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The following paragraph appeared on page 168 of the
Dec. 1945 issue of AMAZING STORIES (science fiction/science fact) magazine:
"...Mr.
Hansen related, too, the discovery in the Panamints (Death Valley), of a
mysterious smooth, un-shored shaft that was filled with mine damp and therefore
poisonous to explorers, in a region where no mine can exist without shoring
every foot of the way because of the nature of the rocks in that locality. He
insisted that after the war, when equipment to do so is available, he intends
to go down into that shaft."
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Pages 96-99 of the book "AMERICAN INDIAN
MYTHOLOGY" by Carol K. Rachlin, contains the following tradition of the
Zuni Indians, who live within the border country
of northern
"...The
first people who came into this world were the Ashiwi... After the Ashiwi came
into this world, other people followed them. First came the Hopi's, who had
been neighbors and friends of the Ashiwi in the underworld. Then came the
Mexicans (‘native’ Mexican tribes such as the Aztecs!? - Branton), and then the
Coconino and the Pima, and finally the Navajos and the other Apaches.
“Now the
world was populated indeed. The Ashiwi found the middle place of the whole
world, and there they established Zuni, where it is today... This went on for a
long time. It would be hard to say how long it took in years, but four magic cycles
were completed before the last of the people emerged from the underworld. The
last to leave was a man and woman witch who held all power for good and
evil..."
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Pages 14-15 of ‘BEYOND REALITY’ magazine for Dec.
1978,
