[Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) by Carl Lumholtz]@TWC D-Link bookUnknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) CHAPTER V 17/26
This extreme right extended slightly beyond the overhanging cliff, and contained groups of two-storied houses.
In the central part of the cave were a number of small structures, built of the same material and in a similar manner as those I described as granaries in Cave Valley.
They were still in excellent condition, and, as will be seen at a glance, they are almost identical with the granaries used to the present day in some southern States of Mexico. We continued our descent, and, having dropped altogether some 2,000 feet, at last found ourselves alongside some lonely and unattractive old adobe houses.
They were built by the Spaniards and are reputed to have once been the smelter of the now abandoned silver mine of Guaynopa.
Only the naked walls remain standing on a decline, which was too steep to give us sufficient camping ground.
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