Lost Labor: The cold, dark history of the Grand Rapids gypsum mines
Buried beneath 85 feet of Grand Rapids soil and bedrock lies a labyrinth — a maze of man-made and forgotten tunnels from the city's old gypsum-mining industry.
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Buried beneath 85 feet of Grand Rapids soil and bedrock lies a labyrinth — a maze of man-made and forgotten tunnels from the city's old gypsum-mining industry.
By Wyatt Loy A construction project in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that seemed fairly straightforward went awry in the best way possible earlier this month when workers digging a culvert discovered the ancient bones of a juvenile mastodon. Cory Redman, science curator at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, had no idea what to expect when he
Museum officials in Grand Rapids, Michigan, showed off mastodon bones that were unearthed last year during a drainage dig in the western part of the state and belonged to a
The bones from the near-complete skeleton were found by workers digging a drainage ditch in Michigan.
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — A selection of bones belonging to a juvenile mastodon who roamed the woods of Michigan 13,000 years ago is now on display at the Grand Rap