Show AN AGATE IN ARIZONA EXAMPLES AT OP OF A COWBOYS remarkable FIND when geronimo led the frontiersmen such buch a lively chase in arizona ho he ran better than he know in inthe the pursuit par the heart of the apache country was invaded it was in one of I 1 those go as you please chases that himsl a abw bw boy adams found himself in the remote and before undiscovered petrified forests of arizona As aa qoon oon as lie be was able he be made made his bis way back and straight to the governor of arizona to tell him of the wonders he be had found his story was laughed at very well said the cowboy it if mystery my story is not true ill bear aa all the expenses of the journey there and back the story wins was true and here I 1 prone in the depths of the lava desert the governor saw the remains of a forest changed into brilliant hued translucent agate held in form by the petrified d i ark L rk every ridge and knot perfectly translated such a sight never dever before kt gr eeten the eyes of man the largest ablo block ck of ef agate then known was but thir teen inches across the governor hastened back the territory was quick ly y appropriated under the placer act being on railroad lands a separate con tract was made with the company gt removal of the trees within alve years some som specimens were sent to tiffany co and the representatives of the dazed and dazzled company helpless in the face 0 f what they believed were prospective billions came on for advice the blocks block gare are valueless unless you can work them for this is no DO child childs s PY play there is hut but one firm in the united states can do it if they can that firm is the ow ove ner der of the jasper works at sioux citel cit to the jasper wol woi king firm they applied the representative 0 of f thi the firm replied we will spend soend in the endeavor to saw across these agate logs five table tops and polish them it if we fall fail we will bear all the cost but if we succeed give us one buirt I 1 interest and half aalf the control these were considered hard bard terms b but ut who knew of ef any p precedents reco dents that co uld ald regulate the contra til of a forest tu tuned tanned ned into flamboyant stone tile owners yielded the five table tops a successfully success fally cut and ami work on the spot was soon in ss A camp haseben hase has seen een set up in the midst of desolation surrounded by treacherous apaches Ap Apa acles clies where the lives of the workmen a ae re constantly guarded by winchester rifles then have been on exhibition at tiffany ecos cos some of these specimens in size and in the brilli brilliance ancl of the color petrified wood is the pop ular name in fact the wood bd has been disintegrated integrated cis clis by water beating bearing agate deposit which has replaced the wood atom for atom assuming all its vagaries and forms but them with resplendent colors prof newberry estimates that this little change took ii i lace years ago mr james A 1 drakef known on the prod product act exchange here is now in town lie he a ays among the other wonders of this region the isolation of which is some thing terrible are the aztec remains that are cut in the sandstone they are aie among the most in ta to resting of all th the 6 western country one oae of them lesem oling the sphinx it is the intention of the syndicate when their own work is further along to build a branch r railroad d that shall brine these curious sights within reach of tourists new york aun |