Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
THE EPREHIsTORic viy
Important Discoveries in tHe CaIis,rpi.
 Sti;e Prison Quarry.

Important Discoveries in the CsIif,rrf.
 >ti;e Prison Quarry.
 Some months ago. when One discover. Of the track Ot t.r prehistoric r-.- caused so much interest .u sai-r-l-- circles, inc Appeal suggested thai t-. track be iolioDrL Il Jle direction i-II- eated by them when they .I-arDas-.f
 at the edge Jf The wal. and tns rrorrf east ut tho Jr-oG quarry be aEq.a-.H No one. however, seemed .u g..sif.- thls suggestion oi any importance. .-.,
 when Prof. harkle=,' a.-.r.... v-. called tO ue held Jlat tl.r. v.r-s -.. indications about tine mound q. sr.- that 1t owed its shape Go any lru..
 agency. The t-c, tuar jl. tracks u.rrt- ed directly toward the hound Er e.~- sIdered merely a CuIlt.ltac.. ~ay.-.. 1 other gentle mel who cam. .r C.-..- from San FIaucIscJ t1 y-.t #.. t.a...
 were Of the same Oi..I.-. a-E e-- Lot deemed expgGleur c u1uv.rs..
 tracks from the quarry q. Che ma1rf on account Ot the CIsr4uc, ...s.r.-.
 and the eXpeUse involved
 lt happeued, however. that Andy
 Shannon aul John Nelrusr. tgu 1-l-.-.
 V Ab AfAAAAl a.i eNa.' st.a..
 tiUnul>ou district, yI-It.I t.- r---..
 and, after eXuWIaUc the tracks. bald
 welt to the D. cgla- dome ..arrl a...-
 of earth and rock which lie. .f.r hun
 dred yards Go the left ol ,lc -t... p-r-ar
 road gs one comes toward tu. prison
 from Virginia CIJy. I-es began l.. ..a
 a tunnel iuts the mound ..r.r week. ago, entering fOm The Cast -lia. and
 ..Ieu they .l-t encountered ..-r~ laf. eating tLa- the place W.- ulcc u...- lted they had made a prH-r..- .' r.-.t feet. They found pieces C. charcoal h. Inc rock, aci a few la-rr teeth wl.st evidently belonged c human Jaw. One was nearly three inches lr- and Mayo GreeuIav, Che dgaa-. or tLIs Clsy, pronounced .- ... man tOOtE. During the r-y. eight feet they found charcoal m alUufan.a. tH- gelher with arruw-Leajs, cooking uteusIl, and one flint knife. ILe sa.s-
 ing UJeus1, wa~ am ear,as-u rUt which had evidently been burned ur.ta .t hard, and the klIi- Was made ,- lint and had keen edge. The e.r.La-u vessel referred Go " ulj hold alouta gallon, and had been broken. The tvG parts fitted together and JLa edge plainly showed that it bad been ,-t- mItted Co the action of heat. 4 stone war club was also found, and yesterday the two men brought Ic Co Tho Ar1aaI office. IL looked a- # hole had tse1 bored Tn a piece of stone 6ui handle duven m, after which the handle LaI petrihed. Pieces chipped uI showed rhe grain of the wood, and 1t required very careful handling. They also showed what at tr-t they thought Was piece of preeIous metal, but what seemed o0 a closer inspection Co be base copper
 They are still pushing Che tunnel ahead, hopng Go tud -omethu. vIleL will be of more importance. They ts- pCcted Co find some sort ot room 'r- -lde the mound, but SO for have teen disappointed. The ground l- Uu.t. -.l m places, and appears rather l le.,l. 'geneOUs mIz;ure= of loose tr.h auI stones than any weii-ietuei geological formation. The two men clam Una. hey have located the mound and vIi How no one else to work it Ilry 'laim that the finding cf Che copper 'nables them t0 h.lG ]. ..s m.IsuI .aaL -t may te well also ro s.atctra Warden Belt looks upon the men as uTostrts who ran the tunnel into the mound and ne nov eN. Ib.'u- relics brought from
 oiOrado as evidence Df tEclr C.-slyr.v.
 he other day a uau who attempted C. 70 into tEe luuusl uas ordered t1 leave t the muzlle ot a shotgun. Ca--Cr NevI Appeal