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Ruins at N. H. ranch, Apache creek, 

 Socorro county, N. Mex. 



No. 119. Shrine. — On the southeast point of Apache mountain, 7 

 miles north of the S. U. ranch, which lies near the head of the 

 Tularosa river, are stone rings 

 in which offerings of pottery 

 vessels were thrown (see no. 

 100). Prof. U. Francis Duff, 

 of Deming, N, Mex., visited this 

 place in 1807." 



No. 120. Pueblos.— In the val- 

 ley of the N. H. ranch (The 

 American Valley Company), on 

 Apache creek 8 miles above the 

 mouth, there is a group of 11 

 stone pueblos, all lying within 

 a short distance of the ranch 

 house. These pueblos are situ- 

 ated on ridges above a stream 

 tributary to the Apache. They 

 were rich and flourishing and 

 their situation was ideal on ac- 

 count of the fertile land and abundant water in this fine valley. 

 Many specimens of pottery and shell have been removed from the 



sites. The ruins consist of a 

 north group of 6 and a south 

 group of 4 ruins, and between 

 these is a low mound showing- 

 traces of walls and a large cir- 

 cular kiva. The pottery is 

 gray, brown, and red, occur- 

 ring in the order named. 

 West of the road, between the 

 N. H. ranch and Eastcamp, is 

 a small ruin. There are also 

 ruins on the south side of Jew- 

 ctts gap, along the road lead- 

 ing into Largo canyon, whose 

 waters are tributary to the 

 Little Colorado river. 



No. 121. Pueblo.— On a ridge 

 north of the Oliver Bishop 



FIG. 46. Ruin at Eastcamp, Bishop ranch, western Ranch hoilSC near Eastcamp 



Socorro county, n. Mex. i s a ru j n consisting of a large 



house mass of many rooms, arranged semicircularly inside of a heavy 

 boundary wall 132 by 102 feet. There is a clear way on all sides 



° See bibliography, p. 90. 



