Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — NUTS MILLION YEARS OLD [ARTICLE]

NUTS MILLION YEARS OLD

Interesting Fooeils Recently Found by the United States Geological Survey. Among the fossils recently discovered by the United States geological survey are remarkably well-preserved impressions or casts of leaves of sevaral extinct varieties of ash, oak, beech and hickory, which were found, with three present-day species, tn states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Youth’s Companion. Although the leaves themselves have rotted and tone, here and there some were burled tn soft day by sediment in such a manaer as to leave perfectly preserved liopressiona. The nuta, on the other hand, neither decayed nor petrified, but fell into pools of water, which is one of the beat preservatives In nature, and sooner or later were also burled under silt And clay. Owing to their hard shells, those that fell Into places favorable to their preservation are today In excellent condition, although slightly flattened by the long soaking and the gentle pressure of the clay. The deposit In which the leaves and nuts were found Is not less than a million years old.