Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-07-24

,boss countries the stone W.as found only in de, ssched uasass of bouldee-lS @ formation, and nsnaily of small sizas, owit to having 5een ssd ,rinarilV as stAlsctiiE and stalAguaites t,. in be Arisona deposit th onyx Is found in
 es,ie, es isVer formation, and can be QuArried in ' dirneSsions desired. Tho quantity ia mex hansfibie and is destined u some day turnish sh sssfs ifor one of the m0a important indus tres in the United States, as the Quafrles or the world from which ornamon tAl marble can 10 obtained arc very teE tn nus per. " hlle tnoes- anda of quArrieB of ordinary nAfDies anu siAi lar stone have been found 10 DOth Earope And America shose yielding ortls mentAl or stAl ssay marble are very fey, most ot mem hssins Dsen known and worked centuries ago. An instance Id point being that of the ! nArhle QuArries ~ CarAra Italy, from which a 70 artlst or to-aA3 Selects his efone for slatuAEy E0Fk the artists of Rome and 6reecs did Ds Tore the o,rth ot Christ ln the United State prior to the dis- coVery of these onyx gaarries or ths thoosAnds of ouarries that hays been m eArthed, none pro duoe q k0e marble, the reat lt being that the county had Co go abroad Tor its nnest stone TOT building and decorative pa rpOses. the tArin on which during the last t9u Yesrs alone nas amounted to over two mtin0 uollAFs paid the Rovernrnent at the rae or atxt y-nte oonts toot on each cubic foot impOfed Az eyeFy ornsr nausntai marble in the world 1An be duplicated it not surpAssed in beauty in the Ariso1a qusr- Fies the day will undoubtedly come Nheni cnGef intelligent management thees Qusrrles VII sup- ply the architects and buildfs or our country wiih the stone which they rausr now import rom abroad. The owners of the Qu urles age utnetAi N illiAm o, O'Neill. Hon. Jossi h " Donghery' Joseph Mayer Judge keesa ] 1. lAns' AL Ae Cam and Jesso Davis, of Presn ott.
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 Adjoining the o'Eeul group 10 tho Vanderbilt onyx mines. known as the Wand srbils group. and owned hy W. VI Vanderbilt Ian boWen ano W. w. Ross, of Prescott. The group comprises ten claims of apprOxi imAtely 70 hundred and forty acres, They embrace all that portion of the extensive onyx deposit VI nch was hidden and covered b. slida roek at the time when O'Naiu located thR drSt known onyx claims tn the deposit. All the dsyelopun nt on this entire
 groap has been dOns on the two claims known As No. and No, q. The work c,li rsists ot shallow pts. cuts and strippings near th surface. Sne e, by tho side rock and debris ha hsfn reinoyel and the onyx exposed. This has shown rts aiAi and well defined onyx beci over the entlfe clAimaL The two claims have been ih0rough9 progpec9ed on every portion VI iieh sh0N uLli- form depth of about two feet, la d tt has Deen es timAeed hy scompetent expeFf that on ciAins one and two there ie Ia all e une Forty seYeh thousand i've hundred tens s onyx n<siy tni qnarrying. His estimate is On.g bas9d. hOweyef, m the rrssent devalopmsnt oa one lAyer of tNu sest In tiefnsss. bat it is more than likely tha, other layers is beneath this, as ts the ose ln the adjoining claims.
 inc greater portion of the JI Tz on theee claims is of beautiful white color. b 1nded with seams of amber, brown and old e Id which shows np in wonderful beauty when polished, totally oolipsing the finest import ,d marble. There is slso an immense amount of exquisite green onyx Unlike any other fOi me ia the world it is ia Ali shadas and colOra, an | begond compare for interior decoration. Tn 'Tandorbiit group like the O'heiil, is easily hco essibe e mar and will soon bo ons of th sfe Atures of AATApAl County.
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 Situated on the eastern dope of the Verde range of mountains. in ses rio,a known as SJcA- more Greek, distant from Pres seOit les than se miles. lay Che Autograph sts me .gnArries oi Messrs. 6ines, RosH PAFl e The discovery Oi this useful article has been of roenf date only. but in that limited time, its mech Anics uses haTe been brought forward Co th Ht extlnt that its use fnlness for the purpo-es uie1ntd, make it an agreeable, yet superior ar acle, that future sap D V and demand will unkes itAtinFiy draw on this section for Sample of rtnting this stone hAs rigi lY been tested with. rave in tone and uia. tinctnass that w1s onl5 eq jailed by the imp0rted articln. In his report On theee q1arrtes. Prof. BaDdy, the forner rsrrit 1rial Geoiogist, among other thinga says of the same The blocks oi stone in tho first quarry aET in width from one to three fest The ston' ts very uniform and fine in grain At the ss1nd opening in the ouarry about LOO fret to ire Nesf from the hrat. taree distinct stratas are shown. the bottom one three feet the second ten fssst aud Che upper one a, least eirhf feet thick. Iese stratas can easily be traced frpm one quar- ' bo the other, and show lees the offsrts of the we tther | notice no dtf- ference n tho average q lalfty ot the stone m the two uuArrifss, and very lftb In the character oi the separate strata, ar | should say tilAt the majority uf the stone is Ot workable quality. have no dcl bt that wh en -quAFried in proper manner, thi it stone Of any desirzbie or practical siEe can be taken out- If stone shows inels, putAhle high quality hyu sts made ot it siy weli kuOwn lith Jg-aphers," ee e., etc, pTaiseWorthy in short, o4 these deposfts Water is also % be had in suihcieat volume C propel s1y charaote' of machinery that nsy ne used tn saving ID.
 stone and otherwise pu psring it for mArke' usee-
 The Sykss hthoCrsph stone qnarry on syea more Creek. Is now beirs worked. and C is said
 a very desirable article is being prOdnced- Within 4hrse u.iles q Prescott the Murphl sandstone QuRrry cAf1yi az the rcd and gray ar
 tiele, is lOcsted- MatU lIuildings in thiscity CT | adorned with r.. and its boGuty and drrabiiir | are unquestiOD ed
 | At Rock D ute on the line of tho X. F., r. P. the LAntY quarry of rei sandstone it located l From this u any tons hay been used of late, am 1 as deyelOpn ent prog rosss s, richer col0red an | better grade is obtain ed