The Holly chieftain., 1900-11-16
MAMMOTH REMAINS.
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The evidences sf life belonging to
the preg:arial age are rare in Ca!i:Or-
ME; still a specimen has been discor-
cred near the cosnt in San Mateo coun-
", IL the statement cou.aine6 in
Haifmoon bay dispatch may be relied
upon. 4 weil-preserved skull Of :h~
mammoth j. said TO have been rccentiy
taken out of the bed OF Pilarcitos creek
by .ome boys who were employed in
hAu!iug sand at point abou, mile
.as, of Ha.fmoon bay. The skull is
reported to be bout five feet in length
and portions OF she tu.ks . foot long
are attached 10 j, and are six inches
in diameter st 'he junction with the
bone. These extend into the cerebral
cavity. Bones OF the mammoth were
.iSo found in the neighborhood some
years ago.
The discovery OF these remains. gays
the San Francisco Chronicle. is no
proof ths: the mammoth ever wan
dered at large during life in these paris.
The evidences are. OF course. indispu;-
able that great herds Of these preg.a-
:ial beasts pastnred in the valley OF ths
Yukon and on the shores o. Siberia
and the Behring sea. During some vio-
lent convulxion Of nature great ice
sheets enveloped the far north. and
preserved therein up to the presen.
time, hides. hair. flesh. bones and tusk.
being found in perfec, condition. Mine.
OF mammoth ivory were profitably
worked in Alaska long before the terri
tory became a field for the search o.
gold. These mammoth remains have
been discovered in the placers of the
hlondike and ~ other points in the
frozen banks OF the Yukon and its trib-
u,aries There would bc nothing i'm
probable in the assumption that the
mammoth remains now un-ar,hed on
Pnarcitos creek neur the shores o.
Haltmoon bay had been deposited a;
the point where found By j stranded ice
hoe brought down from the far north
NJ some remote period by the ocean
current which sweeps down the west
ern coast OF the continent.
The only evidences Of the ma ammoth
life which once inhabited the earth
found anywhere in the ricinit- were
the footprints OF the mammoth slotl,
which were uncovered in the Carson
tNev) sandstone quarrics. Wyoming
is the most fertile field on this CONT
nen', outside of .i!aska. for the fcssi.
remains o. n" gigantic animals which:
existed here in past geological ages.
The University Of Wyoming has .e-
cured from the sardstones Of that
state the largest and most perfect and
complete collection of these fo.sils ia
existence.
II any OF these gigantic animals ever
had their habitat ir California. the
changes which ice and flood and other
agencies have since produced have
swept away all traces of them. The
Calavcras skull o. prehistoric man
which Bre: Harte immor.alized in verse
belongs to the world Of fiction, not Of
fact. Even though, We are shor, on
fossil remains: it nigh, not tepulft
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tosd ef"tAs seatAesl4 4essAsSess y sh<'
dsseAssats dssoesaaat Of tAs Asr.ed
diASssas. :vAteh rsnssd from u - Is
fsss - lsaGtA aAA whese foasil ienaias
hsvs seen t1savHtea frsn.tAS,pn3ss.
Of Laramie. q tAst tAs ainsss iisassl
fesaa everywhere II tAa state7 Il tn
'dirset deseesAsSt Of ~ eiesssis
sssrtass ef the repttikaa ass.