The Chicago Tribune, Indianapolis Star, & Terre Haute Tribune Star newspapers are all reporting stories of coal miners recently finding the fossil remains of a mastodon at Vectren’s Black Panther Mine in Sullivan County, Indiana. The miners are being praised for stopping operations and setting aside the soil surrounding the remains for review by scientists.
Here are links to the news stories:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-mastodonbones,0,7063154.story
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090818/NEWS/908180373
http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_230115433.html
More info on mastodons can be found here at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon
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