. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... milar to thosefound in rocks on the seashore. A few miles north of the boundary, in the Sierra del Tule, areseveral peaks of gray rock curiously capped with black trap or lava, one of which, called the Cerrode la Cabeza Prieta, is a very i)rominent landmark when crossing the Tule Desert. An extinctvolcano, whose sides are curiously streaked with black lava, is situated on the west side of theSierra del Tule, about 3 miles north of the wag
. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... milar to thosefound in rocks on the seashore. A few miles north of the boundary, in the Sierra del Tule, areseveral peaks of gray rock curiously capped with black trap or lava, one of which, called the Cerrode la Cabeza Prieta, is a very i)rominent landmark when crossing the Tule Desert. An extinctvolcano, whose sides are curiously streaked with black lava, is situated on the west side of theSierra del Tule, about 3 miles north of the wagon road, and the entire country south of thisvolcano is covered with a mass of broken, black lava. During the early sixties there was a large influx of Mexicans from Sonora to the golddiggings on the Colorado River, and an enterprising Mexican dug two wells near the road, in theTule Mountains, built a small adobe house, and occupied it with his family for two years, for thepurpose of selling water to travelers. But the deaths from thirst along this route became sofrequent that the road was soon abandoned, and for over twenty years had remained ■I%i
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