Mike Pio asks:

live in Arizona where these trees are pretty
plentiful. I have a friend in the tree trimming business who often comes
across very large sections of this tree. He brought me a few 2 foot samples
today, just rough chain sawed. I dressed them into some 8/4 stock and they
really came out beautiful (smelled like popcorn or something while milling).
I'm just wondering if I've struck it rich here, or if it's just fool's gold.

Any experience with mesquite??

You've struck it rich. Mesquite is often high priced, is gorgeous and is not
all that difficult to work--it is a bit brittle, but turns well and otherwise
works well.

Get as much as you can.

Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill