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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Archeology, United States Xationul Museum. There are two fig- 

 ures, one of which ( fig. 139 ) is seen through the opening in the block 

 of ore, represented as engaged in breaking up the ore Avith a stone 

 sledge; the other is making his way through a narrow passage carry- 

 ing a basket of the coveted red and yellow ocher, and is seen in an 

 opening in the block at the opposite end of the case. 



It is especially noteworthy that this is a rare example of native 

 enterprise, no instance having yet been found within the area of 



Fiii. 139. 



One of thu figures of the model oi (he hematite workers, prepared by the 

 writer for the I'auama California Exposition. 



the United States where deep tunneling was undertaken. Here 

 sinuous passageways were opened to the depth of at least 20 feet 

 in the massive ore body, and no one can say how much farther, 

 nor are we able to say to what extent beyond the observed facts 

 the work was carried on horizontally. 



