Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-06-26

thosa countries the stone Was foand only in de- taehad miAasss Of bouicer-like formation. and usuAlly of small aizoe, owing to having been toTuled prlilAIas = st, ,, anu Sa ;I regular laysF formation, and can be oaarried in nny dimensions desired. Tho quantity b mex haastible and is destined to some day furnish tFiss in the United States, as the Quaryes of tbe world from which ornamental marble can be obtained arS very few in numhsr. While thous- Anda Of quarries of ordinary marbles and sisai- lar sfnns have been found ia both Earope and AmaFiuA. thoae yielding ornamental Or siafuArI marble are yery few, mosf of them having been known and worked centuries ago, An instance in point being that Of the marble quArrieo st CaFaFa, Italy, from which the artist of to-day saects his ftOae for statpary work. ae the artsis of Rome and Greees did bafora the birth Of Christ. In che United stAtas prior Co the dis- oossry of thsse onyK quarrins. Of the thousands sf ouarrias that have been unearthed. none pro duee a 6ue marble, the result being that the building and deoorativs pnTposse. he tarift on which during the last four yeaFs Alone has amounted to over two million dollars paid the government 4t the rae of sixty=hye oeniaa a foot on each cubic foot imposted. As every 0rna- nAgnenfAl marble in the world can be duplicated, if not surpassed To beauty ln the Arizona quar- riaa, the day will undoubtedly come Fteni nnoeF intelligent management, theso quarriea sill sup ply ths architso:s and bniidsrs of our country Wah the slsne which they must now import from niruad. The owners uf the QuArries arc General yossph Mayer. Jadss Resss k. Ling. Al Mo Cam and Jesse DAvis. of Prescott
 THE vAsaERBIT GROUP
 Adjoining the o'Seili group are the Vanderbilt osayx nlinf.s known aa the Vanderbilt group, and owred hy ", VI Vanderbilt Dan Bowen and V. VI, ROss, of Prescott. The group oonPrises ten claims of approx ,mateiy two hnndred ans the sxtansivs onyx deposit which was hidden and c0Fored by slide rock st the time when OfNeiil located tho first kn0Eu onyx claims in the deposit All the development on this entire gzoup has bsen done on the two claims known @s No. and No q. The work oonsists of shallow pits. cuts and stripptnEs mar the surface. Whe t bF the side eock and debris has been removed ssd tAs onyx exposssd. This has shown a regular and well da6nsd onyx bedi over the entire clAims- The two claims have been thoroaghy pru.gpected on every portion, which shoS e unl- forrn depth of about two feot, and it has been ss- tiu,sted b. Hcompstent expert that oa claims one and two thsre is tn ali some forty seven tll0usand. i've Aund-ed tens of onyx ready f5r onarryins His estimate is only based. hOWerer. oa inc DFVEanf development of one layer of two isea Id thickness. bat it ia moro than likely that other ayers lie beneath this. aa s the case in taa
 ifhe.-rsater portion.of the onyx on the-s claims ia of . beautiful white color banded with seams of amber. brown and old gold. which shows up in Wondarfnl heauty when polished' totally asiipainK she finest Imported mArhie There is alao an inmsnsa amount of exquisite green Onyx Unlike any other found in the world it ts in ali shades and col0Fa, and ts beyond compare Hfs the O'Ssiii, is sssily seeessihis to market, and will soon be one ot the features or faFapAi Ccunty-
 LrrHo0RAFH sroEE.
 Situated On the eastern dope Sf tho Verde rEngs of mountAins. in section known as Syca- moru Creek, distant from Prescott leas than 70 miles. lay the hthozraph stone qnarries ot hsssrs. Sine. hoss & fAfk. he aisseoyesy oi bot in that limited time ita mechanical usea have been brought forward to that extent that tts use- talneas for the purposes intended, make it an agreeable. yet superior article. that future sap D y and asEaaad Win unhesitatinRiy draw On this ssction fer. Samplei Of printing this stone hAs rigialy been tested with. gave in tone and dis tinetness that was onlJ eqnsiied by the imported article. Up ais report on thee qnArries, Prof. RlAndy, the former Territorial Geologic, among other things. says Of the same: 'slhe 0locks of stone in the hrst quarry vary in width From one Co thrse feet The stone Is very uniform and kne ia grain. At the second opening in the quaFry about q 900 frct Co the Weet from the frst th7ee distinct siratas are shown. the bottom one three feet. the second ten feel and the upper one he traced from One qtarry tothe other, and show lass the effects Of tho weather I notice no dif- feFcnee is the quality of tho stone ir the twO qGarries, and very little in the chAraetef of the separate strata. and l sh0uld say thsi the majority of fhe stone ia of workable quality. I have DO donbt that when quarried la proper rta1Affs LnAl rAeiif tt AlkN A1ntfAttte or sine can bo taken out The stone shows ilidis- putAbia high quality by tests made of it by we'll known iifhoE-aphcrs," etc.. etc. prai-ewoifhy, Id short. of these deposifs Water is also Co he had in sufficient volume Co propel any character Of machinery that may be used in saving the stone and otherwise preparing it for market ueee-
 Inc sykes lithoSrsph stone quarry on S'yca- mere Crock. is nov being worked and it is said Q very desirable article is being produced.
 Within three miles of Prescott the Murphy sandstone quarry. eariying tho red and gray ar iice, is iocAted. Many baildings in this city are adorned with it, and its beauty and durability are unqnestiOned
 At Rock Butte. on the line of ths 6. E.. P. d p. the IAntry quarry of red eoaEtone ih iuatsd. From thia many tons have beea asld uf iats and Rs development prugresses, riehtt cohored and better grade iH obtained.