One of the hazards of the strip mines is a 

 peculiar, grey, exceedingly viscous mud. Shown 

 here are two victims, below, a grasshopper, 

 and above, a University of Chicago 

 Travelall. The grasshopper was rescued by a 

 geologist; the truck, up to its hubcaps in 

 the stuff, was pulled out by tractor. 



With the exception of the sponges, nearly all 



the major groups (phyla) of the animals now 



living are represented in the strip mines. The 



coelenterates, the jellyfish, are shown on 



pages 4-6. Echinoderms, which today include 



the sea cucumbers, starfish and crinoids, are 



also in the area. 



Scientists grc 



different phyla. 



worms, 



"Oliver Hardy," sc 



qualities. Both are 



names are cor 



the species a 



them is a Tully 



animal. 



Jenny Coyle, a young Antioch College co-op 

 student working at Field Museum, spent 

 many hours collecting at Pit Eleven. 

 Each member of the team had responsibilities 

 other than mere fossil collecting. Miss Coyle 

 was morale officer. 



Shabica waters the crew mascot, a "Pit Eleven 

 Plant," or "Barbed Wire Bush." This 

 nasty little plant was just one more hazard 

 faced by the collectors. Most of their 

 ankles are still scarred. 



Of the molluscs, collectors hav 



left, scallops, center, an 



ishingly, a squid. This find ai 



cover of the national journal, 



the earliest squid found so fc 



Hunter Johnson and his crew at sundown, 

 before the long journey home. 



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