Show I FINDS RARE GEMS IN BIRDS American Klondlker Presents to Canada Can-ada Many Specimens Found In Gizzards of Ptarmigans Ottawa Ont Wilson Foster Klondike Klon-dike prospector has presented the Dominion museum with 10000 specimens speci-mens of minerals secured In the Klondike I Klon-dike region gold topaz opals etc Many of the specimens were taken from the gizzards of ptarmigans and grouse found in the rich mineral bearing bear-ing districts of tho Yukon They represent rep-resent almost every kind of precious stone except diamonds While prospecting here Foster noticed no-ticed tho birds always picking away at stones and trapping many he was astonished at tho variety and value of tho stones found In their gizzards One curiosity ho is giving to the museum is a mastodons tooth weighing weigh-ing 14 pounds Ho will present to the British museum mu-seum at London where ho is going a collection made up of 50000 specimens speci-mens of minerals probably one of the largest collections in the world Fosters baggage consists of two trunks but In these two ho has not less than 2000000 mineral specimens from all parts of the Yukon Foster is a native of St Louis |