Brigham City Bugler | 1891-06-27 | Page 3 | The Mexican Monolith

I The Mexican Monolltli. i The removal of the great monolith. I the Goddess of Water, from the ancic-ni I Mexican city of Teotihuacan, is attract- I ing widcMpi-ead attention among scien- I tilic men. Tlie top of the statue is Ixdow the surface of t he surrounding plain, and ; as it isover ten feet lower, it is seen that ! the task of its removal is no ordinary one It is of granite, contains "JtU cubic feet of solid rock. Its weight is est i mat- ; edat 2o tons. A temporary railroad track i nearly three miles long will be laid from ! the station on the Mexican railway over i to the place where the statue now stands, j Its age is supjosed to be about l,4oU' years. Chicago Herald.