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Old Mines in
Mexico Studied
Smithsonian Institution Tells
of Other Scientific
Expeditions.
Washington—Mexican silver and
lead mines which have been In almost
constant operation since the Spanish
conquest of the Sixteenth century pro
vided study and cellecting ground for
Dr. . W. Foshag, under the auspices
of the Smithsonian institution and the
Harvard Mineralogical museum, Rich
as Mexlco is in ores, little is known
of its geology or mineralogy. In his
fnvestigation, Doctor Foshag visited
the Maraville mine where crystals of
pure gypsum 6 feet in Jength rise
from the floors of two ceves, In the
Sigrra Mojada district, which owes its
discovery to a band of smugglers at
tempting to elude pursuit, he found
the old Spanish methods of mining
still in force, Much of the ore is
brought to the surface on the backs
of peons, often up ladders made of
notched logs, popularly called “chick
en ladders.” It Is said that a strong
peon will carry loads in excess of 220
pounds. In the state of Durango,
Doctor Foshag visited the OjJuela
mine, which has more than 550 miles
of tunnelg driven to extract the lead
ore,
Other Expeditions,
This is one of the 80 expeditions
described in the institution’s explora
tion pamphlet. There were trips to
Sumatra, to China, to Algeria, to Ba
luchistan and South Africa, Their
purposes included the capture of wild
game, the unearthing of buried vil
lages which flourished in prebistoric
America, the collection of fossil foot
prints and fossil elephants and shells,
the gathering of ferns in the West
ludian mountains, The introduction
to the pamphlet reveals that “during
the past year more expeditions In
which the Smithsonlan was represent
ed have gone out than ever before,
and this in spite of the fact that the
fnstitution has practically no unre
stricted funds for field werk,” A sum
mary of the expeditions described
says:
m were headed
n mile journey to Algeria,
Baluchistan and Southwest Africa, un
dertaken by Dr. C. G, Abbott, acting
secretary of the Smithsonlan, under
the auspices of the National Geo
graphic society and the Smithsonian,
to select a site for a sclar observa
tory in the eastern hemisphere, [le
picked Mount Brukkares among the
Hottentots of Southwest Africa and
the observatory Is already functioning
there, The purpose of the field work
of the Smithsonian's astrophysical
observatory, according to Doctor Ab
bott, has been aimed for the last eight
years to solve the question of whether
the sun varies, and, if so, what ef
fects on our weather do the changes
of solar heat produce?
Smithsonian-Crysler Expedition,
“Another section of Africa—Tan
ganyika territory—provided the scene
for the Smithsonian-Chrysler live
gume collecting expedition under Dr.
Willlam M, Mann, The expedition
brought home about 1,700 live animals
for the National Zoclogical park un
der Smithsonian direction, Including
a palr of giraffes, five Impalla, a
greater kudu, an eland, a blue duiker,
red dulker, three white-bearded gnu,
four warthogs and quantities of birds,
small mammals and rveptiles, The
success of the expedition was made
possible by the hearty co-operation of
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Fhis 1 the design for the memoriul chapel to be erecied ln the Americun cemetery s Thinucourt, France,
where mauy doughboys le burled The design is by Thewns H. Ellett,
the game department of Tanganyika,
and an allinclusive license from the
governor, This proved invaluable be
cause of the numerous native game
keepers who were constantly dropping
in on the ecamp, asking to see the
license, taking its number and the
name of the party and inquiring from
the native hunters what the purpose
of the expedition was. The license
alsa enabled Doctor Mann to hire 90
porters of the Wambero and Wam
bugo tribes, who -are so swift they
ean run down animals,
“Several attempts to capture young
rhing failed due to the absence of
young. Adult rhinos charged the party
five times, without inflicting serious
damage. Doclor Mann refutes the
theery that the tick birds warn their
hosts of an approaching enemy. These
birds cluster thickly on the rhinoc
eros to eat the ticks which are so
abundant on his body. At the approach
of any susplcious object, the tick birds
make a loud twittering, thereby indi
cating to men the whereaboeuts of the
| rhinoceros,
“The wing Impression of a large in
sect like a dragonfly which lived an
unknown number of million years ago
was one of the prizes brought back by
Charles Gilmore with his collection of
fossil feotprints from the Grand can
yon, Mr., Gilmore has gathered foot
prints from three distinet geological
horizons, one above the other in the
canyon. Each set represents, of
course, different animals, distant in
time from one another by the ages
that it took to deposit four or five
hundred feet of sedimentary rocks.
“Licutenant IHenry C, Keilers re
ports that the whir of the automobile
has driven the jungle beasts of Su
matra inte the interior of the jungles
so that collecting is not what it used
to be. Lientenant Kellers, medical
corps, U, 8. N, was assigned to repre
sent the Smithsonian institute with
the-Naval Observatory Eclipse exped!-
tion to Sumatra, Lieutenant Kellers
speaks highly of the natural history
lore of the natives. They possess both
generic and specific names, though
the Jatter are apt to be misleading
"from a scientific standpoint, Among
them ‘the tiger is the most feared of
the mammal nlthoug} statistics show
that. cr&odlk claim 4« larger share of
vietims, In the native legends and
folk lore, the men inhabiting Korinchi
~district of Sumatra have the power of
transforming themselves into tigers.
Last of the Whaling Stations.
“In a visit to what might be called
the last of the whaling stations, sit
uated at Trinidad, Humboldt county,
Calif,, A, Brazier Howell learned the
methods used for catching the speed
fer, less valuable whales which are all
that remain to the industry. These
finback and humpback whales can at
tain a spiyd of 20 miles an hour, so
that it requires careful maneuvering
and superior harpoens to eapture one.
‘lf the bomb fails to evplode or the
harpoon, weighing somewhat less than
150 pounds, is placed too far back,
a fight of several hours may ensue,
The whale may take out a mile of
cable and must be as carvefully played
as a game fish, for although the line
consists of a O-inch manila hawser
with Dbreaking strength of 18,500
pounds, the animal will snap this with
easge If too much strain be applied or
too much sinek be given.'
“Dr., Waldo Schmitt is on his sec
ond year eof exploration of the coastul
waters of South America, Interesting
himself particularly in crustaceans,
HERALD, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA.
At Guayaquil he ecollected a little
shrimp that bores holes in rocks. ‘
“Explorations by' Smithconian ar
cheologists and ethnologists spanned
the continent of Nerth America and
stretched over into China. Dr. J.
Walter I'ewkes excavated a type ruin
near Flagstaff, Ariz., an area hitherto
almost unknown archeologically. Thisg
important ruin he has called ‘Elden
Pueblo.” As a result .of his study of
this ameient structure, Doctor Fewkes
concludes :
““Phere remain many unexplored
areas in our Southwest, the pottery
of which is unknown. *fle of these is
the region west of Little Colorado
and south of the Grand canyon, as
far west as California and scuthwest
to the Gila valley. Elden Pucblo lies
in the geographical center or heart of
this extensive area, of whichk archeo
logically and ceramically we knew
next to nothing up to the past sum
mer. As a type ruin strategically
placed, adding new facts bearing
upon architecture and ceramics to the
oldest ruins in Arizona, it is very pro
nounced. It has many points of re
semblance to the ruins in the Gila
basin, apparently connecting them
with the pueblos of the San Juan. In
this region we evidently have a meet
ing place of the types of prehistorie
cultures in the northern and southern
_parts of Arizena,
Survey of Alaska,
“Doctor Ales Hrdlicka completed
the first extensive anthropological
survey of Alaska, following the prob
able routes of the first Americans on
their arrival from Agla, and selecting
regiens which promlse to be most
fruitful for future investigations. Doc
tor Hrdlicka says in his conclusion:
‘These remains show at first sight that
the Egkimo of Qhesexgious are by no
means the highly differentiated Kski
mo of Labrador aneGreenland, but
that they approach, in some cases al
most to an identity, er on one hand
the Asiatic and Mongoloid types of
people, and on the other the American
Indians, more particularly those of
Alaska. The writer has no longer any
hesitation in believing that the liski
mo and Indian originally were net any
two distinct raees nor even two
widely distinct and far-away types,
but that if we could go a little back
in time they would be found to be like
two neighboring fingers of one hand,
both proceeding from the same palm
er racial source.”.
Swallows Works
Philadelphia. = John Hanna, age
four, playing with g watch, removed
the case and d works and
sten AfL ¥ ing hoqutnl
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Make Big Pay
New York.—Electricians equipping
new buildings have been making as
high as $250 and S3OO a week with
overtime the state industrial commis
sion has been informed.
Leaves Fortune for
Home for Old Dogs
Budapest.—A rich old lady,
Mme, Jeanne Popelka, who
lived apart from the world in a
beautiful villa with 12 dogs and
20 cats, numbers of birds and
mankeys, has just died. She has
left the whole of her fortune,
which is considerable, for the
transformasion of the villa into
a home for old dogs, Fearing
justly that her heirs would op
pose her will and accuse her of
madness, Mme, Popelka added
a certificate of mental health to
her will. In spite of this the
heirs are attacking it
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