A MAMMOTH MAMMOTH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 187, 7 September 1871, Page 7

A MAMMOTH MAMMOTH.

"The Cincinnati Gazette," May 2, siys: — Quite an excitement has been created of late in Clark County by the discovery of the fossil remains of an unknown anim-il near Plattsville, on the road between Springfield and London. Some labourers engaged iv digging a ditoh on the farm of Alexander Poorman, last week, threw out sundry peices of bones, which, however, failed to elicit their attention. Mi*. Poorman chanced to pa=sa by the scene of their: labours, and his dog brought up from the bottom of the ditch a fragment; of bone which attracted his attention, and he caused further excavation to be made, which resulted in unearthing a part of the skeleton of a mammoth of gigantic and unparalleled proportions; Two tusks were discovered eleven feet eight inches in length. They bore the appearance of having boon broken off, and with the dissevered fragment must have measured full twelve feet inlength. The diameter of the base was seven inches. Several teeth of the monster were also found, measuring nine inches in length and as thick as a man's arm. Two or three of the vertebra were also discovered, and our informant stated that ho saw* a mnn thrust his fist through the cavity formed by the decomposition of the spinal marrow. The discovery of the remains caused as we have said, considerable excitement. Trains which passed Plattsville stopped to, allow pasongers to view the remains. One or two scientific gentlemen have already visited tV»« spof., but the place of flic new (msH in the animal ersati n has not yet boeii ass'gnad.