Show BIGGEST CLIFF DWELLING A Fifteen Hundred Room Near Bland Pottery and Smelter Santa Fe N M July 24Dr George L Cole and Fay C Cole of Los Angeles An-geles Cal Prof R W Bullock bC Grceley Colo and Rev G S Madden of Bland who arrived hero today reported re-ported that In excavating one of a number of large stone ruins situated in Pajarsto canyon between Bland and Espanola they made startling discoveries discov-eries i S The building was 5CO by 450 feet entirely en-tirely of stone carefully dressed It was two or three stoVIcs high originally original-ly but now only wallg six to ten feet high remain standing The upper story evidently was open to the sky and upon this the dwellers of the building probably proba-bly spent both night and day But it Is the finds made in a roonr nine by twelve feet in size that was excavated t ex-cavated that are the most suggestive of the civilization oC the ancient peop6 An old furnace for smelting was found near which was a large Iron bar deeply Incrusted with rust also pieces ofrich copper ore as well ns gold ornaments and a piece of beautiful turquoise Twentyfive pieces of pottery oh great beauty and brilliancy of colors were in the room They were heavy fully ape quartsr of an inch thick and decorated Infclde and out with unique designs showing some degree of uniformity One of the designs represented the picture pic-ture of three frame buildings with smokestack and smoke curling out oC It Each communal building had a different dif-ferent set of designs for their pottery Some cloth was found woven In spirals almost like a huge spiders nest Around thq fireplace In the room which waa excavated stood a dozen large pots each with buffalo bones In them showing that the Inhabitants abandoned aban-doned the room while they were preparing pre-paring a meal Near some of the smelter slag was found scorched corn together With the bones of birds and other animals Several baskets In the room were more beautiful than those woven by the Navajos today but they crumbled to dust when touched Iron knives stone battle axes polished stone reflectors awls several musical Instruments In-struments Including fifes wore in evidence evi-dence and well preserved Many human hu-man bones were found In the regulation regula-tion burial mounds In the building are 1200 to 1500 rooms only one of which was excavated There are hundreds of similar ruins In the twentyfive miles from Bland to lispanolu showing that In that district at one time lived move people than are In New Mexico today The region han not as yet been touched by scientists and explorers Rev Mr Maddens theory Is that about 500 or 600 years ago the dwellers of that region who left their records In numerous hicro glyphjc Inscriptions had been driven out either by an earthquake or by the invasion of a stronger race The relics that were found were sent to the Northwestern university at Evanston III Denver Republican |