Show gold filled elephant tusk found in mining claim seattle wash an AD authentic fossil tuble of the woolly elephant of tile the glacial or period with gold fillings like a modern tooth has haa been presented to the museum of tile the university of washington by edward squires who discovered it on a mining claim on dominion creek 40 miles from dawson yukon territory the tusk is ten feet long and weighs pounds the theory of nathan kresge museum caretaker and former alaskan Is that the relic was there when tons of earth with pay streak settled down so that gold nuggets were forced into the cracks of the tusk giving the effect of modern gold tooth fillings |