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This example of the reuse of bone isn't exactly what was requested, but
thought it might be of interest. The current issue of National Wildlife
magazine (Feb./March 1999, V.37, No. 2, inside back cover) contains a
photograph of a huge pile of bison skulls and bones with one man
standing on top and one at the base. The pile looks to be at least 30
feet tall and over 40 feet wide! There is no article accompanying the
photo, which was included as the magazine's "Final Frame" section.
The caption reads:
"REDUCED TO ASHES: In the late 1800s, bison skulls and bones were piled
high at the Michigan Carbon Works in Detroit, where they were burned
into char and then used by refineries in a process to whiten sugar.
Fifty million or more bison once roamed across America's Great Plains;
by the end of the nineteenth century, fewer than 1,000 survived."
The photo is credited to the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit
Public Library.
Laurie Paonessa
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