Albuquerque Weekly Citizen, 1891-10-17

Imisoiii of Mother Farlh, situated alxiut forty ioi'im eoiithwest from Junction i'.i. v VI 1 1. ....i.i 1 ., It.-. ... . (lie, I'lwilli ,11,111- 11 tr ., it, 1- 1 of one hundred mitex from iiltuost any 1 direction TheNnviijo Indimix regard it , with 11 reverence amount ing lo xmue thing xucri-d, for, lis their traditions will ! have it, when the gixnl mother of their tnlxi dud her puie spint wax wafted to ! Ho sun and her Ixxly buried upon tins, great eminence, where, they believe, nj tiny spung constantly drips its cool, re-1 freshing wnters upon her tiicii'd grave, j The vicinity of the Ship Km k has been a battle ground for untold genera 1 tiorix. Standing, ax it dix'x, near t'mioti de ( 'lullelee, where IX found the ancient nuns of the glelltext Aztec Settlement yet dixcovered.it must have been 11 silent w it iitHx to I he til.hiitxlied cllil-e I by the. Northmen III ihetl cruel ami lelel (less vvarx up in this lost Ulbe of the Inldrell if Israel vvhnui we cull Aztecs , The Canon de Chlllelee heinlH ill the ' Carrto mnl Cluicklii in unit mix, mid m tilled wiih ititiiH mnl t-I.IT dwellingx of a race of people hnd and forgotten 11: bistort , The whole region of San .hum county, N M . ,11ml including 11 large urea of adjit cent counties, wax at one tune long ngu one vaxt lake, ax sea shells are found up on Canon Oiillegos. Clwic 1, Cliiisco and at the find lulls of old Chucklo mid the Carn.o iiiiiiintiiins. The Itiverx Sim .luiiii, AuimiiH. La Pldtn mid uuiueroiiH other streniiiH were humlreilH, perhnps thousmidx. of years tilling tins vust Imstn with their pure, fresh am! sparkling w liters, the holders of which hived the rix'kn into fuiiliixlic shales on l.ightui r creek, mid covered the tow nHite nf Du Du-rm - rm Du-rm go, Col , some four hundred fixi lx lx-lieath - lieath lx-lieath the blue vta'urH of l.aguuu de Sail hum. Tlie IltickKkiu iiiountauiH 111 Arioun proved to be the weiike-t Hxit Ul the run of thlH 111 I III H- ocean, nnd the oveltlo" cut tlie mnrve'otiH channel now known us the Colorado cmioii. Hud the divide near Climnu been it few hundred feel lower the drainiige of all Huh vaiit river syHtem, incliidirg the (ireen river with itx fountains in Wyoming, would have been through the Continental divide, emptying iu the KiotirNnde, when a second Mississippi would have Hunted steamers from llrownxville, Terns, to (ini'ii Kiver City, Wyoming, thux cluing uig the commerce, of the Paeitlo slope. l.ol.ll MINKX. Trnilitiou hns woven n web of mystery and a glsnmr of rouinnce around the Lhucklo and Cnrr17.11 inoiiiitiiuis, Ah fur bnck hh 'iJI purlieu from California at attempted - tempted attempted to invn.le nnd explore the Cnr rios, whose fnbulous wnnlih tin been inensurtMl only by the nnxious miner. The Ailmiis party left 11 legend that three days' travel from Wingute with pack minimis they found gold for nil nnd graves for most of their party iixin the Navnjo nxervulion. Again, by a party fiom California, consisting of twenty seven men, only two of whom escaped lo iut the fact upon record that gold ami death are inseparable companions in the Currizu tuuuhfnuis. mviiick'x viivr-NTi nr.x. Amnug the unwritten historiiMtuf these iii)steriom regions Ihe ndventurit uf Chits. F. Mynck must forever stand in Ixild relief ngsinxl nil other 1 tteiuptH at exploration ro far in this country, nf which eo much ih Mlevetl and hi little is positively known. MyncK wiih young, brave and hand some, brilliant us u star and gentle as a wumnn when Iu arrived at IheuidMilchell ranch on the lower Sun .hum in lHTii, pre presenting - senting presenting himself ludore the Mitchell fam ily of father and mother, three lovely duughters verging iihiii woinuuhnixl, mid two slid wart sons, reprcssnting lumse'.f from Culifurnui, having comeucrosii An An-r.oiui - r.oiui An-r.oiui mid through theCiirriu moiintuiiix, siiccexiifully locating the Navaj mines unit showing specimens uf mineral rival rivaling - ing rivaling King .Solomon's rivklerx display of riches, fairly electrifying tlie mining enmps uf southern tVilorndo. Mynck returned from I tiro and Silver- ton lenving n comfortable bntilf account 1 of i'-J.OUi, which lias not yet been culled for by his heirs He nnd young Mitchell I then plunned n secret eixxlitlon to his I new and wonderful ihsoovenes, It requires 110 great draft upon our imsginutlou to see lovers wsnderiug iu shady groves at the Mitchell runch, a parting scene ai d a young girl weeping for her lover who never returned. Friendly ludiiuiH brought the news of their death and permission fur the Mitchell family to come und erf(iriu thn last sad ritesuf burial. Voung Milihell's body lay 111 Canon Chlllelee, and Mynck's with a lantern In his hand, al the fool nf Ship Itock monument, the grandest head- stone Hint ever marked the grave of miir ...i tt.. 1. 1 1... ....... 1... 1 11..' ,111 mull. 1 . 1 1 II 111 II. uiwi r-iniiuii )i,n secrets of the golden treasurer buried in the Currio niountnios Twelve long yenrs hnvo lingrrixl slowly by since Mynck, like n meteor, sttrlled the mining world with hm splendid dis dis-ooveritvi - ooveritvi dis-ooveritvi nnd lifted thn veil that others might ponetrute the mitts of supentition. lint the angel of death again shrouded thehojies of lilt friends iu the gloom of despair. Since then none have hen found to follow his footstsps nor trace thn trails from whore tlie Spaniards once loaded their ships with gold from the Carriioa,

Pnrkagr made. Potatoes in Car Lots. I'rlrrs Ilnol t'oMMitile llsllrsart I'rnjrrt In the tVrsl- No lietter illustration of the ndvan ndvan-tageenf - tageenf ndvan-tageenf the Hniitnt railroad, which con con-tetuiilntt'H - tetuiilntt'H con-tetuiilntt'H the coiinectlnn by n short line tiro.nl guuge rnilwsy, the inexhuuttable coal Melds of Montezuma and I. Plate oouutlee, with the A. t P. nt a point eiiHl of liullup, New Mexico, could tut given, than is found in the following ex extract - tract extract from a lecture delivered by Chief r.tigiticer Htunton, of the Grand Canon iCadroad. The Immense tralllo iu coal which it is contemplated would accrue lo the (Irani! Canon roml, can be secured by the lUnnn road. The Oram! Cnoon road will cost from f 1,000,000 to 40,0CK), 40,0CK),-000, - 000, 40,0CK),-000, the 1.7) miles of road contemplated by the Ilaiuia project can Ihj constructed for not to exceed 11,000,000 The lec lecture - ture lecture referred to was delivered at thn Chandier of Commoroo building in Den Denver, - ver, Denver, Nov. Ill tb, under the nuspieoes of the Denver Society of Civil Kngineera. Sinking of the California coast and lower Colorado couutry iu connection with the matter of fuel, Mr. Stanton said: "Their great drawback is a lack of cheap fuel. lwer California and all the rich country along the lower Colo, rmlo would be furnished with fuel by such it rond. The strike iu Australia hna caused a coal famine In California. Hnginea have leen tinnble to leavo Han Diego on ac account - count account of n lack of coal. Tho fuel brought into Hun Francisco, Ban Diego and Han Pedro amounted iu lbX'J to abuut l00, l00,-UK) - UK) l00,-UK) tons and ramo from poiuts scattered ovnr the whole world. The road could not exict to secure all this traflla at once. After n short lime, however, after tlie development of the idle country, thn trade in coal and cheap fntl that would accrue to this road would be wonderful." "Why, to this road," the speaker ttid; "No McKinley bill would be necessary to shut out foreign coal. I Mr the fuel could not be mined and shipped from Australia) and comitate with the Ameri American - can American product." Whut a wonderful tralllc inducement is suggested in the above extract for tba short line of railroad now being survey surveyed - ed surveyed by Major Jaruea W. Hnnns, of Cortez. Durango Herald. Public Hrhfrsl Tenrhera. Tint board of examiners of teachers for Hie public schools uf Bernalillo county have just concluded their second exam examination - ination examination of applicants to leach. The grade fur teachers of the county generally hat bee'j raised over 100 per cent., and for wis:: cf the small outside districta about KXO per rent. Ucdar lha law no eron csu tench without having a cert I lien te from tlie bonrd of examiners, and after ull the schools are supplied wih teach teachers - ers teachers it is the intention of the board to make each future examination more dif difficult - ficult difficult than Ihe last preceding one. At the examination just lluisbed, those receiving tlrnt-claascertitlcatea were Miat Koealie Dwyer, a young lady teacher from Han Francisco; Sisters Clandla, Fi Fi-delis, - delis, Fi-delis, M, Isabella, Pauline, Mist Mary A. Hverett, (). M. Harvey and Kdwsrd Carr. The lost named gentleman it a graduate of 11 London, Kngland, university. Hecond class certitloatM were issued lo the following Janiea llrydon, Ucurge F. Fitrpatrick, Cruuimsra Trujillo, Mi Michael - chael Michael Whaling, J, U. Hatchel and M. A. Perea Miaa Ignacio Ituu, Macedomo Herrera aud Mariano P. Henn receivetl third-class oertlllcatu. There were six who failed tu receive any certitlcates. The Itoard will hold nnolhtr session for elimination of applicants December '.W. The board consists of M. 0. de llaoa, county superintendent of schools; I, U, Ikind nod F, A, Fogler, examiners. When the opMirlunily offers, if it is an eligible one, the girls generally get mar, ried. Of the tlfty young women in Mil Mil-ford, - ford, Mil-ford, Mass., who thirty years ago formed uu old maids' club, only fifteen attended the annual dinner this week, sll the oth others - ers others having inarmd, Parrots are linguists, and adapt their talk lo the country In which they may happen to bo-. Pattl hna a parrot which she purchased some years ago fur fo.lXX), and which sjieuks Hie Welsh language. P. H. Ilaker, one of the clerks tu the Union Pacillo trainmaster's oflloe at Trin idad, assaulted C. M. liaker, the master mechanic. The latter resented and tba festive clerk waa badly worsted.