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CASE OF THE FACE-DOWN SKELETON. Around 1880, a skeleton was found on land only a few yards from where [[DUBUQUE, Julien|Julien DUBUBUE]] had once operated a [[LEAD]] smelter. The skeleton was buried only two or three feet deep. From the appearance of the bones, it was estimated that the skeleton had been buried for thirty or forty years. The teeth suggested the skeleton was of a man between the ages of twenty-five and forty. | CASE OF THE FACE-DOWN SKELETON. Around 1880, a skeleton was found on land only a few yards from where [[DUBUQUE, Julien|Julien DUBUBUE]] had once operated a [[LEAD]] smelter. The skeleton was buried only two or three feet deep. From the appearance of the bones, it was estimated that the skeleton had been buried for thirty or forty years. The teeth suggested the skeleton was of a man between the ages of twenty-five and forty. | ||
The | The unusual fact was that the body had been buried face down with the head directed down the slope of the hill. | ||
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CASE OF THE FACE-DOWN SKELETON. Around 1880, a skeleton was found on land only a few yards from where Julien DUBUBUE had once operated a LEAD smelter. The skeleton was buried only two or three feet deep. From the appearance of the bones, it was estimated that the skeleton had been buried for thirty or forty years. The teeth suggested the skeleton was of a man between the ages of twenty-five and forty.
The unusual fact was that the body had been buried face down with the head directed down the slope of the hill.
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Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=u9xDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA464&lpg=PA464&dq=Burton%27s+Furnace+%28dubuque+history%29&source=bl&ots=0CkCGLFR0v&sig=a0Ou1vN3ew6nQUYoq2aOJsXF9Mg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j3HVT5XALaP42QXVp9iFDw&ved=0CGgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Burton%27s%20Furnace%20%28dubuque%20history%29&f=false (page 503)