"The indications are, indeed, flattering for our recovering the greater part of the animal's 

 fossil remains; and it will be an almost invaluable fossil treasure. There is no building in 

 Laramie large enough to contain it; and when we get it here we shall probably place it 

 temporarily on the campus. 



" Our work has been interrupted by snow. I have taken up the land on which I found 

 the fossil under the placer mining laws of the United States, and we shall work as rapidly as 

 possible in restoring our great prize to a normal condition here at Laramie." 



For many years Wyoming has been known to contain some of the world's most noted 

 fossil fields. Since 1877 the State has been known to have the petrified remains of the largest 

 land animals that ever lived. 



Professors Marsh, of Yale, and Cope, of the University of Pennsylvania, began the study 

 of these colossal animals in 1877. Professor Cope continued in their study until the time of 

 his death, less than two years ago, while Professor Marsh* is still at work upon them in his 

 elaborate monograph for the United States Geological Survey, for which the greater part of 

 his material has been obtained in Wyoming. From 1877 until 1888, Professor Marsh had field 

 parties continually at work in this State. During the greater part of this period his work 

 was in charge of Mr. Reed. 



In the summer of 1894 the University of Wyoming began work in the field to secure a 

 complete collection of fossil remains of these great animals. During the past three years 

 Mr. Reed has spent his entire summers in this work of collection, with a result that he 

 has brought to the western university more than fifty tons of the bones of these huge reptiles. 



His recent great discovery is believed to make the University's collection of Dinosaur 

 fossils the greatest in the world. The Wyoming fossil beds, as far as known, are richest in 



* As we go to press we learn of Professor Marsh's death. 9 



