The Turquoise mine near Paschal is now…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

The Turquoise mine near Paschal is now leased by Penny & Co. The mine has been worked in pre-historic times in a very crude manner. Now that it is operated systematically, some very fine specimens of turquoise have been extracted. Those produced at its present depth being of much finer quality, better color, harder and freer from impurities, than the gems ob- tained from the surface workings. Numerous specimens of ancient pottery and stone imple- ments were unearthed in cleaning out the old trenches.