[meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo

[Dawn & Gerald Flaherty]

Poor Barringer. It had already been carted away. Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JKGwilliam" <h3chondrite at cox.net>
To: "Walter Branch" <branchw at bellsouth.net>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo


> Walter,
> It isn't well known, but there were some "hidden caches" in various shops
> and homes in Northern Arizona.  Several years ago, I talked with a person
> in the Kingman area who reportedly had literally tons of Canyon Diablo
> meteorites in storage.  Although I never got him to disclose the actual
> weight of what he was sitting on, several contacts did tell me that he had
> "a whole room full."  Someone else told me they saw several boxes of rusty
> iron meteorites in the back room of a rock shop along Interstate 40 (Route
> 66) back in the 1980s.  This could be the same place or it could be two
> different locations.
>
> I'm sure that there is a lot of CD material stashed away throughout
> Arizona.  Five or so years ago, I was visiting the father of an old friend
> of mine and saw a picture of him (as a young boy) with a big iron
meteorite
> that I estimated to weigh 70-80 lbs.  This 85 year old fellow told me how
> he and his father had driven to Meteor Crater back in the 1930s and
> returned home to Globe (Arizona) with the big iron in the back of their
> Model T.  It sat on the front porch of their house for a couple of decades
> until the family moved.  No one seems to remember where it is now, but
they
> thought it was left on the porch because it was too heavy to move to
> Phoenix.  When I asked him why he and his father had made such a long,
> rough trip (on mostly dirt or gravel roads) he told me it was a popular
> thing for the copper miners in the Globe/Miami/Superior area to do for
> recreation!
>
> There is also the possibility that some meteorite hunters are still
working
> in the strewn field even though it is now illegal.
>
> Best,
>
> JKGwilliam
>
>
>
>
>
> At 10:04 AM 6/28/2005, Walter Branch wrote:
> >Hello Everyone,
> >
> >Would someone please tell me where all the Canyon Diablo is coming from?
I
> >used to not see as much Canyon Diablo but now I see kg upon kg on ebay
and
> >sites.  I presume plenty was available the Tucson show.
> >
> >I mean, has some hoard or hidden cache been found?
> >
> >-Walter Branch
> >
> >
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