. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . n Jan. 2,1902 (H. ), in the Fifty-eighth Congress on Nov. 13, 1903 (H. R. 2529), and in the Fifty-ninth Congress on ; 1905 (H. R. 8966). In each case the bill was promptly passed by the House but failed in the the desired object was attained in 1906, shortly after the passage of the National Monuments act,when the forest was set aside as the fourth reservation under the new law. 39 places them among the gems or precious stones. Not only are chalcedony, opals,and agates found among them, but many approach the co
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . n Jan. 2,1902 (H. ), in the Fifty-eighth Congress on Nov. 13, 1903 (H. R. 2529), and in the Fifty-ninth Congress on ; 1905 (H. R. 8966). In each case the bill was promptly passed by the House but failed in the the desired object was attained in 1906, shortly after the passage of the National Monuments act,when the forest was set aside as the fourth reservation under the new law. 39 places them among the gems or precious stones. Not only are chalcedony, opals,and agates found among them, but many approach the condition of jasper and 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 Forest, which is some 18 miles from Holbrook. Ariz.,on the picturesque Santa Fe Railroad, there are ruins of several ancient Indian vil- 77777 Reservation Boundary—™ County Boundary ^Collecting Grounds. 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. \ sees. 3 and 10, T. 16 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. h sees. 2,11,14, 23, 26, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., Gila and Salt River merid-ian, containing square miles, originally created December 8, 1906, boundaries modified as aboveJuly 31,1911. lages. These villages are small, in some cases having merely a few houses, but whatgives them a peculiar interest is that they were built of logs of beautiful fossil wood.* * The prehistoric dwellers of the land selected cylinders of uniform size, whichwere seemingly determined by the carrying strength of a man. It is probable thatprehistoric builders never chose more beautiful stones for the construction of theirhabitations than the trunks of the trees which flourished ages before ma
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