[meteorite-list] NPA 11-19-1908 Quinn Canyon (1st Nevada) Meteorite Found

[MARK BOSTICK]

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
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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.