Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-21
Mining, Stock Reports, Financial.
ARIZONA MARBLE s ONYX
 OUARR|ES LARGEST IN WORLD


 Arizona's fame for copper. gold. silver. lead and zinc has spread so far and wide that little attention has been paid to its immense ledges of marble and onyx But Pennsyl- vania and Colorado capital has now entered the territory to develop taese deposits, and the beautiful stones are taking their place in many cities of the land
 The most extensive marble quar- ries are at Bowie. station on the Southern Pacific railroad in inc Dos Cabezos mountains. at n head Of the Sulphur Springs valley, about fifty miles north of Douslas' Cochise county. where the Arizona Marble company is operating. rms -o,npaav combines well known capi talisfs of Denver and Pittsburg as
 efockhelders. among them J. c. <er of Kerr Marble and Stone com many of Denver. David Mohit and Gerald Hughes. also of Denver ana Lawrence C. Phipps, of Pittsburg' The marble claims taken u0 bF 0bese men were cVa mined by ME. ei6rav Page of th United States grolagical survey l report was favorable The prospects are divided .-+o three groups Those west or
 Fort Bowie. of Devonian toTmauoh those near the head of Mcintosh canyon. a tributary of Immigra ,anvon. in carboniferous rock, and inc southern marbles. near Coc'
 head. also in carboniferous rock. The marbles occur from Fort Bowie in an irregular band for several miles. One group is known as the sienna
 and covers 160 acres. The ledss varies in width from fifty to seven ty-five feet and dips 10 the south west at an angle Of sixty degrees. Geoloeist Paige has pointed out that the jointing in this eldge d
 ,ninishes with depth, and that the beauty of the marble for ornameats' purposes makes the field a rich one for respecting Tne work car ried on bv thc co3ralW has now
 developer the ledge bc. ora the point of prospect, ard t is making fc..fl.r sripments e ,he stone.
 The central marble claim com r~ises two claims. known a. ths Pavonazzo and Pcntelicus claims, each of i50 acres. Analysis oi these marbles show them to be 9s.sS per cent pure carbonate of lime. The colors are pure white pinkish or grayish white. with striking black markings. Gray. dove and blue var ieties are also present The black mai kings are more pronounced than in the marbles of the cast Samples cut from this ledge and exposed to ! tre femreraiure of Arizona for two years have shown not the ieas' deterioratiGn. The locations or sup
 posed greater values are on the i southeast eud of the Pavpnazza claim where the continuous ledge < is exposed. Only the clearing of m derbrush was was necessary for eN
 nlo;ta;.on. Slabs six feet long and t,s or more feel wide hare "' aken from this quarry.
 Probably the most valuable q ,be marbles are on the Pentelicus 1 claim. where the marbles may Dc i -ut in any size from ledge 5o'
 Feet wide and 800 feet long Tho ith.ckness of the vein is from Ss to 50 feet The marble in this 7uarry is of exquisite colSring ans
 s7euess and can be used for al i inferor decoration. Geologist Paie l -cports that the blocks can be saw
 d into slabs, turned into columns
 pr fashioned to meet any of tht
 needs of architectural work In fact
 the purity and fneness are so pro
 no5.nced tha. alanf experts hav' | declared that the product Of th