| Show QUEEREST PRISON IN WORLD arizona county jail la Is blasted out of a mou mountain of solid quartz I 1 rock when the authorities of graham county arizona decided to look about for aglace a place in which to confine criminals they found a natural depression in tho side of a hil this was enlarged into what might be called an artificial cave divided into tour four compartments the cave was excavated parallel to tho side iside of the mountain in which it was made and daylight admitted by hi holes bles blown out of the wallwitz wall with explosives the windows being guarded by a network ol heavy steel firs irs th tho el entrance to we the d depression c p was also clo closed in t the h e same manner an and d a vesti vestibule buld or porch of masonry built out from it to provide quarters for the sheriff and his assistants this vestibule is also divided into compartments which are connected by gates of steel bars bare the only way oi of entering the prison is through the vestibule of masonry and ln jn order to escape the inmates would have to cut their way through three sets of bars which ch are an inch in thickness as the th windows are so high up above the rock forming the floor of the cells that they could not reach them it is necessary however to have a very secure place an aa the criminals in this part of tho country are of a most desperate class and the inmates frequently include murderers and highwaymen tho the mountain which has thus been turned into a prison is compo composed sd of solid IQ quartz bartz rock and the excavation was made principally by the use of explosives the jail is located in the town of clifton the county seat wide world magazine |
