Produced by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) [Transcriber's Note: All brackets except those used with footnotes are in the original text, as are asterisks indicating long ellipsis.] * * * * * THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN, ARIZONA, IN 1891 BY COSMOS MINDELEFF * * * * * CONTENTS Introduction 321 Description of the ruins 321 Condition of Casa Grande in 1891 323 Plans for the repairs 325 Execution of the work 326 Reservation of the land 330 Specimens found in the excavations 330 Exhibits 333 I. Contract for repairing and preserving Casa Grande ruin, Arizona 333 II. Plans and specifications for the preservation of the Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, 1891 335 General requirements 335 Clearing out the debris 335 Underpinning walls 336 Filling in openings 336 Bracing 336 Wire fencing 337 Roof 337 III. Plans and sections 337 IV. Oath of disinterestedness 338 V. Bids 338 VI. Indorsements 339 VII. Report of Mr H. C. Rizer 340