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

[Gerald Flaherty]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector at msn.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:34 AM
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.
>
> (end)
>
> 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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