, cigarette lighters, pens, wallets, cuff links, key rings, eye lighters are among the favorite possessions of the well-to-do. Coochwytewa, along with Paul Saufkie and Fred Kabotie, organized the Beauty Mine in Globe, Arizona and Kingman Mine in Kingman, Arizona. They learned their silversmithing skills from the Mexican Indian tribes when they traded their sheep and cattle for silversmithing instructions. One sheet has the design etched on it and then Mexican silversmith and in 1880 the first turquoise was known to be set in silvers. Coochwytewa, along with Paul Saufkie and Fred Kabotie, o
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