Arizona republican., 1895-08-22
PETRIFIBD! Discovery Made in the
 River Bottom Of a Petrified Man by the
 Burnett Bros.
The Form Is Almost Perfe ct in
 Every Detail.
They Were Preparing to Go in Swim ming When They Saw a Foot
 ProtudIng in the Sand.

It Is said that Phoenix can produce almost anything under the sun and the latest wonder discovered is a genuine petriied nan.
 The find was made by J. K. Burnett, the congressman, and his brother, I. P. Burnett, who recently came down from Prescott. The two men drove down to the river yesterday morning after load of sand They entered the river bottom st Gray's crossing and continued to the main channel of the river. Before load ing the wagon, I. P Burnett thought swim might be refreshing and he fol- lowed along bank about five feet higa in search of q place where the water was of sufficient depth.
 While following closely along the bank he WAS astoniehed to see human foot protruding from under the bank on level with the gravel bed. He ex- amsned It closely and by digging the sand from around petrifed leg was exposed. He called to his brother who was loading the wagon to bring over 8 shovel. The implement wes brought and by digging the sand from around the form the bank caved in and little more shovelling exposed the perfect form of petrifed man.
 They tried to move the form but it proved too heavy and one of them came back to town and had large box made which he partially filled with coarse sawdust. The form was placed in the box and with the united efforts of three men was set in the wagon and taken to town and placed ii. Eurnett's barn next to LouDt's ice factory. J. K. Burnett at the find and cursory glance was sufficient to show that it was genuine petritied man.
 The form is about foot 10 inches in height and from all appearances must have been g man past the prime of life i; for even in the petrifed state the wrinkles on the face are discernable.
 From the shape of the head he must have been white man. The chin and nose are perfect in shape; but the former is slightly gashed, which Mr. Barnett says was done with the shovel. The ears are gone but the features are clear-cut and we'll defined. The legs and hands are also perfect even to the 6ngernails. He had evidently been carefully prepared for burial for one hand lies across the breast with the palm down and the other lies on the Qroln. The head is thrown back giving clear view of the throat. On the ad- domen is a cavity about the size of g dinner plate, but it is only on the sur face ; outside of this, the form is per- feet. The color is of dark sandstone and the form is susceptible to be easily broken. Chas. Barnett, 8 sculptor, examined the body and pronounced it to be genuine petrified body.
 The Burnetts are sensible of the fact that they have bonanza in their petrified body and will leave it in the same condition as when it was found. They will have it on exhibi today at the Gregory house.
 It is not generally known but it is nevertheless fact that when the old city cemetery that occupied the ground where the West End school now stands was removed, many Of the bodies exhumed were in various stages of petri- faction and what is to prevent body from being petrified under the soil and same conditions in the river bottom The lime in the water and soil had brought about petrifaction in this case but as the process is slow, it must have taken many years to bring about the condition in which the form was dis. covered by the Burnetts.