The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

SANDSTONE FORMATIONS.
weighing tons; and the ore itself, which is a red oxide,
seems inexhaustible.
We spent several days in this vicinity, during which time
we visited some remarkable sandstone formations near by.
We found about forty columns, worn by the winds and(
rains into most singular shapes. One of them measured
nearly sixty feet in height, and more closely resembled an
inverted bottle than anything we could compare it to. At
its greatest circumference it measured eighteen feet, while
at its base it was scarcely three feet. Some looked like
churches, towers, castles, or barracks, and others very like
human beings of colossal proportions. So striking were
these resemblances, that it was hard to believe the hand of
man had nothing to do with their formation.
It was on the return from these mines that our party
met with an adventure, which may not prove uninteresting
in this connection.
Our attendants, with the pack mules, had gone on early
in the morning to select a camping-ground, and give our
burdened animals a chance to rest, while, later in the day,
our party of three accompanied by the guide, started to
c vertake them.
As we rode along carelessly, laughing and jesting, I
noticed that the mule ridden by Mr. Laws showed unmistakable signs that Indians were near. Calling attention to
the fact, it w.is voted a false alarm, Dr. Steck remarking,
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