[Geology2] Mammoth discovery near Snowmass Village is of rare unfossilized bones

Mammoth discovery near Snowmass Village is of rare unfossilized bones
The Denver Post, 10/21/2010

In a valley pocked with the decaying bones of dormant building projects,
the recent unearthing of a well-preserved and intact mammoth skeleton
has triggered a celebration. "It's nice to be talking about something
exciting for a change," said Jack Hatfield, commissioner for Pitkin
County, where the recession's pinch has idled dozens of construction
projects. The potentially 30,000-year-old bones of an Ice Age mammoth
were pried from a peat bog last week as crews worked to deepen a
water-storage reservoir on the outskirts of Snowmass Village. "It's
definitely a treasure trove," said Ian Miller, a paleontologist with the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, as he first visited Ziegler.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_16392182

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