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Show Interesting Historic Find. The Pall Mall Gazette reports that miners excavating near Starunia made an interesting historic find in the remains re-mains of a mammoth in excellent 6tate of preservation. Tho portions dug out Include two teeth, six feet In length, but In five or six pieces; Jawbones, parts of the vertebral column, and three or four yards of hide, upon which the hair is still fresh. Joints and other bones, and one foot of the animal. The remarkable state of preservation in which the skeleton was found is attributed at-tributed to the fact that the soil in the district Is permeated with mineral oils, earth wax and natural gaseg. I |