Arizona republican., 1890-08-03

large general store with stock valued
 at over S60, 900, a sawmif with a capacity
 of 45 ,OOO feet a day and a complete plan
 ing mill and sash and door factory.
 Twelve miles south of Flagstaff on the
 mineral belt road is another large saw
 mill with a capacity of 90, 900 feet day.
 Besides these the company own two
 smaller mills which are not now run
 ming, but will be started up again soon.
 When these are in operation the
 combined output of the mills
 will be l75,000 feet of lum-
 Der per day. The company has
 now over l0,000,000 feet of lumber in
 the yards, besides a large quantity of
 laths and shingles and is shipping now at the rate of from four to six cars a day.
 At present there are about 200 men em-
 ployed, but when the other mills start the number will be increased to 300. The land and cottages surrounding the mills are owned by the company and rented to the laborers at a nominal rental. No intoxicating liquors are allowed anywhere upon the company's lands and as a consequence their camps are exceedingly quiet and orderly.
 The next greatest industry of Flag stati is her building stone. Arizona sandstone is becoming famous and the demand for it from all parts of the West is constantly increasing. The stone is beautiful brown sand stone, rather soft when first taken from the quarry, but hardens upon exposure to the air. It has been sufficiently tested to show that it is one of the finest building stones ever found. The quar- ries were discovered several years ago, but little advance was made in working them until the early part of 1888. Then the owners employed Mir. D. Mitchell, an experienced quarryman from Scot land, to take charge of the work, and since then stone has been taken out systematically and in large quantities. The quarries are now fitted up with two steam derricks, each capable of lifting a block of thirty tons weight. Switches from the Atlantic X Pacific Railroad run into the quarries, and the stone is lifted directly on to the cars as soon as 1t is cut out. It is easily worked and immense blocks are taken out which have to be cut into many pieces before 1t can be loaded on the cars. l saw big block yesterday that was forty-siX feet long, sixteen feet wide and twelve feet deep. Reckoning twelve cubic feet to the ton, the usual basis of computation, and this block would weigh 736 tons, enough to load thirty-six cars. Mir. Mitchell informed me that he has taken out blocks much larger than this. At present there are about fifty men em- ployed in the quarry and the output is four cars day. The fronts of some of | ha hV,t1 1,l n and Kansas City are constructed of this store. Los Angeles and San Francisco are also calling for large quantities of it, the new City Hall and Court House in the former city being constructed of it.
 Besides these industries, Flagstaff is the center of one of the largest sheep raising sections in the Southwest. Daggs Bros. X Co. are the largest own CTS, their herds aggregating nearly 90, 900 head.
 The people of Flagstaff and of all the eastern part of Yavapai county are very anxious for the formation of new to be known as CocOninO county. They argue, with gcod reason, that Ya- vapai county is too large, and should be divided. It contains nearly 32,000 square miles, being almost as large as the State of Indiana. Besides this the expense and time and trouble in getting to the county seat is great annoyance to the people of this section. To reach Prescott requires a railroad journey of l5O miles. The region adjacent to the present county seat is so cut off from and the neighboring country, that the two sections have but little in and those in the East think they should be allowed to set up county for themselves. The matter will be again vigorously urged before the next Legislature. F.. $. G.