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NZ Milky Ranch,
LLC |
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Patents to
the initial fee lands which were to form the Milky Ranch
were granted by the General Land Office in 1908, the same
year New Mexico and Arizona Land Company was incorporated
in the Territory of Arizona. The lands included the modern
day Milky Ranch and also a checkerboard of sections across
what is now the Petrified Forest National Park. An exchange
with the Federal Government facilitated the creation of
the current park early in the 1900's. |
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NZ Milky Ranch, LLC is comprised of
50,000 acres adjacent to the Petrified Forest National
Park. The land contains numerous cultural artifacts, prehistoric
remnants and fossils. |
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Proposed expansion
of the Petrified Forest National Park
NZ Milky Ranch, LLC |
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The Milky
Ranch, named for a tributary of the Little Colorado River,
has always been leased for cattle grazing. Sporadically,
the Milky lands have also been leased for mineral exploration.
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Unfortunately,
because of the mineral richness, the Milky Ranch has been
subject to numerous thefts and desecrations. Illegal digs
have been documented for years by NZ's Private Investigator,
Larry Baldwin of Baldwin Investigations. |
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Arizona Republic
news article - graves desecrated
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Arizona Republic
news article - page two
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Illegal digging
for Indian artifacts
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Illegal petrified
wood mining
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of the land, the Petrified Forest National Park
is anxious to acquire approximately 12 Sections
of NZ's land containing the famous Stone Axe Indian
ruin first explored by the Smithsonian Institute
in 1901. The federal government has expressed interest
n an exchange or cash for up to 7,680 acres of the
Milky Ranch. |
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Recent News |
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Milky Ranch is the planned location
for Stone
Axe Power Ranch, LLC. It is planned to have wind,
solar, biomass and low head-hydro energy production as
well as salt dome storage of compressed air, natural gas,
propane and bio-diesel fuel. |
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