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Show TUB l search of the area by fellow tribesmen turned up quantities quan-tities of the rare gemstone later identified as Peridot. Today the San Carlos Apaches on their south-central south-central Arizona reservation mount the Peridot stones in silver jewelry or supply the rough stones for a growing market. A mineral strip also runs through the reservation containing 250,000 acres which in the past years has been leased to non-Indians for grazing. The land was returned to the San Carlos Apaches in 1969 and the Indians are currently exploring the feasibility of mining the strip for copper and other ores. An enterprising people, the San Carlos Apaches seek new challenging projects pro-jects to gain self-sufficiency. THE SAN CARLOS APACHE Something glittered in the Arizona desert sand and a curious Indian picked up a blue-green jewel. A everyone who is cooperating in the clean-up. The town is beginning to look much better for the Bi-centennial. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ocal Williams from Henderson, Nev. were in town Sat. visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Leona Dalton of Parowan spent July 10 with her mother Mabel Williams celebrating her 81st birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Chidester of Kearns are here working on their home, the Lysle Piatt home. |