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General information regarding the national monuments set aside under the act of Congress approved June 8, 1906 (1917)

United States. National park service. [from old catalog] · Washintong, Govt. print. off. · leaf 42

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ates found among them, but many approach the condition of jasper and onyx.The degree of hardness attained by them is such that they are said to make an excellentquality of emery. Dr. Walter Hough, of the Smithsonian Institution, who visitedthis monument, states that— In the celebrated Petrified… … Petrified Forest National Monument, Ariz., embracing sees. 12, 11, and 12 and E. \ sees. 3 and 10; T. 16N., R. 23 E.; sees. 4 to 9 and W. i sees. 3 and 10, T. 1(5 N., R. 24 E.; sees. 34, 35, 36. T. 17 N., R. 23 E.,sees. 3 to 10,15 to 22, 27 to 33, and W. J sees. 2,11,14, 23, 26, T. 17 N., R. 24 E.,…

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