Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and History

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Contents

Preface

Of Indians, Spaniards, and Americans

The Exotic Plants of New Mexico

Dwellers in the Hills and Plains

Rocks That Shape the Enchanting Landscape

Before Coronado

Frontier Forts of New Mexico

Our National Heritage

The State Also Preserves [4]

Angling in the Desert's Waters

The Indians of New Mexico

Reminders of the Past

Derricks and Mines

Enchanting Landscapes

Footnotes

Index

Traveler's-Eye View of New Mexico

Transcriber's Notes

(Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by John Whiteside)
COVER: Redondo Peak, from Jemez Canyon

Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past Series:

No. 1—Santa Fe, New Mexico
No. 2—Taos—Red River—Eagle Nest, New Mexico, Circle Drive
No. 3—Roswell—Capitan—Ruidoso and Bottomless Lakes State Park, New Mexico
No. 4—Southern Zuni Mountains, New Mexico
No. 5—Silver City—Santa Rita—Hurley, New Mexico
No. 6—Trail Guide to Geology of the Upper Pecos, New Mexico
No. 7—High Plains Northeastern New Mexico, Raton—Capulin Mountain—Clayton
No. 8—Mosaic of New Mexico’s Scenery, Rocks, and History
No. 9—Albuquerque—Its Mountains, Valleys, Water, and Volcanoes
No. 10—Southwestern New Mexico
No. 11—Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
No. 12—The Story of Mining in New Mexico
No. 13—EspaÑola—Chama—Taos

(Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by Robert W. Talbott)
Whitewater Canyon near Glenwood

SCENIC TRIPS TO THE GEOLOGIC PAST
NO. 8

Mosaic of New Mexico’s
Scenery, Rocks, and History

edited by
PAIGE W. CHRISTIANSEN
and
FRANK E. KOTTLOWSKI

NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES
1972

NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY
Kenneth W. Ford, President

NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES
Frank E. Kottlowski, Director
George S. Austin, Deputy Director

BOARD OF REGENTS
Ex Officio
Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico
Leonard DeLayo, Superintendent of Public Instruction

Appointed
Steve Torres, President, 1967-1985, Socorro
Dave Rice, Secretary-Treasurer, 1972-1983, Carlsbad
William G. Abbott, 1961-1985, Hobbs
Judy Floyd, 1977-1987, Las Cruces
Owen Lopez, 1977-1983, Santa Fe

BUREAU STAFF
Full Time

Marla D. Adkins, Assistant Editor
Orin J. Anderson, Geologist
Ruben Archuleta, Technician I
Robert A. Bieberman, Senior Petrol. Geologist
Steve Blodgett, Assistant Editor
Lynn A. Brandvold, Chemist
James Brannan, Drafter
Corale Brierley, Chemical Microbiologist
Ron Broadhead, Petroleum Geologist
Brenda R. Broadwell, Assoc. Lab Geoscientist
Jane A. Calvert, Assistant Editor
Frank Campbell, Coal Geologist
Richard Chamberlin, Economic Geologist
Charles E. Chapin, Senior Geologist
Jeanette Chavez, Admin. Secretary I
Richard R. Chavez, Assistant Head, Petroleum
Ruben A. Crespin, Laboratory Technician II
Lois M. Devlin, Director, Bus.-Pub. Office
Amelia Dondero, Metallurgist
Kathy C. Eden, Editorial Technician
Robert W. Eveleth, Mining Engineer
K. Babette Faris, X-ray Lab. Manager
Rousseau H. Flower, Sr. Emeritus Paleontologist
John W. Hawley, Senior Env. Geologist
Cindy Howell, Staff Secretary
Robert W. Kelley, Editor & Geologist
Arleen Lindsey, Staff Secretary
Mark Logsdon, Industrial Minerals Geologist
David W. Love, Environmental Geologist
Wess Mauldin, Driller
Virginia McLemore, Geologist
Lynne McNeil, Staff Secretary
Norma J. Meeks, Department Secretary
David Menzie, Geologist
Teresa Mueller, Drafter
Robert M. North, Mineralogist
Keith O’Brien, Hydrologist
JoAnne C. Osburn, Coal Geologist
Glenn R. Osburn, Volcanologist
Barbara R. Popp, Lab. Biotechnologist
Marshall A. Reiter, Senior Geophysicist
Jacques R. Renault, Senior Geologist
James M. Robertson, Mining Geologist
Gretchen H. Roybal, Coal Geologist
Amy Shacklett, Asst. Lab Biotechnologist
Jackie H. Smith, Laboratory Technician IV
William J. Stone, Hydrogeologist
Samuel Thompson III, Senior Petrol. Geologist
Judy M. Vaiza, Executive Secretary
Debra Vetterman, Drafter
Robert H. Weber, Senior Geologist
Betsy Wilson, Receptionist/Clerk Typist
Donald Wolberg, Vertebrate Paleontologist
Michael W. Wooldridge, Scientific Illustrator

Part Time

Christina L. Balk, Geologist
Howard B. Nickelson, Coal Geologist
Beverly Ohline, Acting Director, Info. Services
Thomas E. Zimmerman, Chief Security Officer

Graduate Students

Danny Bobrow
James T. Boyle
Gerry W. Clarkson
Mike Davidson
David R. Guilinger
Terry Jensen
Douglas L. Heath
Adrian Hunt
Ingrid Klich
Ione Lindley
Curtis Verpleough
John M. Wakefield
Mary Lynne Yates
John Young

Plus about 50 undergraduate assistants

Third edition, 4th printing

Published by Authority of State of New Mexico, NMSA 1953 Sec. 63-1-4

Printed by University of New Mexico Printing Plant, Albuquerque, April 1982

Available from New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM 87801 $4.00

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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