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&©-t to visit the ruins of Aztec springs. Jackson and Item 
had reached Camp safely in the middle of the afternoon. Ac¬ 
companied these gentlemen to the ruins, 5 miles South of Camp 
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and on the head waters of Aroy-d creek. These ruins form the 
grandest pile that I have yet seen. I estimate them to cover 
480,000 feet of ground to an average depth of 4 or 5 feet. 
They are located on a green spot some lj. or 2 miles from the 
"base of the M4sa V4rdd and are built of the sandstone of the 
Mesa and of the locality lime-sand stone, which outcrops in 
different parts of the plain. These have been two main 
structures. The western one being probably the most important. 
The building has been rectangular; the walls running pretty 
nearly with the points of the compass; they arc still about 
15 feet high and are fairly covered with the immerse mass of 
debris from the fallen parts. Originally they could not have , 
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been less than 50 or 40 feet. The wall is double, there'being 
a space of about 7 feet between the inner and outer walls. 
Partitions cut this space into rooms. The enclosed part is 
divided into 3 apartments (See plan in big book). The depression 
in which there was formerly a spring is under the South wall. 
The house and spring have been partially or entirely enclosed 
by a connected line of houses or fortifications of which the 
plan will give a good idea. 
The eastern or lower house had the double w r all only on the 
North side. This part still stands some 12 feet high and is 
