52 MIGHTY ANIMALS 



to dig into the hillside. This meant heroic labor, 

 for, as the rock was hard instead of being somewhat 

 soft, as is often the case with the rock in which 

 Dinosaurs are found buried, the cutting away of 

 the stone was a difficult undertaking. 



After the rock containing the skull had been 

 loosened from the hillside and signs of other bones 

 were revealed, the men felt reasonably confident that 

 a large part of the Dinosaur's skeleton would be found 

 extending back into the bluff. To get it all out would 

 mean at least a year of work and perhaps two years. 

 So preparations were made for a long stay in this 

 desolate region, where there was no hope of their 

 seeing any other human beings except an occasional 

 sheep herder or cowboy. Two men were sent back to 

 Medicine Bow to get some extra supplies and mail 

 a report of the discovery to the museum. Soon after 

 this every man in the party had settled down to his 

 long task. 



Presently it was found that it would be necessary 

 to make a tunnel into the bluff in order to reach the 

 bones. Knowing from past experience that such a 

 method might have to be adopted, the men had 



