An Interesting Discovery

Manville W. Cresworth, an English mining man well known throughout sonthwest Mexico, arrived at Mapimi, Mexico, recently froin a long overland joumey through the Sierra Madre monnI tains, his starting point being Culican, near the Pacific coast, in the state of Sinaloa. He claims to have visited a eection of country never befóre visited by a white man of the present generaj tion, and that he discovered a large and i beautiful deserted city. He told the correspondent that the wonderful city is sitnated about 80 miles west of Lake Colorado, in the recesses of the Sierra Madres. It occupies a basin about 10 miles long by eight miles wide. Perpendicular cliffs surrotmd the basin on all sides. nsing to a height of hundreds of feet. The only entrance to the city is through a deep canyon, whichhas a width of about 30 feet. Mr. Cresworth states that he stumbled onto the secret entrance quite by accident. He gives a vivid description of the desertad city. The buildings, he says, ai-e constructed of redstone blocksresemblinggranite. i The business blocks are two and three stories in height and are entirely different in architectural design from the structures built by the Aztecs and Spaniards. The streets are very narrovv, but are laid out in regular order. In the city is a small park which is overgrown with rare flowers and tropical vegetation. He entered the business houses and decaying residences, but found very little of value except some remarkable and strange ornamente made of stone. He believes that the city was looted at the time that it was deserted, whenever that ïïiay have been. No records or writings of any kind were found, nor did he discover any skeleton that would give a,n idea as to the race of people who at one time inhabited the cjy. None of the natives of tliat section of country had ever heard of the deserted city. Mr. Cresworth is making diligent inquiry of them. Mr. Cresworth's story is very Htartling and remarkable, but it is believed by those to whom he has related his experiences. He wil] organizo an exnedition to inake a thorough exploration of the ei tv