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Show r !!. I IIMII I iwi.i.iiw.i ..... . I JgKfSftary ' Old Mexican Mines. Whenever a cavo is newly discovered in New Mexico or Arizona tho finder's first hope is that ho has unearthed an old Spanish or Mexican mine, but this seldom or never has proved to be the case. Generally these holes in the mountains are natural caves in limestone lime-stone or sandstone formations, but sometimes they lie between walls of 1 nard rock, which perhaps contain f mineral deposits, indicating that tho . primitivo civilized Indians may haye-dug haye-dug their way in following a soft Gtreak in search of talc to use in pot- j tcry making, with no thought for precious metals. Stalactites, snowy white, hang from their roofs, and where mineral water has percolated these crystallizations take on gorgeous mo- I tallio hues. Human bones are sometimes some-times found in these caves and other evidences of human work or former occupancy. The Coffee cave and Robinson's Rob-inson's eave, in the Mock range, in southern Now Mex.co, hnvo been explored ex-plored for beveral hundred feet, and other large caves in that region remain to bo explored. |