Show gravel pits in indiana yield bones of mastodons TERRE HAUTE IND gravel pits near here are becoming a able source of important geological information according to dr rob ert karpinski indiana state teach ers college geologist he is directing excavation work in the city gravel pit where workers uncovered a hip joint of a tone elephant dr karpinski said the elephant may have been a mas todon hairy mammoth or a columbian elephant which trod southern indiana 20 to 50 years ago he expects to make positive didenti fi cation when more bones are un covered several months ago a group of small boys discovered what dr karpinski identified as a mastodon tusk measuring 12 feet in length |