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ANZA-BORREGO DUSERT GUIDE by Horace Par- MEET FLORA MEXICANA by Walter Pesman Ab-
ker Second edition of this well-illustrated and solutely essential for travelers into Old Mexico
documented book is enlarged considerably. Tops or Baja who want to know the names, uses and
among guidebooks, it is equally recommended To Insure a Real habits of flora that grows along roads and
for research material in an area that was crossed highways. Well illustrated with lively text. 278
by Anza, Kit Carson, the Mormon Battalian, '49ers,
Railroad Survey parties, Pegleg Smith, the Jack-
Merry Christmas pages. Paperback, $4.00.
ass Mail, Butterfield Stage, and today's adven- THE DESERT IS YOURS by Erie Stanley Gardner.
turous tourists. 139 pages, cardboard cover. Order these books by mail In his latest book on the desert areas of the
$2.95. May be ordered from DESERT Magazine
Book Dept.
today from DESERT Magazine. West, the author again takes his reader with
him as he uses every means of transportation to
DESERT WILD FLOWERS by Edmund C. Jaeger.
See Information Below explore the wilderness areas and sift the facts
and rumors about such famous legends as the
Revised edition of this authoritative, best selling Lost Arch, Lost Dutchman and Lost Dutch Oven
book contains a key to aid in identification and mines. 256 pages, illustrated. Hard cover. $7.50.
a list of name changes. This books is a "must"
for desert travelers and botanists. Well illustrated
THE NORTH AMERICAN DESERTS by Edmund C. THE HIDDEN HEART OF BAJA by Erie Stanley
with a text understandable by amateurs, DESERT
Jaeger. A long-time authority on all phases of Gardner. The noted creator of the best-selling
particularly recommends it. 322 pages, hard-
desert areas and life, Dr. Jaeger's book on the mysteries of our time has written several books
cover, published by Stanford University Press.
North American Deserts should be carried on Baja California and the desert areas of the
$5.00. Order from DESERT Magazine Book Dept.
wherever you travel. It not only describes each West. With his talent of combining adventure
of the individual desert areas, but has illus- and mystery with facts, the author takes you
LOST MINES AND HIDDEN TREASURES by Le-
trated sections on desert insects, reptiles, birds, with him as he probes the mysteries of "The
land Lovelace. Authoritative and exact accounts
mammals and plants. 315 pages, illustrated Hidden Heart of Baja" and tells how he dis-
give locations and fascinating data about a lost
photographs, line drawings and maps. Hard covered an archeological find of major impor-
lake of gold in California, buried Aztec ingot
Cover. $5.95. tance thus opening up a new concept regarding
in Arizona, kegs of coins, and all sorts of excit-
cave paintings. 256 pages, illustrated with color
ing booty for treasure seekers. Hardcover, $4.00.
GHOST TOWN TRAILS by Lambert Florin is third photos of Indian paintings. Hard cover. $7.50.
DIG HERE! by Thomas Penfield. Facts are sifted in a series that ranks among the best ghosttown
from fiction for over 100 lost mines. Mapped books ever written. Excellent photos and stories THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS, Othneil C. Marsh
ed sheets and illustration add interest. $3.95. cover an area that stretches across the entire and Edward D. Cope, By Robert Plate. A dual
west from Alaska to New Mexico. Large format, biography of the first dinosaur hunters whose
THE CAHUILLA INDIAN BY Harry C. James. Mere 192 pages. Hardcover. Price $12.50. bitter rivalry split the scientific world for about
is the real story about the almost forgotten tribe 25 years but whose exploits of the 1870s and
that once owned the mountains towering above PAINTERS OF THE DESERT by Ed Ainsworth. A 1880s excited the public imagination and made
Palm Springs as well as its desert oasis. The few beautifully illustrated and well-written roundup dinosaurs a household word. Easy, reading, the
remaining members of the tribe still own valu- of 13 of the desert's outstanding artists—Dixon, book is packed with action resulting from the
able property. Answering many questions about Forsythe, Swinnerton, Fechin, Eytel, Lauritz, Buff, intense feud between Marsh and Cope, both
these remarkable people, the book is hardcover, Klinker, Perceval, Hilton, Proctor, McGrew, and wealthy men who exhausted their fortunes in
184 pages, lavishly illustrated, and limited to Bender. Folio size, gold-stamped hard cover. the arduous hunt for the creatures of the past.
only 1250 copies. $7.50. Full color reproductions. 125 pages. $11.00. 281 pages. Hard Cover. $4.95.
GHOSTS OF THE GLORY TRAIL by Nell Mur- CORTES, By Francisco Lopez de Gomara, secre-
barger is a fast moving chronicle of Western HUNTING THE DESERT WHALE by Erie Stanley
tary to the famous conqueror of Mexico. A vivid
boomcamp and bonanza. Rich in human interest Gardner. Among the first Americans to ever
narration of the exploits of Herman Cortes who
as well as authen"ic history, this book covers camp at Scammon's Lagoon in Baja California,
combined diplomacy, cunning and military might
ghosttowns of Nevada, western Utah and eastern if not the first, Gardner learned, while hunting
to overcome his adversaries. 480 pages, illus-
California. Hardcover, 291 pages. Price $6.75. the great grey whale with a camera that they
trated. Hard cover. $8.50.
don't sit graciously for portraits! Whale hunting
NEVADA'S TURBUU-NT YESTERDAY by Don Ash- and beach combing for rare treasures make for
baugh. Illustrated with a fine collection of old THE OREGON DESERT by E. R. Jackman and
exciting reading. Hardcover, 208 pages, illus-
R. A. Long. This book is a hard one to define.
photos and throbbing with exciting tales of trated with photos. $6.00.
A single paragraph may be a mixture of geo-
Nevada's robust past, this an authentic ghost
logy, history, biography and rich desert lore.
town history written by one of Nevada's favor- THREE PATHS ALONG A RIVER By Tom Hudson.
The only complete book about the Oregon desert,
ite authors. Hard cover. 346 pages. $7.50. Illustrated by Ralph Love. Once a river, the
the material applies equally well to other des-
erts of the West. The humor and fascinating San Luis Rey is now only an intermittent
JEEP TRAILS TO COLORADO GHOST TOWNS by
anecdotes coupled with factual background and stream. History marched beside the river, and
Robert L. Brown. An illustrated, detailed, infor-
unusual photos, including color, make it excel- in a sense the Valley of San Luis Rey can
mal history of life in the mining camps deep in
lent reading material even for those who may called the Gateway to California. The earliest
the almost inaccess ble mountain fastness of the
never visit Oregon. 407 pages, illustrated. Hard overland travelers coming from Mexico and
Colorado Rockies. Fifty-eight towns are included
Cover. Third printing, $6.50. west from the States traveled the Carrizo Cor-
as examples of the vigorous struggle for exist-
ridor leading inland through Temecula to the
ence in the mining camps of the West. 239
LOWER CALIFORNIA GUIDE BOOK by Gerhard Mission of San Gabriel and the Pueblo of Los
pages, illustrated, end sheet map. Hard Cover.
and Gulick. The authors have revised the third Angeles. The Butterfield Stage route crossed
$5.50.
edition to bring it up to date. Veteran travelers the river near its headwaters. 245 page. Hard
ON DESERT TRAILS by Randall Henderson, foun- in Baja California would not venture south of cover. $6.
der and publisher of Desert Magazine for 23 the border without this authoritative volume. It
years. One of the first good writers to reveal combines the fascinating history of every loca- GHOSTS OF THE ADOBE WALLS by Nell Mur-
the beauty of the mysterious desert areas. Hen- tion, whether it be a town, mission or aban- barger, the well known "roving reporter of the
derson's experiences, combined with his com- doned ranch, with detailed mileage maps and desert." The author's just-published book is an
ments on the desert of yesterday and today, locations of gasoline supplies, water and other intimate chronicle of Arizona's once-booming
makes this a MUST for those who really want needed information on Baja. 243 pages with mining towns, stage stations, army posts, mar-
to understand the desert. 375 pages, illustrated. three-color folding map, 16 detailed route maps, auding Indians and fantastic human characters.
Hard Cover. $5.00. 4 city maps, 22 illustrations. Hard cover. $6.50. 380 pages, illustrated. Hard Cover. $7.50.
Send check or money order to DESERT MAGAZINE BOOK ORDER DEPARTMENT, Palm Desert, California 92260.
Include 25c for postage and handling. California residents must add 4% sales tax. Please do not ask to be billed.
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SLIPPING SILVER. The United States Mint, the world's largest con-
sumer of silver, feels its silver is slipping. Although it still has 1.35
billion ounces of William Jennings Bryan's precious metal, the demand
by non-Communist countries is growing and with the increase in
American tourists abroad the supply may be depleted. Some experts
CONTENTS say the only solution is to drastically reduce or eliminate altogether
the silver in dimes, quarters and half dollars. This dilemma comes
shortly after Congress directed the Mint to resume production of silver
Volume 27 Number 12 dollars for the first time in 30 years. The newly minted 45 million
December, 1964 cartwheels will contain more than 32 million ounces of silver. There's
no mention of going back to mining silver again as another alternative.
This Month's Cover
Desert view of Superstition Mountain near
SILVER AND SMALL MINERS. Speakers at the annual Small Miners
Apache Junction, Arizona. Convention meeting at Burton's Tropico Gold Mine and Mill, near
By DARWIN VAN CAMPEN Rosamond, Calif., viewed the silver and gold problem with great
alarm. "There is a silver shortage in the world," said Hollis Dole,
4 Books for DESERT Readers Chief Geologist for the State of Oregon, "and our monetary policies
6 Dichos have led us into a silver crisis. Eventually this crisis will destroy our
By RICARDO CASTILLO silver coins and leave us with nothing but paper currency," he con-
cluded: Urging a return to the Gold Standard and opposing the
7 Whale of a Trip to Baja removal of our 25 percent gold reserve, the miners stressed that part
By IRA HUFFMAN of the U. S. Constitution which says that only gold and silver are legal
9 The Sand Man money. The present law requires a 25 percent gold backing for U. S.
currency, and the removal of this safeguard would permit the bankers
By SAM HICKS
to flood the country with worthless printing-press money, the miners
10 Vasquez Rocks charged. Shades of the Old West! Background of the meeting was
By RUTH B. DAVIS also something out of the Old West. Burton's Tropico Gold Mine is
one of the largest gold mines in the West for sightseeing tourists and
13 A Giant Dies has an adjoining replica of a gold rush town complete with saloons,
By JANICE BEATY shops and a museum.
15 Ghosts of Rich Hill
By JANICE BEATY
STILL CLOSED. Since the beginning of World War II a large section
of the Chocolate Mountains in Southern California has been leased
17 Angel of Borrego as an Aerial Gunnery Range by the United States. Travel in this
By KARL VON VOIGHTLANDER historic and fascinating country is strictly prohibited. Acting on a tip
this area was going to be released by Uncle Sam we queried the
19 Desert Adventure powers-that-be, only to be informed the restrictions will be in effect
By JAMES POWELL for at least another year. Not all of the Chocolate Mountains are
22 Goading Gold Ghosts of Glamis restricted, however, so you can still look for lost mines and treasures.
By JACK PEPPER
See "Goading the Gold Ghosts of Glamis" in this issue.
23 Dawn, in the Chocolates CHRISTMAS EVENTS. Christmas parades and pageants will be held
By JACK PEPPER in many of the communities throughout the West. They cannot all be
listed. Typical are the Annual Christmas Parade and Los Vigilantes
26 Com Shrine of the Tanos Mistletoe Dance, El Centro, Dec. 5; Christmas Parade, Elko, Nevada,
By C. M. MONTGOMERY Dec. 5; Opening of Santa Claus Lane, Brawley, Dec. 5; Grand Opening
29 Colossal Adventure in of San Diego's Christmas Center, Balboa Park with life-size display of
Colossal Cave biblical scenes, Dec. 6. New Mexico Indian pueblos will have celebra-
tions Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. For specific dates write to
By PATRICE SMART
the nearest Chamber of Commerce.
30 Tybo 3-Shot
By KENNETH MARQUISS
OTHER DECEMBER EVENTS. Dune Buggy Show, Brawley, Nov. 29;
Imperial Valley Kennel Club Dog Show, Imperial Fair Grounds, Nov.
35 White Hill, Arizona: 29; National Horse Show, Brawley, Calif., Dec. 27 and 28.
By LAM3ERT FLORIN
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Just moseyin' over—to wish y'all Merry The Story ol Christmas in Sign Language- okitrei in the West-Best Wishes at • Christmas Kindness-Greeting is a beau
Christmas and a Happy New Vear May the Spirit of Christmas abide with you Christmas and Happiness through all the liful 4 line western verse
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GHOSTS OF THE ADOBE WALLS by Nell Mur- A rolling stone gathers no moss. distinguish dry rot, run a narrow in-
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Palm Desert, California
"Avon calling!"
beauty molded in sand. Kneeling be- house walked through the vacant lot
by Sam Hichs side the statue, he began modeling and nearly stumbled into the cavity
and added a head to the figure. containing Ted's sand man. In the
Pleased and satisfied with this result failing light, she concluded that here
T HE WORK OF the most promi-
nent sand artist of all time is
on quiet display in the Temec-
ula Valley where but relatively few
—which resembled a pretty girl he
knew—he proceeded to equip her with
graceful arms and dainty feet.
were buried the remains of a victim of
foul play. She called the police who,
in turn, summoned a firesquad with
people stop to enjoy it. U. S. 395 Later that week, reflecting upon the a pulmotor. With red lights flashing
has become such a busy link in the incident, he felt an urge to make some- and sirens screaming, the emergency
chain of Southern California inland thing else out of sand. A vacant lot vehicles clamored to the vacant lot.
highways that motorists rarely find near his boarding house looked prom- But the man they found gazing ser-
time to focus their vision on the block- ising, so one evening after work Ted enely upward at the starlit sky wasn't
letter signs that spell "Bible Land." went over and shaped in sand the dead. He was made of sand.
It all began in 1926 on a hot sum- head and torso of a man lying on This new hobby of Ted's continued
mer day at the Bell Island swimming his back. By the time he put the
finishing touches on the man's upper to grow. Soon he left his job and
resort on the Detroit River. Here a body, he'd dug a sizable hole. started making displays before audi-
y o u n g carpenter, Ted Conibear, ences at local fairs. A religious man,
came upon an unfinished bathing After dark, the lady of a nearby it was only natural that his subjects
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For tools Ted uses a teaspoon, a a little valley of live oaks which sur-
Milling Process explained. See where
Millions in Gold have been recovered.
Through Early Day Collection of paring knife, a small artists' brush round Ted Conibear's impressive sand
and a two-inch paint brush. He works statuary.
Browse- Mining Relicn and Antique*
in THE MUSEUM AND OLD
GOLDCAMP.
PAN FOR GOLD
with any kind of line sand, the cleaner Since 1957 visitors to Bible Land
the better. He prefers sand of a have filled a stack of thick registers
IN ANTELOPE VALLEY brownish color for Biblical scenes be- with names and addresses from all
ive Miles Wei
f Vi i How Spri cause the figures appear more life- over the world. Almost everyone who
TOUR TIMES like than when modeled of white or signs a register adds a few nice words
Weekday, - 10:30 A.M. and 2 P M .
Sat. and Sun. — Continuous 9:30 A.M. lo 4 P.M.
gray sand. After exhibits he tears about Ted and his work. T o this
WE ARE CLOSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY
them down and cleans away the sand. friendly man of talent who says it
Special Arrangements Can Be Made for Groups, In Advance
Ted has made his statuary in nearly would take a mountain of sand, a
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ROSAMOND, KEI!N COUNTY, CALIFORNIA His models have included an un- do all the sand sculpture he would
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limited number of subjects including like, this is his greatest reward. / / /
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Statement of ownership, management and of the individual owners must be given. If are stockholders of a corporation which itself
circulation (Act of October 23, 1962: Section owned by a partnership or other unincorporated is a stockholder or holder of bonds, mortgages
4369, Title 39, United States Code). firm, its name and address, as well as that of or other securities of the publishing corpora-
1. Date of filing: October 1, 1964. each individual must be given.) tion have been included in paragraphs 7 and
2. Title of publication: DESERT, The Maga- Jack Pepper, 45-805 Cielito Drive, Palm Des- 8 when the interests of such individuals are
zine of the West. ert, Calif. 92260. equivalent to 1 percent or more of the total
3. Frequency of issue: Monthly. amount of the stock or securities of the pub-
8. Known bondholders, mortgages, and other lishing corporation.
4. Location of known office of publication: security holders owning or holding 1 percent
Palm Desert, Calif. 32260. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages 10. The average number of copies of each
5. Location of the headquarters or general or other securities (If there are none, so state): issue of this publication sold or distributed,
business offices of trie publishers: Palm Desert, None. through the mails or otherwise, to paid sub-
California. 92260. scribers during the 12 months preceding the
9. Paragraphs 7 and 8 include, in cases where date shown above was: (This information is
6. Names and addresses of publisher and the stockholder or security holder appears upon required for all publications except those which
editor: Publisher: Jack Pepper, 45-805 Cielito the books of the company as trustees or in any do not carry advertising other than the pub-
Drive, Palm Desert, Calif. other fiduciary relation, the name of the per- lisher's own and which are named in sections
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Palm Desert, Calif. acting, also the statements in the two para- Sections 4355a, 4355b, and 4356 of Title 39,
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mediately thereunder1 the names and addresses who do not appear upon the books of the I certify that the statements made by me
of stockholders owning or holding 1 percent or company as trustees, hold stock and securities above are correct and complete. (Signature of
more of total amount of stock. If not owned in a capacity other than that of a bona fide editor, publisher, business manager, or owner).
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BORREGO SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA*
by James Powell
P ICK UP A map of Mexico and
look at the head of the Gulf of
California. On the east a thin
tailed there may be a peppering of
dots with the words "Gran Desierto."
Beyond this, you are looking at blank
paper.
Looking south from the Sonoyta-
San Luis highway across a level sand
mesa dotted with creosote bushes,
the central dunes looked deceptively
ribbon of highway connects the fish-
ing village of Punta Penasco with Son- " . . . a huge, largely unexplored near—a pale, yellow crest on the hori-
oyta, just below the Organ Pipe Cac- area of sand called by Mexicans the zon. These are the medanos, the
tus National Monument. West of this 'Gran Desierto' . . . wild and lonely sandy heart of the Gran Desierto and
highway are the vast lava fields of territory . . . " wrote Edmund Jaeger the vastest expanse of Saharan scen-
the Pinacate. Now look west from the of this miniature Sahara in his classic, ery in North America. Reaching up
Pinacate to the valley of the Colorado The North American Deserts. Now 200 feet at their western end, they
Desert. Across the north, paralleling "unexplored" is a hard word to de- run the length of the area, diminish-
at once the U. S. border and Father fine, and whether it is here applicable ing in height, though not in extent,
Kino's Camino del Diablo, Mexican in its strict geographic sense I cannot towards the east. Beyond the dunes a
Highway No. 2 runs from Sonoyta to say. But wild and lonely this desert flat, sandy plain stretches south to
San Luis; to the south, the railway is, else these words have no place in the railroad and merges with the
hugs the Gulf. Look between the our language. I know, for alone and coastal marshes.
highway and the railroad, and you on foot I recently traversed its void This is a simplified topography for
will see—nothing. If the map is de- of voids. a very complex region. Still, he who
pictures the Gran Desierto as a core might equally well be another legend had but one problem—my pack. It
of dunes fading north and south into of the lost, without which no self- grew heavier with every mile and I
sand and gravel mesas will not be far respecting desert is complete. knew why. In addition to food, two
wrong. cameras and camping equipment, I
It was mid-morning when the trees carried three gallons, or 24 pounds of
Somewhere amid the highest west- marking El Doctor, a whistle-stop on water. Allowing a gallon per day for
ern dunes lies desolation's single land- the railroad, dropped from sight and survival, this gave me a full day's mar-
mark and its only water: the Laguna I stood alone in the desert. My plan gin of safety—not excessive for a lone
Priete, or Black Lagoon, a salt lake was foolproof—on paper. Nothing traveler in so vast an arid area. Still,
surrounded by fresh-water seeps. This could go wrong—on paper. From El the weather was cool and by noon I
brackish oasis is no cartographic Doctor to the highway was 35 airline had scarcely touched my canteen. It
myth. Photographs by early explorers miles. Allowing for a heavy pack and was tantalizing, this problem of extra
exist from the turn of the century the difficulty of walking in deep weight versus extra security. Should
and I have talked to aviators who have sand, this was still an easy two-day something go wrong, that third can-
seen it in their flights. The lagoon hike. All I had to do was follow my teen would hold life itself. But sup-
is there, somewhere, but no two maps compass a little east of north. Exactly pose everything went right . . .? And
show it in the same place. The most how far east of north I had not every muscle in my back was scream-
popular location is 15 miles east by bothered to calculate—a mistake I ing! Feeling like Faust must have felt
eight miles south of San Luis. This would realize soon enough. Mean- as he signed his have-fun-now-pay-
is incorrect, for in 1962 I explored this while, I exulted in the thought that later contract, I slowly unscrewed the
area without finding so much as a my route would take me through the lid. For a moment there was a pool
mud puddle. Local inhabitants place alleged area of the Black Lagoon, and, on the desert floor, then the sand
the lagoon further south, much deeper for all I knew, the lost mission. swallowed everything and I went on.
into the medanos, though with no How much lighter my pack felt, not
more agreement than the maps. But Before leaving I had notified the
police in San Luis of my plans—not just eight pounds, but 800!
the lagoon is there.
without apprehension, for authorities,
not relishing rescue, have been known It was easy, that first day's hike
There, with a question mark, is also across the flat southern mesa, easy and
the lost mission. Flyers report a to prevent such ventures. These fears
were groundless. Commandante Villa- monotonous. Only towards evening
clearly visible tower protuding from did I reach the region of the great
the summit of a dune not far from Ramos proved most co-operative. Had
I not returned by noon Friday, he dunes. At the base of a veritable sand
the enigmatic 'agoon. This might mountain I pitched my camp and
well be a Jesuit mission from the was to presume me lost and institute
search. from its summit I looked north at
time of Father Kino, engulfed over things to come. The view was sober-
centuries by the marching hills. It So on that Wednesday morning I ing. A silent, yellow ocean billowed
endlessly. It was the earth in the be-
Only occasional splashes of desert flowers broke the monotonous ocean of ginning, void and without form.
billowing sand.
Never have I felt so completely
alone. The world of men seemed un-
real, a vaguely remembered dream
from which I had now awakened. The
idea that any living creature besides
myself had ever existed, or ever would
exist, was absurd in the mineral sil-
ence of that desert night.
Morning brought back reality. How-
ever far this tumbled desolation might
extend, it had to be crossed and the
northern mesa gained before nightfall.
-. I had a little over a gallon of water,
a day and a half's supply if the wea-
ther remained cool. I could only hope
my concept of the Gran Desierto as
a narrow heartland of dunes flanked
by broad mesas-was correct.
I had not been long afoot when I
encountered the first—and last—pleas-
ant surprise of the day: the area
ahead was not solid dunes. Flat,
sandy playas, not unlike the mesas,
alternated with expanses of dunes in
an intricate labyrinth. Across these
playas travel was fast and easy, but
among the medanos it became a tor-
tuous meander around the larger hills,
ending as often as not in a literal
swim up the face of one that could
not be circumvented. To advance one
might might require a circuit of two.
In the deep sand this was exhausting
and, as this day was warmer, I was
/Y
using water at an alarming rate. Why, I unscrewed the cap on my can- stretches it was only by constant ref-
oh why, had I jettisoned that third teen and drank gulpingly. I was going erence to the compass I was able to
canteen! As a final coup, the tennis to make it! maintain any sort of course. With
shoes I had worn in place of boots in mounting fear I watched as my
an attempt to reduce weight proved Those pilot buttes meant I was 20 strength, my water, and the western
sand-traps. To empty them was futile; miles east of my presumed location. sun declined while the medanos went
in 10 minutes they would be as full as No wonder there had been no sign on endlessly. With thirst and ex-
ever, though the momentary comfort of the Black Lagoon! No wonder haustion they had become the only
had at least a psychological effect. the desert had seemed endless! Instead realities. Hell would freeze and eter-
Each crest approached held promise of crossing its western end, I had dia- nity pass, but not those dunes! It was
for a sight of the end of the medanos; gonaled through its very heart. Thirty- as if the desert, jealous at my impend-
each crest surmounted revealed an- five miles indeed! By the time I ing victory, determined to give me a
other infinity of sand. Of the Black reached the road it would be a good trouncing to remember before it let
Lagoon I had seen no sign. 50. So much the better, I thought, me go.
except for one chilling overtone: in
In a hollow between two dunes I so far as I was east of course, by just Yet let me go it did, and an incredu-
found the one human artifact in all that far I was east of the area where lous traveler stood at last on the nor-
my long march: the fragments of a a searching party might look for me. thern mesa, there to face a new prob-
large pottery jar to which subsequent So if something had gone wrong . . . lem: to camp or not to camp. For a
dating by the University of Arizona fresh, strong hiker the remaining
gave an age of 100 years. Were they In my flush of new hope this seem- miles would be a sprint, but "fresh,
a shattered water jar? Did their owner ed unimportant. Nothing was going strong hiker" was scarcely my por-
make it afterwards, or perish of to go wrong. Barring kismet, I was trait. In the two hours of daylight
thirst? And what was the Indian going to make it. The worst was over! left I could not hope to make the
seeking in so wild and forbidding a The worst was still to come. From highway, if indeed I could make it
wasteland? my vantage point the end of the at all without an extended rest. And
medanos looked near. Had I bothered there would remain the problem of
Towards noon I found myself ap- to look behind me I would have no- flagging a ride into San Luis during
proaching the highest ridge yet en- ticed that the two great dunes mark- the witching hours.
countered, a solid barrier of sandy ing my night's camp did not seem
crescents offering no passage except much further. And the area ahead I went on, if only because I didn't
over their top. As I floundered up was continuous dunes, without the have enough water to stay. I would
the powdery walls I sensed that here alternating playas where flat, straight walk till I could walk no further,
at last was the backbone of the me- walking had so eased the morning's then camp where my legs buckled. So
danos. march. I emptied my shoes, then shouldered
my pack and began to plod slowly to-
Nor was I wrong. They say a man As ridge after sandy ridge crept by wards the two lava buttes.
is not supposed to cry, but from that I realized how premature had been
summit I cried—cried and laughed, my celebration. Where possible I It was dark when I got there. Only
then cried some more—with tears of contoured the crests; here trie footing two more miles! In the clear desert
joy. From what looked like but a would be firm for one step, then night the North Star, like all its fel-
short distance, the darker expanse of plunge me knee-deep into a disinte- lows, looked close and bright. I started
the northern mesa began. Beyond, grating sand-slide on the next. But towards it. And then I saw some
near the horizon, stood two small, the breeze made this preferable to other lights. They were beautiful
lava buttes. From earlier reconnais- the hollows, where the pastel walls of lights. They were the headlights of
sance hikes, I knew them well. They the dunes turned the breathless air
were within two miles of the highway. into a reflector oven. For long sandy (Continued on Page 34)
Goading the gold ghosts of clamis
by JACK PEPPER
photos by th©,author
Interesting rocks and old buildings are all that remain of the Paymaster
Mine which once produced $9,000,000 in silver. The Gold Basin Rand Mine
today is a profitable placer operation utilizing modern equipment.
by C. M. MONTGOMERY desert depression roughly 15 miles and on the face of the rim-rock
long and 8 miles wide, located some higher up are hundreds of petro-
ORN IS THE oldest cultivated 20 miles south of Santa Fe. Scattered glyphs recording their hopes and
C crop in the Americas. Domesti-
cated from wild, heavy-seeded
grasses in South and Central America
within the confines of the Basin, the
Tano people built eight major pue-
blos, the easternmost of which was
prayers, their supplications to super-
natural spirits, and their tragedies.
One large panel depicts what appears
nearly 7000 years ago, it slowly spread San Cristobal. to be a hunting expedition which
northward and reached its peak of Arroyo San Cristobal leaves tower- ended in death. Quite graphically it
development among the Pueblo In- ing Glorietta Mesa by way of a steep- shows one member of the party look-
dians of the Southwest. walled, rocky gorge and levels out ing on helplessly while his companion
That a single product could effect westward onto the comparatively flat, is devoured by a mountain lion.
such great influence over the destiny alluvial plains of the Basin. Here at There are pictures of elk, deer, small
of a people, as has corn over the the mouth of the gorge, protected by animals, turkey hunts, birds, reptiles,
pueblo builders, is not unique in In- the mesa wall on the east, a continu- Kachina figures, ceremonial masks,
dian history. For thousands of years ing arm of the mesa on the north and geometric designs and many others.
the Eskimo, for instance, has been a smaller mesa to the southwest, the The most predominant motifs, how-
dependent upon the seal family. In Tanos built two pueblos, one on ever, and probably the most numerous
a like manner the Plains Indian was either side of the stream. And here, of a given category, are those pertain-
dependent upon the American buffalo for nearly 500 years, the Tanos tended ing to the raising of corn. Rain, light-
and his predecessors upon the Bison their reservoirs and irrigation ditches, ning, clouds, and sun symbols were
taylori, a huge beast which became ex- worked their fields, and invoked the pecked into the rock in an apparent
tinct about 10,000 years ago. spirits for bountiful harvests. Among attempt to control the elements
the scattered boulders on the slope through magic. There are caterpillar,
It is not suprising then that corn, butterfly and other insects, some bene-
or maize, was a dominating factor in ficial to crops, others injurious. Also
shaping the destiny of the Pueblo portrayed are birds that ate their
Indian. It required of him a definite seed corn, and falcons and hawks
pattern of life and an environment which benefited the Indian by prey-
which had as its prime requisite- ing upon these birds. Kokopelli, the
water. Consequently, his pit houses Humpback Flute Player who, accord
and pueblos were built in areas of ing to legend, played his flute to the
favorable soil and dependable mois-
ture, mostly along the courses of per-
ennial streams. In developing corn
as a basic food product, the Pueblo Above: Entire face of boulder is cov-
Indian progressed from small no- ered with stalks of irrigated corn in
madic bands, dependent upon hunt- various stages of growth. Semi-circu-
ing and food-gathering, to large seden- lar lines at top right depict reservoirs
tary communities dependent upon and other lines signify irrigation
agriculture. ditches. Small figure at left is head
of insect. Left: Awanyu, the great
Such an agricultural group was the horned serpent, figured in religious
Tano Indians, now extinct, who ceremonies of Tanos. A rain deity, it
moved into the Galisteo Basin of is shown here in an inverted position
North-central New Mexico shortly meant to bring moisture to the roots
after 1200 A.D. and occupied the area of the six-foot corn stalk. (Some of
until the Indian Rebellion of 1680- these figures were chalked by author
1692. The Galisteo Basin is a semi- for better visibility.)
Asmn™*r\n I
growing corn is represented in several western edge of the boulder field,
petroglyphs, and so is Awanyu the there is a cluster of massive rocks
great horned serpent, a rain deity who grouped in such a manner as to form
brought moisture to their crops. One a small amphitheater with an open-
well-executed panel shows both male ing to the west. Upon entering this
and female figures of the great horned enclosure, your attention is immedi-
serpent. It is interesting to note the ately commanded by a group of well-
similarity between Awanyu of the executed petroglyphs to the left. The
Pueblos and Quetzalcoatl, the great central figure is a mature corn stalk
feathered serpent worshipped by the about four feet tall, bearing two full-
Maya and Aztec, grown ears of corn . . . Just below the
That the economic and religious corn stalk is a depression which form-
life of the Tanos revolved about corn ed a basin in the solid rock. To the
is an historical fact. Castaneda, Coro- left of the basin, in the vertical face
nado's historian, in writing about a of the rock, is an oval-shaped niche
visit to the San Cristobal region in which appears to have been hollowed
1540, describes large underground by hand. A curious thing about this
granaries stocked with corn. N. C. basin is that even after prolonged dry
Nelson, who partially excavated both spells, it always contains water! A
of the pueblo ruins at San Cristobal careful examination revealed no vis-
in 1912, states in his Pueblo Ruins of ible evidence of a spring and the
the Galisteo Basin that a cache of 36 Aerial view of the San Cristobal pet- search was made in the knowledge
metates, or milling stones, was found that Indians, in quitting an area,
roglyph field in New Mexico. Both often plugged their springs and de-
in one abandoned kiva. He also de-
scribed two water reservoirs which had rimrock in background and scattered stroyed all evidence. In accounting
been constructed by the Indians. One boulders are covered with glyphs. for the water, my conclusion is that
was nearly 1000 feet long and 600 rain falling in the area must funnel
feet wide, contained by a dam fully down through the surrounding rocks
Corn petroglpyhs illustrating stalks and percolate through a maze of
300 feet long, five feet high, and meas- in various stages of growth are scat-
uring approximately 50 feet through tered throughout the area. The en- cracks to finally emerge through two
at the base; the other, a smaller re- tire face of one large boulder is de- seams above the basin as barely per-
servoir, was located immediately above voted to a field of corn. But by far ceptible seeps. This is strengthened by
the larger one. Numerous manos and the most interesting is the "corn the fact that the two narrow seams are
metates still lie scattered about the shrine." On the slope a few hundred lined with moss. The rocks, then, act
as hidden reservoirs, trapping the sur-
ruins. feet below the rim-rock, and near the face water and releasing it barely in
excess of the evaporation rate of the
basin water.
(Formerly
Starline) It is logical to assume that the In-
dians would notice the phenomenon
TELESCOPIC CAMPERS of a perpetually filled basin and con-
vert it to ceremonial use by carving
above it a mature cornstalk—the staff
of life. Here, if I may let my imagi-
nation roam, they must have gathered
at appointed times to stage their cere-
monial corn dances, much in the same
manner that Pueblo Indians along the
Rio Grande do today.
The Tano Indians are now ex-
tinct. Having bridged the transitional
gap between prehistoric and historic
times, surviving members of the San
Cristobal Pueblo moved westward
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The Colossal
Legend of
COLOSSAL Cave
by Patrice Smart
OLOSSAL CAVE, that big under-
C ground hole in the Rincon
Mountains near Tucson, Ari-
zona, is probably the largest dry cave
in the world. It is one of Arizona's
wonders and is beautiful, unique,
colorful and easy to explore.
First discovered by aboriginal In-
dians whose relics were found in it by
early Western settlers, the caves also
claimed a bandit's treasure still un-
recovered. This is only one of the
mysteries that excite speleologists. It
is not yet known exactly how large
the cave is nor how far its weird pas-
sageways and columns tunnel into the
mountain.
Even its bats presented a paradox
until Dr. E. Lendell Cockrum of the
University of Arizona discovered that later officers returned to build fires money sacks. The gold itself, like the
they were Mexican fruit-eating bats in the caves, hoping this would smoke man, remained unfound.
that had flown up to sip Arizona's out the robbers. However, the ban-
dits had already escaped through an Colossal Cave was opened in 1922
cactus blossom nector and had remain- and entered with the aid of ropes,
ed to establish a gigantic nursery in unknown opening on the other side
of the mountain. candles and courage. The Civilian
Colossal Cave! Conservation Corp devoted four years
The Cave's delicate and fantastic The posse was unaware of their to paving parts of it with flagstone,
crystal formations were formed over escape until a cowboy from Willcox erecting stairways and installing hand-
a period of tens of thousands of years. arrived on the scene to advise them rails for safety. The cave has since
They are" limestone of Mississippian that four heavily-armed men were been opened to the public. It main-
origin once formed in a great inland shooting up the town and bragging tains a constant 72-degree tempera-
sea from calcium deposits laid down about how they'd tricked the sheriff. ture, is well lighted, houses no harm-
by the remains of a sea creature called Immediately the posse set out for ful animals, reptiles or bugs, and
crinoid. Underground waters carved Willcox, where they found and killed daily guided tours are conducted
eight miles of this limestone into for- three of the robbers. The fourth through its explored and accessible
.-nations resembling elves, animals, claimed not to know where the gold sections. The area is now established
buildings, a Madonna, a frozen water- was cached, but told of their escape as a Pima County park and picnic
fall, and a seemingly endless number passage through the back of the moun- grounds are nestled into an immense
of connecting chambers. tain. He was sentenced to 18 to 28 mesquite-filled valley below the cave.
years in prison. A scenic 30-minute drive along the
In the 1800s a Southern Pacific old Spanish Trail from Tucson con-
train was robbed of $62,000 in gold After his release in 1912, he return- tributes to the adventure that awaits
by four masked bandits who fled to ed to Tucson and remained for a few within the cave.
their hideout in Colossal Cave. weeks. When he left, he was trailed to
Posse tracked them there, but the the cave wherein he disappeared and But the adventure that awaits the
outlaws eluded the posse somewhere was never again seen. The Wells first speleologist to traverse the entire
inside the cave's recesses where they Fargo agent who followed entered the underground labryinth is yet to come!
also cached the loot. Three weeks cave, but found only several empty ///
December. 19R4 / Desert Mnam\r\c> / 29
TYBO
3-SHOT
TYBO NUMBER ONE mouldy letters wrapped in rags and
covered by a dishpan. But NO gold.
URIED TREASURE and hidden I made two hunts for the money
B loot stories are sort of like poli-
ticians — you rarely hear of a
modest one.
caches. My time was limited both
trips and I could work only the most
likely spots. Fall and Spring are the
most enjoyable seasons, as the area is
Since the days of AH Baba and high and winter snow storms can be
Treasure Island, the subject of buried rough.
Anothet treasure produces visions of caves on
faraway islands overflowing with
coins, golden goblets and glittering
In the fall of 1938 my prospecting
budget was at a low ebb because, in a
weak moment, I had decided to shoot
gems.
the works and buy the best model I
By comparison, the following caches
Jmsun of buried money are of small calibre,
but they are as close as Nevada and
it takes only a car, camp outfit, and
could get of an early type metal de-
tector. As soon as the pleasure of
owning a shiny new electronic toy
had somewhat abated, I faced up to
a metal detector to try for them—plus the reality that the new metal detector
plenty of persistence.
Hunt To be more explicit, here are three
locations within a five mile radius.
was not much good unless I took it
to an area where it could spot some-
thing better than rusty tin cans. With
Two locations are fairly well authen- a bunch of good leads, the golden
ticated, but one is only hearsay. If wake of the Nevada boom camps was
with your luck is better than mine and
you have plenty of batteries, time,
energy, and patience you might find
my target.
Unfortunately, the camps were
a few thousand dollars worth of old scattered over thousands of square
coins. This won't make you rich miles. I had a friend whose father
KENNETH MRQUISS enough to run for President, but you had a machine shop so between us we
solved the transportation problem. I
can brag the rest of your life of find- had an old Nash straight six sedan.
ing a buried treasure! We fitted it out with two separate
So far as I know, the stories are fuel systems, a fuel vaporizer, an ig-
not common property up to now, and nition timing control device, and a
I saw no evidence that other money straight muffler pipe that went under
hunters had "bugged" the area. At the car and stuck up past the rear
various depths below the surface I roof like a diesel truck. I had to
found a rusted Bowie knife, burro start and get it hot with gasoline,
shoes, some kitchen cutlery and then switch to the other fuel. It
would burn anything liquid except lucky, he had won better than $3000 Range west of Tybo, buried by bare
water, sounded awful, and smelled on the two previous nights. hands and not too far from the old
worse, but,would it GO! However, a number of his "plucked stage road, is a rotting sack of hard
pigeons" became quietly doubtful money stained with cheating and
It not only furnished cheap trans- blood—almost as romantic as pirate
portation, but its novelty worked about the quality of his "luck." Tip-
ped off to this effect, he caught the loot! It has been buried long enough
wonders "along the grub line" in for the corrosion from the silver to
Nevada's remote areas. When my stage at the edge of town, carrying the
metal part of his winnings in a canvas give you a good "whistle" on your
hosts found out what I was after, I detector, if you can just figure out
got a number of new leads on places ore sack. Although he packed a gun,
he was nervous and, to an observer, where the gambler decided to hide it!
where money was supposed to have
been buried in the old days. appeared to be expecting an ambush.
About 50 miles east of Tonopah, At McCann's Summit west of Tybo,
Nevada, is a store-bar-cafe-filling sta- when the horses stopped to blow, the TYBO NUMBER TWO
tion combination c a l l e d Warm gambler gave the driver a gold half-
Springs. It was a most welcome sight eagle, got off with his sack of money The second location is close to
that cold, dark afternoon in '38. I and asked the driver to wait for him the same charcoal ovens where the
pulled out of a blinding snow storm, at the charcoal ovens (about a mile gambler caught up with the stage.
parked in the lee of one of the build- down the west grade) where the Paul related that an early Portuguese
ings, and headed inside for the driver always stopped to water the charcoal contractor had collected a
warmth of the stove. horses. large sum due him from the Tybo
The driver told Paul that the gam- smelter about the time Chinese labor
Another traveler waiting out the bler couldn't have hidden his sack of trouble erupted. It was known that
storm at Warm Springs was a Nevada money very far from the road because the Portuguese contractor had been
resident from Duckwater named Paul they had to wait only about 10 min- saving his money to bring over to
Irwin. He had been raised in the utes for him at the ovens. He said the America some relatives to work for
area, knew everybody, and had some gambler told him he would come back him. He was also in the habit of
free time so we threw in together for to get his money "when the boys have burying his money, as he had had a
several weeks of money hunting. cooled off a little." painful experience with a frontier
bank.
These are two of his stories. The stage driver never did get a
gold coin tip for stopping on this occa- Shortly after receiving his big pay-
When he was a boy, he knew an sion. Three nights later a local Bel- ment from the smelter, he went to
old timer who drove a stage from mont "sucker" topped the gambler's Tybo to recruit woodcutters. There
Tybo to the county seat at Belmont. four jacks with single potent ace he was found, near the east side of
One of this stage driver's passengers, from a snub-nosed derringer. the pass, with his neck broken. His
on an early morning west-bound trip, horse had thrown him.
was a Belmont gambler who had been So, somewhere between McCann's
in Tybo to help the miners celebrate Summit and the charcoal ovens on One of the Occidental oven-tenders,
payday. Having been unusually the western slope of the Hot Creek who worked for the contractor, re-
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lost mine and treasure stories grow in
For Information Write It should be remembered that the the telling, but as none of the coins
COMPTON ROCK SHOP timber was cut around the ovens in would be dated later than about 1890,
1405 S. Long Beach Blvd., Compton, Calif. those days so the contractor's cache even a quarter of these estimates
Telephone. 632-9096 is probably out of sight over a ridge would pull a hefty price with today's
from the ovens—possibly near a crum- coin collectors.
bling old stump or large rock to serve
as a marker. TYBO NUMBER THREE
Just how Paul got his information The third location is about three
on this one, I don't remember, as in or four miles west of the ovens, down
those days I was interested in loca- in Fish Lake Valley—sometimes called
tions, not history. However, an old- Stone Cabin Valley. The old road to
timer I ate lunch with at Locke's Belmont cuts through a little rock
Station on the Warm Springs to Ely ridge before it starts the long straight
road told me much the same story, so stretch into Monitor Range. A local
the location account probably has rancher told me there was once a
merit. stagecoach hold-up in the area and
that a cowboy (from a distance) saw
Paul's account indicated the con- the bandits ride into the protection
of a big "draw" that the road follows
through a ridge. They had a heavy
strongbox with them when they rode
into the draw, but not when they rode
Christmas #ift out. Whether they broke open the
strongbox and split the swag or
buried the box in the draw is un-
THE SILVER STREAK known. His story had little detail to
back it up, but it doesn't pay to pass
A low priced, featherweight, highly
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money. So the information is all
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GI.AMIS GOLD GHOSTS
(Continued from Page 25) Uncover the secrets of the
is, until the State of California pad- West's romantic history...
locked it and ended the venture. The
idea was that you could sit in a room Special1. gem-minerals and cultural
in its tunnel and soak up enough rays . . . a NEW model artifacts of past ages lie
to cure all ills.
COIN LOCATOR hidden in these legendary
Continuing north on the Ben write now for full information! areas of lost mines and
Hulse Highway we passed another
gravel road which leads to the pre- buried treasure...
sent Imperial Gables, now a privately
owned ranch. According to old timers Follow the old trails of the Spaniards, Padres, Indians and Prospectors with
it was once the Gold Diggers Club
where gentlemen of the area pursued
such recreational projects as gambling
and imbibing their favorite brands.
GOLDAK METAL/MINERAL LOCATORS
Twenty-two and 4 tenths miles from model 520- B
Glamis and 4.4 miles from the Ben
Hulse Highway Monument, a road to
The "CHAMPION"
The lightest and most sensitive
the left leads to Midway Well, two metal/mineral locator of its
miles from the highway. While we type ever developed, the
"Champion" instantly detects
lunched under the trees, Bob Bennett buried metal objects, gold, silver
and minerals to a depth of
described Midway Well as an old eight feet!
time watering spot for wagons taking Fully transistorized, yet of simple,
easy-to-operate design, the
freight from Glamis to Blythe. Before "Champion" is equipped with a
the advent of white men, this area tunable detection head for maximum
sensitivity over mineralized ground,
served as an oasis for Indians. We as well as a special, curved, folding
aluminum handle for lighter weight,
didn't have time to search, but Bob ease of storage and balanced,
said Indian artifacts and arrowheads one-hand operation $127.50
may be found along the still visible Write or phone today
trails. for FREE Literature!
The next highlight of our trip was THE GOLDAK COMPANY, INC.
the famous Paymaster Silver Mine, 5.5 Dept. DO-3, 1544 Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, Calif.
miles from Midway Well. To reach
the Paymaster, continue along the The main mine and several aban- off to Walter's Camp on the Colo-
gravel road past some abandoned car doned buildings which housed offices rado River. This is the site where rich
bodies on the right, which can be seen and living quarters are at the end of silver ore from the Paymaster Mine
from the Well. About one block from the road. A small shack to the left of was loaded on boats. Today Walter's
the Well, a dirt road turns to the the area still contains boxes of poi- Camp is operated by Jim and Hazel
right. Although the three-mile drive sonous chemicals, so be sure to keep Brazleton, a friendly couple who have
to the Paymaster Mine crosses sev- children and pets away from that trailer camp facilities and a general
eral washes, Bob made it in his pas- area. store. Fishing is reported to be excel-
senger car. To reach the two main shafts, cross lent.
On each side of the road are dig- the creek and climb the small hill on A swim in the Colorado River was
gings, all of which are part of the your right. Again be careful with chil- a refreshing end to our "Trip of the
Paymaster mine operation. In the dren, as these shafts are open and Month" along Imperial County's Ben
early 1900s it yielded more than one is said to be 1200 feet. This area Hulse Highway. Following that, the
$4,000,000 in silver. It was originally abounds in specimen rocks. Bennett's turned back to their home
owned by William Green of Ogilby, Back to the main highway we drove in Brawley and we went forth to
California. north again for 6.7 miles to the turn- claim our Squattin' Squaw Mine. / / /
IMPERIAL VALLEY
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THE
ABSTRACT
LIZARD
BY EIDB AND JAN YDUNG lower jaw. A groove in the mouth is but if true, they are known to also
the conduit for poison sacs and it re- live on the eggs of other lizards and
quires a grinding, chewing motion to snakes, carefully cached in sun-warm-
I F YOU CAN imagine a wildly color-
ed abstract painting which crawls,
you may recognize a gila monster
if you meet one in the Arizona, New
inject venom. But once the monster
takes hold, it's hard to pry him loose.
Like the snapping turtle, a gila mon-
ed sand. One herpetologist observed
a gila monster clumsily climbing
prickly bushes to steal bird eggs.
Mexico, or far southern desert country ster's head may be cut entirely from When hunting is good, excess fat is
of Utah. its body while its jaws retain a death stored in the tail, permitting gilas to
grip on the object attacked. Small live for weeks without eating. Most
But treat this colorist's dream with animals die quickly when bitten and zoo keepers feed them whipped eggs
the reserve usually retained for a tax the venom affects the heart, making laced with raw meat, a mixture they
appraiser. This lizard is the only poi- it dangerous for man. lap up with a purple tongue.
sonous one in the United States.
(There is a beaded lizard in Mexico The gila monster (pronounced Observation has uncovered two
which is equally venomous, and these he la mon-ster) may grow as long mysterious quirks. Gila monsters are
two make up the only two poisonous as two feet, although they average fond of water, although they are not
lizards in the world.) Experts disagree about 18 inches. Body and tail are accustomed to it in their natural
as to the potency of their venom, but marbled and banded with crow black habitat. However, in captivity they
all agree that no one should provoke and at least one other hue, usually will completely submerge their bodies
these beauties just for kicks. yellow or pink. Legs and feet are in a water dish, very much like an
black as are the sides of the head and alligator. Scientists also have discover-
At first impression there appears to lower jaw.
be scant danger from the fat, sluggish, ed that the gila monster, when expos-
waddling thing dragging itself along The gila monster has an even tem- ed to intense sunlight for a short time,
the sand. But when irritated, the gila per—always bad, but after a few weeks regains his savage disposition and
monster can turn head to tail with the in captivity it becomes docile and readiness to fight, but becomes tame
speed and precision of a tumbler. A even submits to rough handling. again when returned to a cage.
loud hissing contributes nothing to Though these lizards are fully pro- Treatment of this gaily colored rep-
its attractiveness. tile is like that of the abstract paint-
tected by laws, survival is difficult
Unlike venomous snakes, the poi- because of a lumbering gait. Some ing he resembles: look but don't
son fangs of this lizard are in the witnesses insist they thrive on insects, touch. ///
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