Show Department of the Interior I Bulletin About Jensen Fossil Field f l In no other part of the world has has' there been found such a deposit of dinosaurian an and other prehistoric reptilian skeletons as have been heen taken from lands embraced in the dinosaur national monument in In northeastern Utah it it Is pointed out by a bulletin of the department of ot the interior says a Washington dispatch of oC May 18 IS Professor Earl B. B Douglas of or the Carnegie museum at Pittsburg i is 1 credited with the discovery of this thi most remarkable remarkable fossil field in and since that date until 1923 the Carnegie museum has b been at wor work uncovering ring its fossil remains Last year the Smithsonian anc and the University of r Utah continued l quarrying ing ingY Y work obtaining cx cx heat material Perhaps th the most r marka i I prize secured was the complete skeleton skeleton I Iton ton of the largest hront 1 known knowli to s the science science the Brontosaurus rus Louisae Lo isae as it a t has been christ christened cued ened In hi honor of Mrs Mrss lW Car Car- regie It 3 feet ling iong and I twenty fe fee feo ari a l i and amI stands stanc in this th hall of oC Vertebrate Paleontology 1 in 1 Pittsburg Probably in life it t weighed twenty tons Compared with such an animal the largest large t elephant would be as a dog to to- toa a horse l' l Altogether more than pounds of ot material including bone bon bone and matrix have been t taken ken from the the quarry and many skeletons skeleton some of ot which are all but complete have bee secured There has has' been very little duplication with the re result result re- re sult suIt that many strange and gigantic animals that inhabited the ear earth h in inthe inthe inthe the dim past have be been n made known I It is hoped that a a skeleton m may maybe maybe y be he worked ou out t In r relief lief protected from the elements and left in position position position tion for the entertainment en- en enlightenment and e en entertainment of ot the he ge general eral public One can conceive of of- of no more impressive impressive im im- and instructive project than to permit the visitor to see partly uncovered and protruding from the the surface and edges of the strata the bones and skeletons skeletons- of monsters lying where they were buried millions millions millions mill mill- ions ions of years ago in In- deposits of mud and sand which are now mere strata beneath thousands sands of of of- feet of other beds from which the noun oun- oun talus and mesas of or r the reg region ol have I been carved Such a a project is conI contemplated contemplated con con- in a bill which Congressman Congress Congress- I man Colton of Utah has introduced in the present cong congress The quarry is on top of it a sharp I ridge between two gulches A According Ac Ac According cording to the theory advanced by most most's s scientists who ha have e visited the region many dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals must have floated down sonic some ancient river from a source unknown and become become become be be- come imbedded in a s sandbar They Iy y for countless years until they were ere covered to great depth in the mud and sand Then came an upheaval upheaval up up- up-I up which forced the tho fossil bed beel to toI toOn toOn I On Last Page I BULLETIN ON OX JE JENSEN JENSE SE FOSSILS From Plague Page One an upright plane where it outcrops on the mountain tops From the quarry at the top of ot dinosaur di dinosaur di- di tr peak and from the peaks and ridges near by the fhe view is of much interest to the lover of the picturesque The rock formations upended aggregating about three miles mUes in thickness and nd representing deposits of at millions of ot years ears lie Ho Hoopen open to view stratum on stratum of various colors and shades High rugged hills deep gulches sharp ridges in the distance a picturesque river valley roll rolling ng plains bad had badlands lands and many other physical features fea fea- features fea- fea tures hires add to the of at atthe the scene The rhe dinosaur monument is easU easily reached by private automobile from I Jensen Utah on the Victory highway highway high high- way a between Denver Colo and Salt Lake It is only a short side trip of six miles to to the monument The town of ot Vernal is located twelve e miles west The nearest rail ap approach approach ap- ap is Watson Vatson Utah on on the Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin- Uin tah railroad a narrow-gauge narrow line connecting at Mack l Colo folo with the main line of the tho Denv Denver r 8 Rio Grande rande Western Vestern It i Is four fifty miles mites by auto from tram Watson Vatson to Ver Ver- nal 0 D |