Show WONDERFUL RELICS BRASS TEMPERED LIKE STEEL BY br prehistoric MAN in many parts along this coast and in mexico can still de be seen relies relics and re some aume skillful arts practiced by the so called iK Borant savages sava ees that once inhabited this land which by forcibly dis possessing them we now inhabit unless perhaps some more civilized race possessed this country prior to its discovery by Christopher columbus whose tribe has long since been exterminated and whose record is lost one oae of the most wonderful of these relies relics Is the indication of a solid pavement road iu in arizona made ot of granite blocks or slabs abo about tit ten feet long hewn square conveyed and placed side by side by some means unknown to the spectator this pavement or road was undoubtedly built thousands of years yeara ago as those blocks and indications can be traced for miles along the me mountain sides through which deep canons have since washed their way some ot of these slabs are said to nearly two tons and there being no granite ledges nearer than several miles from where they are now situated indicates that they must nave have had some powerful mode of conveyance as well as powerful machinery to shape and locate them r h e m to these ancient people also was known a process ol of tempering brass so it could be converted into tools took equal to the best of steel numerous specimens of this tempered brass have been baen found where the city of mexico now stands as well as on the pacific slope and while the chemist has no difficulty in removing the temper yet he cannot return it for the rediscovery of this tempering tem process scientists and chemists have labored and the united states government has offered a pre gium in vain nor can they even by having havin tempered metal before them gain least light on bringing the discourse a little nearer hot hemeon neon tile edge of the carissa plains but a short distance irom tile cue stock ranch of C CK R brumley can be seen ahot is known as aa the I 1 painted rock bock I 1 this rhia rock is in a horseshoe shape about gaty feet high and 1000 feet in cir lum ference the inside being hollowed out gives it the appearance of a natural fori ford which has bag frequently been used by stockmen stoc kmen as a sheep corral and is capable of holding comfortably three thousand head ot sheep the walls on the south are very abrupt and overhanging thud and are covered with many ancient paintings roughly resembling sketches of men mea dogs snakes lizards tortoises and various rious chartters characters the the significance of which was wag perhaps even unknown to the painter some are inclined to think that each character is a record ot of some historical event and that it if we but understood them they would be bevery very interesting to us the paints used are of three distinct colors red white and black and although we know of ot of or toe the materials used we can say this much that they have a power of durability and of 0 their color unsurpassed by modern productions in the western part of this county at the outlet of zhe the antelope valley on the tulare plains to is what is called the point of rocks on top of the most prominent of these rocks is a large beautiful water tank about seven feet deep and twenty feet long by tip feet wide wid US its capacity la is becq four and five thousand gallons water and although evidently evident Y in 0 been formed by nature still stills I 1 lis by its location being such as to ng all the rain water that CT on the surface one ciui 1 led to believe it was mi 11 debian the height of the rock is 4 feet and its walls are quito quite j aus but by the ald of steps chiseled ld IN it is no difficult task to aacen turn with a pall of water irwi MR top of the rock one has a ma it view of the surround ling conti miles and miles anere being no 1419 i ipa water for a long lone distance m very convenient reso artl stockmen stoc kmen and travelers traveled trave trav eleis lei adjoining rocks can be great many smaller tanks a small ancient paintings 81 OX mortars and pestles are found A tons lous places some are made mil roughly rough ly and others are shaped i aa a line quail qualify ty of stone sone with OWN el taste marvelous skill is display the art of ef making arrow it beadi knives ot of the hardest flint hoi can give a desired shape to so bri substance by chipping off smalls smallie smal lil easier to think about than to K bakersfield cal echo |