 ... sustain a growth of pines and shrubs in the fissures. On one side the rocks tower into a precipice and overhang so as to form a cave ; at another place the side is low and formed of the broken rocks which were removed. From the top of the cliff, the...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Side 2231858Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1858 - 480 sider
...place the side is low and formed of the broken rocks which were removed. From the top of the cliff, the excavation appears to be 200 feet in depth and...and good color had • This name is now pronounced rhal-c/ie-we-te by the Indiana, and char-che-ve-tt by some of the New Mexicans. The Indian pronunciation... | |
 | 1903 - 634 sider
...have been removed by a primitive people, without the aid of modern mining appliances. As Blake says, " This great excavation is made in the solid rock, and...of thousands of tons of rock have been broken out." According to Silliman, a local surveyor found that the waste excavated in the old workings covers an... | |
 | Douglas Wilson Johnson - 1904 - 300 sider
...have been removed by a primitive people, without the aid of modern mining appliances. As Blake says, " This great excavation is made in the solid rock, and...of thousands of tons of rock have been broken out." According to Silliman, a local surveyor found that the waste excavated in the old workings covers an... | |
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