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Ranch ruin." ' In the late '80s the ranch was a notorious center from 

 which horse thieves operated. 



The ruin is located a few hundred yards southwest of the ranch 

 buildings on the south edge of a long narrow park. The higher part 

 of the ruin is covered with large pine trees. 



A sherd collection made on the first visit to the site contained, among 

 other types, a small proportion of the black-on-orange-red phase of 

 pottery which fell in the gap-period of the Douglass chronology. On 

 these grounds a day was spent at the close of the field-work in putting 

 down three tests to ascertain whether or not a prolonged search for 

 charcoal would be justifiable. The three pits, sunk at widely separated 

 points in the northern extension of the ruin were unproductive of char- 

 coal, consequently further search was postponed. 



The pottery at this site indicates contemporaneity with Pinedale. 

 Late 14th century types are but meagerly represented, hence its 

 history may be quite analogous to that of Pinedale. 



The Bailey ruin is one of the few, if not the only one, of consider- 

 able size in this region which has not been pilfered. Less than a half- 

 dozen rooms have been touched, and the trash mound which is 

 extensive and superficially appears to have depth, is undisturbed. 

 From it much valuable stratigraphic data could undoubtedly be ob- 

 tained which would greatly clarify and contribute to the present 

 meager knowledge of human activity in the Silver Creek drainage. 



CONCLUSION 



We may now turn our attention away from the purely archeological 

 aspects of the problem and consider it on an historical basis. Dates 

 obtained from charcoal have already been given in the several sections 

 of this paper, but there still remains the formulation of the process 

 of development as shown by the present data. Spier and Hodge ' have 

 contributed materially to the establishment of the sequent stages of 

 progress in this southern part of the Little Colorado drainage. The 

 present reconstruction follows the general outlines set by the above 

 investigators, but it applies only to the area drained by Silver Creek 

 and its immediate environs in which some local variations have been 

 noted. 



' So named by Fewkes, who visited it in the summer of 1897 but did not ex- 

 cavate due to its isolation from supplies. Fewkes, J. W., 1904, p. 167. 

 ' Spier, L., 1919; Hodge, F. W., 1923; note also Kidder's resume, 1924, p. 94. 



