New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02
4 FOSSIL NAN.
AN ALMOST PERFECT SPECIMEN FOUND
IN NEVADA.
From The Boston Herald.

IN Ne ' ALA
From The Boston Herald
the train came a man, into dray ana over the
bridge 70 South Boston into high brick BUILDING:
truck 70 4 corner under skylight the passelgsr
iron. scrap brass and potpoaTri of odis and ENDS
&I copper lead ara ENC. me STRANGER has been
To such cared 10 view his persoal-
is estimated at from IG55 to Sto years HIS 'risRt
name Is Lnkho~s, PGt' IN the ltn{laSe or science,
weight in sold.
The, The fogs o.: Il was dgs up some weeks ago on
tTe sock car inventor. discovered II, ana promptly
been shipped here with a view U its ultimate
resting place in some museum. Meanwhile. any
one interested IN FOSSILS et9noegy areheo9sy;
SroloSy or any OF the kindred o!osies Is invited
CO. No IS West Second-st.. South Boston. View The
II is a remarkable specimen, The preservation
Of every part is HAWKES. Il is the form Of vel
od ag ii ap2%renIy a. the time Of death Ezgerts
'S '-T ana me let are Hot tnose O. M
American rel man. II resembles more The remains
Indian or not can hardly be determined without
e1aminatIon Of the strata in which the body was
\ '.Heral3'' representative viewed the man O;
rdse %6sTe he found Frof9ssor Go % OF JF
te-'oOC} NiSedin re-Gy - listen 70 the story ~
for an examlnation OF the fossil Professor Gordon
the last nine months he has been making elmo
iogical and archaeological Investigations. HIS opn-
question III is easily demoHsyra5-s mar h IS
a true fossil FurthermoTe us the only foss.. Of
us hlnd ever found The thins reminds me more
getting out Of Ponpei This spscimea S similar 10
nose from the buried city. The only difference $
hardened lava in Pompeh are being nlled by aster
GI pafS 10 make the casts while here nature per
of THIS fo5 fh 59 I soaA o oa1 n NhIt Is 2s
careful! study Of the strata from which IL was
leNS o. SeaIS-3Nu thlS IS QLte pFOba bie-tEs
fossil is very very od IN that ease this speceu
hlsht nave great value IN determining the pred
ecSSsoTS u The Indian on this continent"
both Of which were broken on lust above the
ankle when the body being exhumed.
This would indicate that complete accommodation
plsAed. This fact seems 10 prove that Il was 3
the fossil However. as said. nothing a6soIuts
can DC determined until earefa study of the sur
~, PROFESSOR Gordon would not hazard guess on
He declared that il not the body Of Indian.
he 9aT td4T well III for Ti and ea
with high brow indicatiHs sood intellect Es
those OF a man who had worn shoes, or at leas;
The Nevada State Journal the local paper at
EeIiG. gives THIS explanation Of the formation o.
at The stone man was found in s9ring GutieS;
seam 81 clay. With gravel above and below il The
body was found on the outer curve OF the guIcn.
bedrock II is undoubteGiy the fossil Of a man
drowned in an old lake The body became iInbedtsd
in the mud az the bottom. which hardened as the
waters receded, and left an eNIct impression, o.
the body. which later deCOmpOsed and vanished N
gases Subsequently this clay mould was nled
with with The deRositonS Of stream which later flowed
The body petrifed while lying IN rest
full pose, the left side uppermoSr. The right hand
rests easily just over the heart while the et IeS
on the left thigh The face is turned go that tae
head would be supported at the base OF the skull
Some day museum may claim the man OF stone,
and he Will be brushed up and given bath Ano
sent on wagon with easy springs TO where a'
may star forever and "A day in big glass case
But Just now he Is hobnobbi1s with junk bSrre-s.
laid out In box of thick planEiug, much IKE .
coffin, half buried in straw and with the po"celJ
dust of Nevada in his sightess eyes. a terror -
small children. a Curio TO the lalty, and per
sonage much sought after by OF science