Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-03-30 | Page 8 | Nevada Desert Was Once Rich Pasture Land

Nevada Desert Was Once Rich RichI I Pasture Land rOV LOVELOCK LOCK Nev United Press The Ti barren stretches ot of Nevada once ince furnished rich pasture land for thousands of animals its vall vat val l leys ye were covered with deep wa- wa tars of the ancient Lake Lahotan und Its mountains were covered with verdure is 19 the theory advanced ad- ad vax iced by John T. T Reid Lovelock naturalist naturalist- In U n of the finding of the Metacarpal bone of an elephant by road builders in a gr gravel vel pit at tile the depth of twenty I The head of a buffalo Which had been found in a gravel pit lt I four miles southwest of Lovelock was donated to the University ot of Nevada Reid recently said discovery was considered of special Importance in the study ot of old Lake Lak which not so long ago covered the entire area In which tho city of of Lovelock i is now located At that time probably not longer than 10 years yeal'S ago the lake was at greatest g height LOvelock was under 32 fc feet t of water rhe fhe head or of a species of extinct extinct ex- ex horse continued Reid was found In the gravel banks northwestward north north- northwestward westward of PyramId lake MOre recently recently- only two years ago the thebon bon bones s ot of an extinct species of horse Was found near Woolsey It Iti i il probable the bones or of the two horses came from the same ame cies However there have been found in various parts of the west west- C em 1 area bOnes of threE t types pes ol of horses All these signify that these animals were numerous and ranged over considerable considerable consid- consid erable ot of the western continent The buffalo did not confine him him- eel to the prairie regions of the middle w west st but he he- too was at animal that ranged all over the west The discovery that has just been mad made establishes that the buffalo must have been very veory pu pu- hereabouts to h have ve his remains found In two widely separated SOp sep and It tells a story as well that not over a thousand nd years ago ngo perhaps much lel these des deserts were fertile to such an extent as to have provided food for countless numbers of wild ani- ani nials