Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1911 — Ivory In Siberia. [ARTICLE]

Ivory In Siberia.

i In vley of the rapid disappearance of the herds of elephants which formerly roamed in Africa, and the limited number of those animals remaining In Asia, attention has been called to the enormous supply of Ivory wMch exists In the frozen tundras of Siberia. and wMch, it is thought, will probably suffice for the world’s consumption for many years to come. ,TMs ivory consists of the tusks of the extinct species of elephant called mammoths. The tusks of these animals were of great qise, and are wonderfully aboundant at sdme places In Siberia, where the frost has perfectly preserved them, and In many cases has preserved the flesh of the animals also. : "