[meteorite-list] Mazapil Meteorite Newspaper Articles

[MARK BOSTICK]

Hello Svend,

While I can not help you track down the current whereabouts of Mazapil.  You 
might find the following two newspapers interesting.  The first is very long 
and I do not have it transcribed yet, the second is posted on my website.  I 
have PDF's copies of each available via e-mail upon request (~800kb. each).  
Mazapil will get a direct newpsaper article link on the site later tonight.

I will be leaving here within the hour (on vacation), however I have hired 
helper now, she has worked with me before and seems to have a good handle on 
things and should be able to handle almost all inquiries.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com

Paper: Washington Post
City: Washington, D.C.
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1909
Page: Magazine Section, Page 1

(Part of a long article on meteors)

Meteors Like Little Pebbles

     The former of these was a bolide which came to earth in France on Aprl 
4, 1905, a shower of Lyraids simultanesouly attracting the heavens the 
wondering gaze ofthe people of western Europe.  Of this hot visitand the 
Saxon Chronicle records that one of the eyewitnesses "cast water upon it, 
which was raised in steam with a great noise of boiling."
     The later instance was observed at Mazapil, in Mexico, during the 
Andromede rain of November 27, 1885.  That which was described asa ball of 
fire struck the ground, and when cool was found to be a piece o firon 
weighing 8 pounds, and containing nodules of graphite.  These two bodies 
came into reach during a display of shooting stars.  But they lack 
observation concerning their radiant point; therefore there is no ground for 
associating them with the simultaneous phenomenon..

(end)

Paper: La Porte City Progress
City: La Porte City, Iowa
Date:  October 5, 1887

A Metallic Fragment from Another World

http://www.meteoritearticles.com/znp10051887.html