Transcribe Tuerpe, Albert. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1886-05-14)

and when found when the rock was blasted away to make ascent & descent. As soon as we clear our ditches again I shall keep a sharp look out for them crabs, we used to </u eat > them, 3 persons to one crab. The Pecos valley (rather called ravine) is full of caves, so is our surroundings here. The whole country shows that Volcanic power is not extinct, and may turn loose at any moment. The rocks from Pinfo mountain are not yet decaying, and both sides of the crater show large maner of broken, but regularly laid up debris of Trachea or Basalt? No crystallisation about, as Basalt generally shows, a heavy rock iron color, with a kind of metalic sound, sharp corners yet. I think I will be able to make up a carload of ________ rocks ________for you. I shall look for petrefactions a little more careful now and hope we will keep in correspondence. Y T DeTurpe