Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-10
THE COLORADO STONE MAN.

! giant recently found IN that state as fOIlOWS:
! \ few months since W. A. Conant, who has
been travelling in the region of the country
| lying southwest of Pueblo, between this city
and Mace's Hole, discovered variety of fos-
isis, among others sea turtle, in an excel
| lent state of preservation. Mr.. Conant called
the attention of the newspaper press of the
State to his discovery, and considerable COM
ment was elected. The matter gradually
passed from the attention of the public,
though Mr.. Conant determined to search
further in the same locality with the hope of
making additional discoveries. On Tuesday
he arrived in the city, bringing with him a
large stone figure of a man, which he had I'M
earthed at the head of long, dry arroyo,
about six miles north of the residence of P.
c. Dotson, about twenty-five miles from the
city The figure was found imbedded in very
hard clay, requiring vigorous use of pick to
loosen it. A cedar tree grew near by, one of
the roots of which had grown between the
arm and the body of the figure, making it
necessary to cut the root before removing the
statue from the bed in which it had doubtless
repOsed for centuries Mr.. Conant states
that while sitting on the ground eating his
lunch in the locality above mentioned, his at
tention was attracted to a curious looking
stone protruding from the ground. He re-
moved the earth from around it and found
resemblance to human foot. He then pro-
ceeded to dig away the clay about a foot in
depth and soon uncovered the entire figure,
and having obtained assistance, brought it to
this city. Unfortunately, in removing the
figure from its bed a wooden lever was placed
under the neck and the head broken off It
has, however, been neatly replaced. At first
the discovery was supposed to be the petrfed
body of human being of gigantic stature,
but closer examination proves it to be piece
of sculpture, but by whom executed or to
what age it belongs no one seems to know. 1t
is composed of sort of slate rock, colored
dirty yellow on the outside, possibly from con-
tact with the surrounding clay, andrepresents
a man reclining, one arm being crossed over |
his breast, and the other lying along his side,
with the hand resting on his leg. The posi-
ton is easy and natural. The entire length
of the statue is seven feet six inches; length
of arm, four feet one inch; breadth across the
shoulders, two feet; length of hand, twelve
and one-half inches; length of foot, thirteen
inches. The weight of the figure is about APO
pounds. The type of the human race repre-
sented is strange one. The head, which is
turned slightly to one side, is of the Asiatic
type-a sort of cross between an ancient Egyp-
tan and an American Indian-the cheek
bones being remarkably prominent. The fig
lre is spare and thin, much like the men in
ancient Egyptian pictures, while the whole
body is covered with indentations. One re-
narkable feature which strikes the observer
S the great lengths of the arms and the ape
ike appearance of the hands and feet The
land which rests on the leg, if the arms were
would reach to the knee, while
he feet are long, fat and slim, and the great :
oes about two inches shorter than those in
he middle of the feet. At the end of the
backbone is tail about two or three inches
ong, strongly suggestive of the truth of the
)arwinian theory. The figure was at Nyberg
Rickers all day on Tuesday, and was Wis a
ted by hundreds of our citizens. There is h
considerable excitement here over the dis
overy and general desire on the part of all 7
o hear the opinion of some scientist with re-
ard to the origin of this curious work of art.
here can be no question about the genuine
ess of this piece of statuary. The stone
hows the effects of time, and the circum-
tances of the discovery are such as to pre- =
Jude anything like a repetition of the clumsy
ardiff giant fraud.