----- Original Message ----- From: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 11-19-1908 Quinn Canyon (1st Nevada) MeteoriteFound
Paper: Reno Evening Gazette City: Reno, Nevada Date: Thursday, November 19, 1908 Page: 3 (of 8)
Big Meteorite Found on a Nevada Desert
TONOPAH, Nev. Nov. 19. - A meteorite weighing about 4000 pounds was yesterday placed in the vaults of the Tonopah Banking corporation, by the purchases, Eugene Howell.
The meteor was found near Goat Ranch springs, about 125 miles east of Tonopah.
Professor W. P. Jenny, the geologist and mining engineer who was employed some time ago to examine the meteor, caused an assay to be made in Tonopah, and one in Rochester, New York. Both assays showed that it contained from 5 to 10 per cent of nickel, and about 90 per cent of meteoric iron. Upon sawing off a section, the Widmanstantian figures were shown very plainly. This one test proved beyond a doubt that it was a meteor. The figures are peculiar, however, in that they are grouped in different manner than usual, being equilateral triangles overlapping.
The metal value of the meteor is only about $400, but as it is a most remarkable specimen, it will probably sell for many times that amount.
It was found only partially imbedded in the ground, showing that it must have struck at an angle. The exposed portion of the meteor shows unmistakable evidence that it landed in a molten or semi-molten condition.
This is believed to be the meteor which in 1893 passed over Candelaria going from west to east, passing over the present site of Tonopah.
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This article refers to the Quinn Canyon meteorite. Nevada's first meteorite find. Fellow Meteorite Times columnist, Bob Vernish, has a nice web page on this meteorite, as part of his "Nevada Meteorite Picture of the Day" feature.
http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/nvpod-archive/03-07-01.htm
Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas http://www.meteoritearticles.com http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com http://www.imca.cc
http://stores.ebay.com/meteoritearticles
PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those on my website), is available upon e-mail request.
The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
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