Denver Museum of Nature & Science Will Begin Excavation of Snowmass Mammoth Site on Tuesday, November 2

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Oct 29, 2010, 07:47 ET

Several Additional Mammoths and a Mastodon Tooth Have Been Discovered at the Site this Week

DENVER, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Denver Museum of Nature & Science will begin excavation of a significant Columbian mammoth fossil site near Snowmass Village on Tuesday, November 2, after reaching a written agreement today with the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District for the donation of the fossils. Several additional mammoths and a mastodon tooth have been uncovered by work crews at the site this week, making this one of the most significant scientific discoveries in Colorado history.

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