Show Keeping Up Sc n er e 0 Science Service Service V V Ancient Ruins Are AreV V Found in in Utah f Close to Trail f V Ceremonial Building and t.- t. V Many l Other Houses Bouses r V Blanding Utah Within Within 80 S yards of a trail over which r Zeke Johnson custodian of the f Natural Bridges National Monument Monument Mon Mon- V Utah has walked for V f V more than 20 years he has discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered a ledge full of prehistoric prehistoric tone houses including that rare find a kiva or ceremonial building build build- V V ing with an almost complete roof and what is apparently the V V original ladder for lor entrance still in place i- i Mr 1 Johnson was engaged in rei re re- 1 i pairing the trail between the Augusta and Caroline bridges two bridges two V V V of or the three natural arches which jr the national monument was established established to protect protect and and lunchtime found him in a narrow canyon inV inC in C which there is little sunshine at this V f- f time of the year j V V Lucky Find on a Cliff ig- ig Seeing the sun bright and warm i on a cliff about 30 feet above he het f t scrambled up to cat his lunch in inV V the sunshine i V Imagine my surprise he says I i- i V when I saw a ledge full of houses i- i V within 80 yards of the trail over i V which I have walked for 20 years There is one large kiva with the ther f- f r roof almost almo t complete and a fine ladder lad lad- V der standing in hi the hatchway with the small willows still holding the ther r f V rungs in place Two Well Vell Preserved Houses Douses V Besides the kiva Mr Johnson rt continues there are two well well- fv V V V preserved stone and adobe hou houses es esa a with no roofs but walls which are in a fine state of preservation A AL' AL Av v L' L V small smaIl barrel shaped structure t against one of the houses 2 V c fir n. SI or Vit ht rSssie nf of t I JOA u. u 6 bb WI fine masonry but partly torn down o. o also are on the ledge There is a lot lotof J V of broken pottery and flaked stone lying ying around I picked up six arrow arrow ar ar- ar 1 V row points and several everal broken ones k V |