| 615 | Reed. | 1 | 12 inches long. | 616 | Stone axes. | 7 | And 3 broken, grooved. | 617 | Pounding stone and | 2 | Of sandstone, with | | fragment. | | ring-shaped handle. | 618 | Stone pestles | 2 | One 121/2 inches long, 13/4 | | | | inches diameter; one 91/2 | | | | inches long, 13/4 inches | | | | diameter; also a fragment | 619 | Stone mullers. | 4 | | 620 | Stone hammers. | 6 | 1 pitted. | 621 | Stone mullers, flat.| 6 | 5 broken. | 622 | Stone mortar, flat. | 1 | 61/2 by 12 inches; 2 inches | | | | thick. | 623 | -- do -- | 1 | 13 by 22 inches; 6 inches | | | | thick. | 624 | Stone, polished. | 1 | 22 inches long, 61/2 inches | | | | diameter; restored. | 625 | Stone hoes or | 2 | | | chopping knives. | | | 626 | Limestone ornament. | 1 | Carved; fragmentary. | 627 | Small stone vessel. | 1 | Serpent carved on the | | | | outside. | 628 | Stone arrowhead. | 2 | 1 of obsidian, very small, | | | | and 1 of flint; also a | | | | broken specimen.

  Specimen number 627 B.E. was not obtained from the ruin itself, but
  was found in that vicinity by Mr Whittemore and presented by him.

EXHIBITS

I. CONTRACT FOR REPAIRING AND PRESERVING CASA GRANDE RUIN, ARIZONA

This contract, made and entered into this ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, between Theodore Louis Stouffer and Frederick Emerson White, both of Florence, Arizona, as principals, and Augustine Gray Williams, of Florence, Arizona, Andrew James Doran, of Florence, Arizona, as sureties, of the first part, and the United States of America, by Cosmos Mindeleff, acting for the Secretary of the Interior, of the second part: 

Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part do hereby contract and agree with the United States of America, as follows:  That for the consideration hereinafter mentioned they will at their own expense and risk perform and execute the work upon the Casa Grande ruin, described and specified in the specification hereto annexed and forming a part hereof, in the manner and with the conditions specified, items of said work to be as follows: 

Item No. 1.  Clearing out the debris:  To excavate and remove 350 cubic yards of earth and debris, or less, as specified, amount of excavation not to exceed 350 cubic yards.

Item No. 2.  Underpinning walls:  To underpin the walls as specified, requiring 750 cubic feet of brick masonry, or less, amount of masonry not to exceed 750 cubic feet.

Item No. 3.  Filling in cavities:  To fill in cavities and openings as specified, 500 lineal feet of 2 by 4 inches squared lumber and 800 cubic feet of masonry, or less, whole amount of filling not to exceed 825 cubic feet.