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Rick
Prince Find
Licking
County, Ohio
Photos
and information provided by Jonathon Gephart, Newark Ohio, nephew of
finder.
| In about 1983, at a strip
mining operation near Brownsville, Ohio, Rick Prince noticed
this siltstone object firmly embedded in an extensive shale wall
about 18 m (60') below the terrain surface. It was
extricated by over an hour of careful chipping.
This stone bears an
obvious resemblance to a human face, and Mr. Prince had it
examined by several geologists that observed evidence of
artificial modification. The only remaining
documentation of this is the typed index card shown below,
received by "Marilyn", whom Mr. Prince remembers as
being the director of the Ohio Historical Society in Newark,
Ohio. It is
thought to be from a geologist working with the Ohio Historical
Society. |
| In addition to the seeming
improbability of a human-carved stone appearing at such a
depth, the shale in which it was embedded would have, in this
area, been covered by a layer of earth pushed in by the
Illinoian glacier at least 130,000 years ago. And of
course being encased in hard shale is a further mystery.
Below is a note
from Mr. Prince shortly after the discovery. |
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