The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-02-22
The Man Who Made the Colorado Giant.

| A correspondent of the Tribune, writing
from Elkland, Tioga county, Pa, charges
| that he has discovered substantial proof
that the "Colorado Giant" was made by
George Hull, who made the Cardiff Giant.
This information, it ia claimed, was obtain
ed from E.. j. Cox, Justice of the Peace,
| to whom Hull is said to have explained the
8sodgs oDsrandi OF his working. Hull
moulded and baked his giant, spending, it
is thought, $40, 900 or S12, 600 on it, which
mum and shortly afterwards the Giant was
shipped to Colorado Springs, where it was
| planted. Cox describes his first look at the
Giant as follows
s'I went to Elkland, Jan. 18, 1877,'' said
Mr.. Cox. "About the 1st of February
Hull said his work was done, and on the
evening of March IL he came to me, all en-
thusiasm, and said Cox, want you to
see the old man; we've got him out all
! right. He gave me to understand that the
Giant had been baking whole year, and
think Hall made his own charcoal.
"When I entered the sice-house' the
Giant was lying on board supported by
two stout saw-horses. A derrick-like
structure stood over the kiln, and had been
used to take the Giant out. Barrels of
plaster of Paris, ground bone, ground
stone, clay and other materials were in
the corners, and there were many plaster
moulds lying about and on shelves.
"Hull was in ecstacies. The Giant was
dimly outlined by the light of an old coal
stove. Said he, Cox, would give 500 if
you could have been with Case and me the
night we took him out. We had rope
around his neck, and pulley up there, and
how we worked and tugged away on that
rope. went through torture-my whole
existence hung on that rope. 1t seemed as
if lived thousand years while we were
pulling him out, and when he hung up there
by the neck, tell you he looked alive; he
looked as if he was going to talk. Don't
tell me the people won't be fooled by this !,
So Hull went on in the most estravagant
talk. q
"Hull called my attention to the four
inches of tail which adorned the extremity
Of the figures backbone, and struck
match SO | could see it plainly. Said he,
Cox, look at that tail take hold of it
Then rising, for we were STOPPING, he
exclaimed, tthat tail alone is worth a mil
lion.'
81 called his attention to the fact that
the man was not perfect. He struck matches
to show me the difference in the toes He
said it would not do to have the man per-
feet; there was nothing perfect about it.
was made SO as to have it not like anything
ever discovered of the human or brute ere
alton. The arms, he said were made dis
proportionately long SO as to make it ap-
pear something between man and an ape
He explained how he had used $50 gross of
steel needles, which had been fastened in
lead, dozen or SO at aItime, and with these
he had gone over the entire surface of the
figure before it was baked, producing that
'goose-skin' appearance which has puzzled
scientific men.
"'suppose,' said I, some scientist pro-
poses to go into him, what are you going
to do9' 'oh,' said Hull, I've got that
fixed,' and he pointed to two places where
he said the scientist could have foot of
surface to work on, where they would be
sure to strike bone. If they want to go
in anywhere else, said he, we shan't let
'em.'n