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burnham1910.jpg Major Burnham standing next to the stone, with
the inscription outlined in chalk. Location Yaqui River valley
Type stone Material igneous rock Length 8 feet (2.4 m)
Opening date 1909  The Esperanza Stone was a large (8-feet long)
inscribed stone found in the valley of the Yaqui, Mexico. It was
discovered and excavated in 1909 by Major F. R. Burnham and
Charles Frederick Holder.  Esperanza Stone. Major F. R. Burnham
(left), Holder (right), Yaqui Delta, Senora, Mexico, 1909.   The
stone was discovered during an expedition in the Yaqui valley.
The stone was "a brown, igneous rock, its longest axis about
eight feet, and on the eastern face, which had an angle of about
forty-five degrees, was the deep-cut inscription."[1] Symbols on
the stone include a volute and a swastika, also found on other
stones in Mexico.   There was a legend that the stone had fallen
down out of he