. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . e there had been no rain, found them-selves suddenly in a region overflowing with water;so that their progress was arrested, and they wereobliged to wait until the flood had subsided. Afterthis we had occasional showers, during the months ofJuly and August. The weather was not uncomfortably warm any daywhile I was here ; indeed, on several occasions, directlyafter rains, I found
. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . e there had been no rain, found them-selves suddenly in a region overflowing with water;so that their progress was arrested, and they wereobliged to wait until the flood had subsided. Afterthis we had occasional showers, during the months ofJuly and August. The weather was not uncomfortably warm any daywhile I was here ; indeed, on several occasions, directlyafter rains, I found a fire quite agreeable. The party 232 EL PASO I left informed me, that early in October it became socold that fires were necessary every day. The heightof the little valley where the mines are was found tobe six thousand two hundred and fifty feet above thelevel of the sea; and the height of the mountain,which rises abruptly from it, and to which the nameof Ben Moore has been given, is eight thousand mountain is the beginning of a range of bold,rocky bluffs of trap, of a grayish hue, which extendsome twenty miles to the south, and gradually dropoff into the plain. On one side of this bluff, a portion. Canon leading to the Copper Mines, from the South. of the rock is separated from the mountain, and standsdetached from it like a column. This mountain is a TO THE COPPER MINES. 233 perfect barrier to a direct road, or even a mule path,across to Mule Spring, making a difference of thirtymiles in the distance to Dofia Ana. Below the minesthe columnar masses crown the summit of the hillsand mountains, often appearing like elevated sides of these mountains are well wooded, as arealso the intervening valleys. Gold is said to have been found here when themines were worked; and many stories are told oflarge quantities that were buried when the place wasabandoned. About four miles distant, a deep shafthad been sunk, where it was said a skin containingmore than five t
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