'; ?>
click to enlarge |
||
---|---|---|
Lismas Montana July 8 1910 Dear Professor Osborn: I found Pete in camp working on the Trachodon when I arrived. He has been here a week and made great progress. "The specimen is crushed to about the same extent as the Cope Trachodon and bone is similarly preserved. It has a well preserved skull and jaws and is complete from skull to the middle of the tail. Fore and hind limbs are preserved but some phalanges are missing, I cannot tell how many. The ribs are poorly preserved but apparently all are present. Only a few cheverons are preserved. Although the bones are not as well preserved as the Hunter specimen it will require much less supply parts to make a mount and is an choice specimen. I should estimate that on man could clean restore and cast all missing parts in twelve months. The field work expense on this specimen will be low as it is easily excavated. I have another good prospect near here but have not determined what it is. Will ride to the Mussel shell River next week, I am not tough enough yet to begin such a hard ride. The horses are in fine condition they had a mild winter here and grass was good. The spring however has been very unfavorable, very little rain with extreme heat and blunt winds. Grass looks like it did in September last year. All those tables lands between Glasgow and the river are settled. Dozens of shacks all over the prairie. I doubt if many of the settlers can remain on account of the drought. One day last week the thermometer registered 112 in the shade. Sunday it was 108. Mr. Willis and family are in Glasgow. He is in real estate and implement business. I took dinner with them. They all inquired for you and Fairfield Jr. Claude is running the ranch and I believe more successfully than did his father. Al Laddinett tends bar at the new hotel so could not cook for us this year. We have a very good man by name of Davenport. If we are not delayed by rains and do not find more material I shall follow my schedule on time for the work goes rapidly. I enclosed check for $100 to apply on my note. Please again accept my thanks for this favor. Mail does not come to us often this year but I will write as often as possible to send letters. Very sincerely yours Barnum Brown |
||
BACK (1910-JUL-02) | NEXT (1910-JUL-13) |