The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-20
THE FOSSILS
OF WYOMING
Interesting Researches Among Relics
Of Bygone Ages.
MANY AMERICAN COLlt0to
To BE Enriched 10y Funds FRO" i"''
Repository Of Prehistoric 'c"'"'"'
or the Flora and Fauna o"
our Continent

lrcr,o.,,orfouce of The Assoclatt" ~
IAHhNfiE. WYO.. sept. W l''l Pan ,c
Arocriran colleges ana museums go.
t.t.t.t the oucning of the college E'.l
b, rnrreccdentcd accesslohs ol 80.
,s.e'..,,s and students from as mann
l.,....t.,. having just spent lhD''"
,,...t... dino homes and vcgciaolc Ie.'i@lH'
~ millions of years from the '''.
81 wyoming Almost hundred
.lasts came to- this city as the su.-'.i,,.
Wilbur g. Knight OF ihe S'"to 49,, IN
e,d tho work of Quitting was "'he ""
49, his direction. Late in July i'i'-
,.,,lroso wound its lcisurely "A5 O~'
~ T.ra,nie for forty days Nah"'i
Ing in the wilderness .ro.,iro t,,,r
The visible results of the coHeC',7 '
are evidence that every scien'Sl '".,l
to good erect in the interest," OH "'a 80,
tuition The first held "i cons,,i t,ossils
,..,rtera1 al Cooper creek T"H'"
80 fourd abundant 500 rcd SANDS tone w
49,. Fov Hills formation SEVERN SP
t.s ,g,ra obtained that are believed TO ~
NON, to science Professor hiib"' ,,,
a variety OF pectim and professors ~
and Todd discovered pieces OF -
,.,..f, r,ro occurrence in this lorna
tlon. Mr.. Vincent galheItu w. $50, has
az dccdu0us leaves. lhs u'Po''' ~
,,o,.cr been described as occurring III 'ne
Nb1e ir camp the next day the eNpe-
a,.f,,, ,,i,,.ed am experience not ch7'"iha-
-, DURING midsummer The scientists
nicRed Alpine flowers ON the e1sea ~.
snow fields and pelted one anolheI W."
SNOW balls at am elevation ". ,.,,,ioess
Tho first shipment to Eastern 'o"e-'
mas made from Rock Greek station. ana
consisted mainly of shened forms OF pre-
A CLASSIC BLUFF.
The scientists studied with intense ln-
terest the classic Como niUl, N'
Yaie has drawn her dinosalr ut'9u', 49,
Twenty years ago Pf'iesso. N"'s"
,d nm these 0uarrics near Medlcihe LOW.
ord ,laccd the field work in the hahos on
~ suHston and vs.. II. Reed. Inc
forroer Is now in charge Of the Natural
history department of the university 1'
Kansas and Mr.. Reed rs an present ~
Letting for the Carnegie Hiu7
epite Of the previous thorough W'7p
,to,,, +ba Como exposure several Tee
,,erkahle finds were made. The party
fron the Gustavus Adolphus hoileBe' OF
Minnesota opened the grave OF hube
dinosaur. Several days were given TO tn'
exposure while the expedition moNeu Wv.
and the results indicate that pioiii'9ll5
quarry has been located Tor mex. 9y@'ol
work Professors Edquest ana heiHro
rrountlv posted a formal claim TO theI
discovery. which IS sufficient to hoid III
against an other scientific prospec tors.
Professor Charlton and his assistants
from Baylor University in ieNa9' DOT.
ca another dinosaur which becomes que
15etircti,.e property of their institution.
They also uucarthed piesiosaur inc
first 10 bee reported from TINS Io'Iha.io"
{, yVvomine other scientists opened Il
he'd of palm leaves which yielded some
splendid examples. q bed OF FOSSIL pants
related TO our present trees and over
half dozen new fossils Invertebrates thiel
among which was beauuiul .laI l7H
di-.overed by Professor Peck of Laiay-
cite College. Professor Knight tonno al
this point a saurian OF large uiileis-"Ho
chat remains as yet unidentified None
Of these animals can be removed TN next
season A choice saurian tooth was
uickcd up by Professor Brown OBJ '9'
Nlrgiuil. This tooth was black anu Dill
uantly polished. with both euses ueHl''r.y
serratcd Evcry member of the party
occurred a section of "a prehistoric sqWd
esb called the Bclmmite. This black con-
ioar fragment resembling "a torpedo once
contained ink for defensive warfare
Specimeus of this sepia sac nave neeh
found in wyoming sth preserving 'ne
ink through millions OF years. Professor
peoeher of Yale. once wrote "a label for
such "a specimen. using the Ink 10 mao pre-
served so successfully
The second shipment of specimens
amounted to thirty boxes averaging for
IL pounds in weight
SOME RICH BINDS.
THE expcaltion moved on 10 the Freeze
out Hills and spent several days in lhe
heart of the duosaur region Al sunrise
,..b morning the hil-siiCs We're covered
vim enthusiastic scientists hammering
at the exposed rocks. or eNcavating IN
.,,r,b of BONES. Am hour later they were
.tr,,reline down the hills with huge
srarment of fcmur or rio. Among those
Who were successful in prospecting at
this point were Professors Yates ana
Frov,n of Coe University, and professor
ronie Professors knight and Barbour
made a ioint discovery Of great impoi-
,sroe ID consisted of new fossils in the
fresh water Jura-sic. Up 60 this time no
@,..ns exce0t dinosaurs had been found
4, fhis formation. but those discovered al
this clmp included Lame.ioranches. Gas
teronods fshbones and teeth These
throw new light upon this period and are
REGARDED as among tie most important
results of the expedition work
The objective point of the seoiosisis or
lie party was the canyon of the Upper
platte river This great natural wonder
bas numbered in Obsclrity in spite of the
activity of the American sightseefs. IL
Is the last of the great gorges 10 be eN-
.snined boy scientists, and no adequate
,,,,,,iar or scientific description has ever
UIANN~NfI OF as i'iNtN+A NflNtN rt'ttt-
desr The FIRST photographs were taken
hv the scientists Of the party who had
e9uipned themselves with cameras. The
canyon is eight miles In length. and as DO
winds through walls that are I'm places
o,cr "a thousand feet high 1t presents "a
snectacle only equalled I'm the Grand can
,on OF the Colorado. The Platte Can
Won has an advantage over the better
known canyon I'm IT'S previous isolation.
lust north Of the canyon are located
one exposures OF the dinosaur bed. Or.
crook. OF Northwestern University. made
a remarkable discovery OF a huge animal
and remained several days behind his as
c,iates that no might take out the re-
mains. Professor Peck. OF Lafayette Col
lege found the grave OF huge ichthy-
ss,ir and many OF the party collected
valuable Jurassic material
MANY scientists are yet az work on their
cuarries and viii not give up the pursuit
nntn the snow flies The Carnegie
Museum collectors are devoting their az
tention 70 a double raftered" creature
with a long neck. tail and hind legs and
short fore legs the whole length OF the
animal being sixty feet. II stood twenty
feet high al the hips. the thigh bone or
fsmur being six feet hong and fifteen