Fe before 0 a .r k ; our m u] c s, w c II 1 a cl e ~ with s p c c i m ens, t r ott d (I 1 on g q u it e h.nskly; we soon rcaehcd R10 de Galisteo; on one of its tributanes we . foun~l evid~nces of coal, <~nd the be1l of th main creek was wlut.c wtth aline cfTlorcsccnc •s. Cros ing th e creek we entered a little val , traversed in various dir ctions by walls of trap· at one place we saw a wall that looked, at a Jittle distance as if rnadc by human art; it was pierced as if fo r windows and ~loors. A st.ranger whom we met insisted that this dike was one of the ~ sltl!es of the" fndios," who lived here long long ago. But the yclops alone co uld have worked with such vast materials as thl'se .. The planes of the joints and cleavage have formed the mass· tn f r a gmen t s, const· st·t ng o f rhombo1· dal prisms whose axes are rerpendtcular to the cooling ~urfaccs. ' As we neared Santa Fe, we overtook a carrcta Joarled with little crates filled ~i.th grapes; we bargained with the Pueblo Indians, who wc~e dnvmg, and for a "media" pror.urecl as many bunches as we wtshcd; these, with some Spanish bread, formed our noon. |