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Miner's major discovery
April 17, 2011, Sunday
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A miner has found a fossil from a shark jawbone deep in a central Kentucky mine.
The fossil was found in February in Webster County, Kentucky, where 25-year-old miner Jay Wright was working to bolt a roof 210 meters underground. The 300-million-year-old black jawbone is believed to be from a shark from the Edestus genus that once swam the seas over what is now Kentucky.
Jerry Weisenfluh, associate director of the Kentucky Geological Survey in Lexington, said a fossil this large is rare. It's now on display in the lobby of the University of Kentucky's Mines and Minerals building.
The fossil was found in February in Webster County, Kentucky, where 25-year-old miner Jay Wright was working to bolt a roof 210 meters underground. The 300-million-year-old black jawbone is believed to be from a shark from the Edestus genus that once swam the seas over what is now Kentucky.
Jerry Weisenfluh, associate director of the Kentucky Geological Survey in Lexington, said a fossil this large is rare. It's now on display in the lobby of the University of Kentucky's Mines and Minerals building.
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