. Bulletin. Ethnology. hough] ANTIQUITIES OF GILA-SALT VALLEYS 85 ther south on this stream the ruin on the Holson ranch has yielded many specimens of ancient workmanship. No. 150. Caves.—On Lone mountain, south of Central and near the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, are several ruins. Professor De Lashmutt writes: The caves are about a mile south of the Old Loue Mountain post-office. They are in limestone, and are in the side of a cliff 150 or 250 feet above the bottom of the canyon. The rocks near the entrance are worn smooth from the Indians climbing up and down. They have evidently
. Bulletin. Ethnology. hough] ANTIQUITIES OF GILA-SALT VALLEYS 85 ther south on this stream the ruin on the Holson ranch has yielded many specimens of ancient workmanship. No. 150. Caves.—On Lone mountain, south of Central and near the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, are several ruins. Professor De Lashmutt writes: The caves are about a mile south of the Old Loue Mountain post-office. They are in limestone, and are in the side of a cliff 150 or 250 feet above the bottom of the canyon. The rocks near the entrance are worn smooth from the Indians climbing up and down. They have evidently been utilized by the Apache, as arrowheads, several scalps inclosed in a pitched wicker water bottle, an old " six-shooter," a saddle, and horse trappings have been found Fig. 50. Mealing pits in a rock outcrop on Whiskey creek. Grant county, N. Mex. Professor De Lashmutt can not say whether any relics indicating a people earlier than the Apache have been found in these caves. There are two main caves, into one of which it is possible to pene- trate about 75 feet. No. 151. House sites.—These are found in the Whitewater moun- tains, northeast of a siding called Hurley (on the old maps called Hill Top), 2 or 3 miles north of a siding on the Whitewater-Santa Rita branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. The mountains lie 12 miles east of Silver City. The rooms are made by walling Up spaces between and under large masses of rock which have fallen from the cliff above, and resemble the constructions of the Yaqui Indians of Sonora, Mexico. They are probably from 800. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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