Eureka Reporter | 1903-08-21 | Page 4 | Caves Prove Mine of Bones

CAVES PROVE MINE OF BONES explorers find rema ns of extinct animals in shasta county cal several important discoveries of in terest to science have been made in the caves of shasta county califor nia by the party of explorers con ducted by prof john C merriman Merrl man of the geological department of the versify of california two new caves were discovered which proved very rich in remains yield ing up bones of animals now extinct and of a species hitherto unknown io to scientists bones of mountain lions bison wolf porcupine cave bear and ground sloth were found together with all the bones of the extinct porcupine aid aad also an almost complete specimen of small cave bear in one of these caves an old aradi tion had it that an indian woman wan cering about had stumbled into a well the bottom of which could never be reached this well was explored and bt at the bottom they found the skeleton of a woman fairia well preserved whom they judged to have fallen or t been thrown into the well about one hundred years ago