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Flu. 47. Ruin west of Oliver Bishop Ranch house near 

 Eastcamp, western Socorro county, N. Mex. 



except the north, between the house and the wall. Most of the 

 rooms measure 6 by 8 feet, and the walls of the lower tier are of slabs 

 of white volcanic rock, while the upper story was of dark basalt. 

 There are two circular kivas outside the wall. From the ruins there 

 is a good outlook over the bottom land of two " washes.'' 



North of the ruin about 

 100 yards are two kivas with 

 accompanying- house struc- 

 tures, which are surrounded 

 by much debris. These ruins 

 are south of and near the di- 

 vide of Largo canyon and 

 Apache creek. 



No. 122. Pneblo.—Wext of 

 the ranch house of the Oliver 

 Bishop place, near Eastcamp. 

 is a rectangular stone pueblo. 

 It is situated on the high hill 

 above the cienaga and the 

 level space of the hilltop is 

 bounded by a stone wall. The rectangular house structure lies 

 to the right of an artificial depression 30 feet square and 5 feet deep. 

 There are several shrines close to the ruin, and in the talus of the hill 

 and the level ground at the foot traces of walls are encountered. The 

 ruin has not been systematically 

 excavated. 



No. 123. Pueblo.— -This ruin is 

 situated at Gallo spring, on the 

 head of Apache creek near the 

 road from Luna to Magdalena. 

 The plan of the ruin shows a wide 

 stone Avail 400 by 150 feet sur- 

 rounding a ruined house mass. 

 The north end is occupied by an 

 extensive plaza, having in the, cen- 

 ter a large circular depression. 

 The cemetery lies against the wall 

 and the burials were in sand. This 

 ruin was systematically and thor- 

 oughly excavated by Mrs. Gros- 

 stead, whose house stands on the ruin at the present time. 



Above the ruin is a great spring, bursting out at the head of the 

 cienaga, which lies in a rincon of the Gallo mountains. This 

 spring has yielded many votive offerings of pottery, a number of 



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Fig. 48. Ruin at Gallo spring, western Socorro 

 county, N. Mex. 



