Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1890 — Mountain of Clam Shells. [ARTICLE]

Mountain of Clam Shells.

A mountain of clam shells has been discovered about three mileß east of Mount Vernon, Va. ltis\>ver ria hundred feet high and has a surface of soil nearly a foot thick. Underneath this clam shells abound to the level depth. There are trees growing on the mountain which show an age, judging by the rings about the heart, Of from 150 to 200 years.