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.

THE VALLEY OF LA MESILLA.
They receive their name from the peculiar shape of their
pinnacles and sides, which resemble very closely the pipes
of an organ. In this range are to be found considerable quantities of live-oak and pine timber. Here, also, is
the celebrated silver mine of "Hugh Stevenson," discovered
by that gentleman in 1851, and which, since that year, when
the Apaches would permit its being worked, has yielded
large quantities of silver. The soil of the Mesilla Valley is
very fertile, and susceptible of a high state of cultivation.
On each side of the Rio Grande are to be found large
acequias, or ditches, through which the waters of the river
are conducted in such a manner that from them the entire
surface of the valley can be irrigated or overflowed, and
thus cultivated. Large crops of corn, wheat, rye, and
barley are raised, while figs, peaches, pears, apricots, and
grapes are produced in great abundance. The grapes are
particularly fine, and are called the "El Paso" grape, from
which place the vines were brought. They were introduced
illto El Paso in 1680 by the Jesuits, and came originally
from Portugal. About one hundred thousand gallons of
wine are made annually in this valley, almost equal in
quality to fine port or Burgundy; it will not bear transportation, however.
Notwithstanding the fertility of the soil in this charming
valley, the mildness of the climate, and the peculiar adaptation of the land to agricultural purposes, only enough is
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