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March 5, 1857
The Weekly Portage Sentinel
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio
What is this article about?
A nearly six-pound tooth from a mastodon or saurian, estimated 4,000 years old, was discovered eight to ten feet underground on Mr. Love's farm in Hubbard, Trumbull County, while opening a coal mine.
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A Natural Curiosity.
We saw a tooth a day or two since, of an animal or reptile of the mastodon or saurian character, which would have been a feast to those who delight to examine the evidence of huge antiquity. The tooth weighed nearly six pounds, and was found upon the farm of Mr. Love, of Hubbard, Trumbull county, some eight or ten feet below the surface of the earth, by some men who were engaged in opening a coal mine. Some parts of it had become perfectly sound and in the natural state. According to the theory of some geologists, this tooth has been imbedded in the earth for a period of nearly four thousand years.—Canfield Sentinel.
We saw a tooth a day or two since, of an animal or reptile of the mastodon or saurian character, which would have been a feast to those who delight to examine the evidence of huge antiquity. The tooth weighed nearly six pounds, and was found upon the farm of Mr. Love, of Hubbard, Trumbull county, some eight or ten feet below the surface of the earth, by some men who were engaged in opening a coal mine. Some parts of it had become perfectly sound and in the natural state. According to the theory of some geologists, this tooth has been imbedded in the earth for a period of nearly four thousand years.—Canfield Sentinel.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Natural Curiosity
Mastodon Tooth
Fossil Discovery
Coal Mine
Trumbull County
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Love
Where did it happen?
Farm Of Mr. Love, Hubbard, Trumbull County
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Key Persons
Mr. Love
Location
Farm Of Mr. Love, Hubbard, Trumbull County
Story Details
A large tooth of mastodon or saurian character, weighing nearly six pounds, found eight or ten feet below ground on Mr. Love's farm during coal mine opening, estimated embedded for nearly four thousand years.