Canfield council updated on mastodon bones

CANFIELD A search continues for the body of a mastodon in the city, City Manager David D’Apolito announced at this week s city council meeting. “The Mahoning Valley Archeological Society contacted me about doing a soil study in Fair Park,” D’Apolito said. “They are trying to locate the rest of the mastodon that was on display at the Canfield Historical Society.” He said a team was sent in to take soil samples around the area of the park where the mastodon skull was reported to have been found. The skull was put on display last spring at the Canfield Historical Society’s Bond House. Information the society obtained showed the skull was dug up near a bog next to Smith’s Pond. On Wednesday, a team took soil samples with a hand auger, according to D’Apolito. “There was no heavy equipment used in our park,” he said. Results of the dig are not yet known. In other business, D’Apolito praised John Rapp and the Public Works crews for handling a big water main break directly under the turning