Hi Mike and list. I lived in Oroville for 30 years.
>From the local historical archives, here are a few
extra notes on the Oroville iron. It was seen to fall
at the turn of the century, early 1900's. The impact
point was estimated to be up on Table Mountain, a
volcanic mesa that sits several mile
Hi Bernd, Yes you are right on the date, the near
turn of the century should have been just before not
just after. I switched something else A Ekman did on
both dates that led to my confusion. The site is
consistent still. Spring Valley is north of Oroville.
Around 1900 Oroville took up mainly
Hi Dave,, regarding your post to Mike F., I have to
agree with Mike. In my opinion the material has no
chance to survive after all this time, being what it
is. As a mining engineer and geologist I've spent a
lifetime mining gold from tertiary gravels. At 30
million years old, the only things in
Just had a bizarre thought that I have no answer to.
Has anyone ever tried bringing out the widmanstatten
pattern with a chemical free etch? I was remembering
a fellow who liked to "frost" the busts of coins using
a scaled down sandblasting outfit. He would mask the
unetched areas with rubber ce
Good morning all, the morning news just showed a
corkscrew smoke trail from some sort of incoming that
happened at 6 pm Thursday evening over New Mexico. The
report had no further details, save for the
authorities, by process of elimination, concluding it
must have been a meteorite due to lack of
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