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Show NEWSANIUANRUINS NEW SAN JUAN RUINS RUINSRIVAL NEWSANIUANRUINSRIVAL RIVAL MESA VEROE VERDE VERDEi "i i " i A group of cliff cMf dwellers dv.ellers dvellers dwelIers . ' ' 1 lulns ruins ulns , , saIdto saidto said to rival if not outdo the ruins in'Mesa inMesa in > ' 'Mcsa Mcsa 'Mesa Mesa ' Verde National park , were v.ere vere . dis- dis dlS- dlS dlScovered discovered discovered - - ? covered recently by a University ofJ ofCa.l1forma ofCalifornia of , ' J . California Ca.l1forma Cal1forma . . research nartv party a few miles cast east of Mexican Hat and nd ndabout about 27 miles miles'SOUthwest milessouthwest milesf milesfsouthwest ' -southwest southwest 'SOUthwest - of Bluff , , in San Juancounty JuanCounty Juan " county News of the discovery dlScovery . was v.as vas re"ported reZrorted re- re reTorted - " Torted "ported ported Zrorted . in m an Associated Press dL dispatchthis dispatch dispatchthis atch atchth1s this th1s weekl weekAccording week l , . [ Accoroimg Accordmg According to the repOl repoifc report t , , the ruinsare ruins ' ? . , are no doubt among the largest andi and andIS- andIS andISbest i - best beot bes preserved 'Preserved ' ever found on thef thei theJiorth thenorth the f i .North North Jiorth . American continentThe continentThe continent The main structure , , it is reported , , " < : contains ontains in excess of 80 rooms , andthere andthere and ' . there are probably 50 additional houses housesIn housesIn housesI In the group : Each cliff chff house is built builtInto builtinto builtf Into a protected arched cave caned carved by"t byt by "t t " "tnature - nature -nature Mature 4n iii a thousand-foot thousand foot - cliff cuff ot of ofWingate off "Wingatc Wingatc Wingate " sandstoneI sandstoneV sandstone .i i . ' I V L Varider VaItder Vander Hoof , publicity publiClty manger manager man- man manger - \ ager ger of the archaeological party , ' \ , states tes that it is proposed * ' to call the theruins theruins thet " - ruins -ruins : Midway Mldway House , , because it islocated islocated is located about midway between MesaVerde MesaVerde Mesa , "Verde Verde " and Navajo National monument monument monu- monu monument - -ment ment - Theparty The - party -party will recommend that that1 thatl thati l i "the the " ruins be set aside Midc as a national nationalInonument nationalmonument national5 monument Inonument or park , , and be made thesubject thesubject the ? subject of special study and restorationby restorationby restoration by such competent com'petent . ' orgamzations ast as asthe astf t "the the " United States National Museumand Museumand Museum aftd and the Smithsonian Institute The Theg . , : ruins have never been excavated , andundoubtedly and'Undoubtedly and ' ' "undoubtedly undoubtedly 'Undoubtedly " a vast amount of relicss relics s will 'Will ' be found that will be of inesti- inesti inestimable inestienable inesti-s inesti s - suable mable enable value in tracing the ancientcivilization ancient civilization CiVllization ( ) of f the cliff dwellersThe dwellerThe dwellers dweller The rums nuns are located locat.ed . in an extremely extremeiq extreme- extreme extremely - . ly iq isolated section ction and are reachedonly reached L walkL only after a long and arduous walkfrom walkfrom walk walkfrom from Mexican Hat Few , . tf if any , . whiteInen whitemen white men Inen 1t-ad 1t ad lead ) - ad seen the spot prior to thevisit the ' ' ' visit of the archaeologists archaeoIoglSts The ruinsstand ruins stand 'today today 10day ' as they did when aban- aban abandoned abandoned aban-- aban abandoncd - - , - . doncd doned by the original occupants Onlythe Onlythe Only ' the natural agents of weathering weathermg and anderosion and5 erosion have contrived to disintegratesome disintegrate some of the walls and cover the floors floorsy floorsti ti " with debrisJ debris J , |