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Also please note that, the first tier of rooms around the middle chamber does not show 

 a complete set of bearinga but seems to suggest that these regular bearings were 



obtained from observation and study of a master builder. The result of his study 

 was built as the next circular room tier was added. The two missing rooms on the 

 western side of the building seem to suggest that this building was never completed, 

 and also bear out my theory of an outward building of room tiers from the middle 

 chamber. 



On the ground this building is fully completed on the south side and forms a dec 

 east and west line. An error in mapping the elliptical middle chamber has given 

 the south side an incomplete appearance. 



I believe that the excavation and study of this ruin will recall something of value, 

 as Father Escalante wrote in his log in 1775. 



Respectfully sul unit ted. 



(Signed) J. Ward Emerson, 



Forest Banger. 



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Fig. 4. — Schematic ground plan of Emerson Ruin. (After Emerson.) 



A personal examination of the remains of this building loads the 

 author to the conclusion that while it belongs to the circular group, 

 with a ground plan resembling Horseshoe House, and while the central 

 part had a wall completely circular, the outer concentric curved walls 

 did not complete their course on the south side, but ended in straight 

 walls comparable with the partitions separating compartments. The 

 author identifies another ruin as that mentioned by the Catholic 

 fathers in 1775. 



