Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06

Reiteration of the Claim That 4, 4. q gen,
tine f1nd.

From the Pttsburv Corn usrcsai oarett.
In a room in the Seventh Avenue Hotel
ineiosed In q small wooden box. is an image
which has excited much disc assion and interest
among scientists since its discovery AZ the bot
tom of an artcsiAR well in Idaho two wears AGO.
IL Is in the possession Of the finder. Col NJ A.
kurtz. former Pennsylvanian. who served in
Col Tom Bayne's regiment during the war and
went west in iS6S
Speaking Of the image. Col. kurtz said that
II was drawn up by the sand pump from n
depth Of S25 feet below the surface Of the
ground lie had been drilling for water at
Nsmpa, twenty miles frome Boise CITY. and
curing the last few dave Of the operation he
himself had supc-intcnled the work Of boring
The strata through which the drill had PASSED
were composed Of sixty feet Of soil fifteen f..t
OF lava rock, quickSand CLAW. clay balls mixed
with sand, vegetable soil ana the original sand
stone.
We had been getting some OF the CLAW
balls, said Col. Kurt, land tho character 81
the sand was changing. had been At the well
Tor several days. aud ran the contents Of the
sand pump through NV hand Rs n was pnmped
OUT ielt the image IA NV hand aud sun
posed II was twig. but dipping 10 into bar
rel OF water aud washing Il "A found il 90 be
the image evidently OF a female figure. Here
1t is"
Col kuYZ opened . wooden box and dis
closed the Image
1t is just one inch and half long" he con-
tuned, and L. made OF baked clsy OF the same
material rs that pumped from the bottom 81
the We'll IL l., rs yol see. carved into the rem
resentAtion OF "A human figure. Looking at n
through a microscope YOU will see that the gen
era. proportions OF the body are harmonious
anu that the strokes Of the craving tool can lie
easily recognized Il Is nodded from CLAY an
analytical comparison with the balls of clay
found with 4; proving them OF the same nature
anu you observe that the work was stopped as
soon ~ the principal parts Of the body we're
outlined. There are no hands or feet aud the
night leg Is missing lfom the knee down Tb.ra
are three rude depressions upon the face, sug-
costing the eye orbits and the mouth"
lhe Tact OF the discovery 81 tins remnant 81
prehl-torIc art was comm unicatei TO Prof a
T. wright OF OberlIn by Charles Francis Adams,
president OF the Union Pacific railroad Who
beard al the image during a visit to Boise CITY
froi. Wright became much interested IN II and
entered INTO long correspondence with Mr.
hurtZ on the subject
Much doubt Was expressed at first as 70
whether the image had really been brought IN
from the bottom OF the we'll Ia WAS limited
that Mr. luhcs. citizen Of Nampa, who was
present when II Was cast mp. Mr.. kuriz or the
engineer might have made u themselves and
attempted joke. his. however. after care
fuI lnGllry into all the circumstances. was dis
proved. and at gene raj meeting Of the Boston
Society OF Natural History the image was ac-
cepted as yeriiable relic Of an ancient civil
ization.
The image is supposed 10 be many thousands
OF years old. Ii Is at least old ne the 325 feet
of deposit which covered At aud evidence of It's
age Is shown by deposit OF oxide Of iron over
ITS surface. Col. kurtz says that the discovery
interests archHclogists and INTERCOLLEGIATE
because of the opportunity Of making compare
sons between the civilization of the age il
represents and that OF the finds in Mexico. lie
supposos there Is reason TO believe that the
valley in which the image was found contains
reiics OF human beings and houses. He thinks
that they may have been buried in some up
heaval of a volcanic nature.
Col. hurtz has refused 20 give the image 10
any society. and says he will exhibit it at CHI
cago in 1888.