[meteorite-list] 1907 Ash Fall in Nome Alaska not Volcanic(?)

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:43 2004
Message-ID: <20031210000759.34032.qmail_at_web60302.mail.yahoo.com>

http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/more/bl-nomeash.htm


Ash Fall in Nome & Related Events

Norman Kagan has searched issues of the Nome Nugget
(NN) prior to October 21, 1910, and and Nome Gold
Digger (GD) of 1907 for articles of possible meteorite
strikes or related events, and has compiled the
following list. Thanks, Norm!

A. Regarding Ash of November 1907


NN, November 25, 1907 - Volcanic ash fell throughout
Gold Run country - Nome, Teller, Tin City. The source
is unknown but is not nearby - Aleutian Islands
possible.

GD, November 27, 1907 - Volcano active near Cape
Blossom, ash seen in Candle and Nome.

NN, November 27, 1907 - Some 280 tons of ash are
thought to have fallen on Nome.

GD, November 28, 1907 - Theory of meteor ash, not
volcano, fell in town - assayed at 30% iron

GD, December 5, 1907 - Mail carrier Erik Johnson
reports hard trip owing to meteoric dust over an inch
thick covering the ice of Norton Bay.

NN, December 6, 1907 - Ash 1 inch thick fell on Ear
Mountain between Nov. 24 and 25; strong winds were
blowing from Siberia.

NN, December 7, 1907 - Arthur Gibson of the Nome
Weather Bureau says the ash is not volcanic but
meteoric as it has a high iron content. He believes
the Andromedes meteors of Nov 23 and 24 caused the
fall. He has sent a sample to Washington for analysis.


NN, January 4, 1908 - Volcanic ash fell over all of
Innoko district, says letter.

NN, January 21, 1908 - Arthur Gibson has received four
samples of ash from other Seward Peninsula areas; all
differ in color and grain size, sent for testing.

NN, March 23, 1908 - A. Gibson received
acknowledgement of ash in Washington, D.C.

NN, August 28, 1908 - Volcanic ash, says U.S.
Geological Dept. analysis

NN, Sept 4, 1908 - Hobson of Hobson's Landing,
Kuskokwin says November ash was due to volcano some
sixty miles north of his place, witnessed eruption.

NN, Sept 9, 1908 - Alfred Brooks, local US Geological
Dept. man, says ash came from Siberia or the Aleutian
Islands.


B. Events ca. June 30, 1908

NN, June 30, 1908 - 20,000 acres burning between
Kokrines and Louden on Yukon River.
- Tundra fires raging at Jess Creek, and a Candle
throughout Seward Peninsula.

NN, July 1, 1908 - Huge fires along Yukon River, worst
ever, Penny River, Jess Creek and Fox River the past 3
days. Sam Simel's Anvik store destroyed.

NN, July 2, 1908 - Letter from eastern Siberian coast
reports strange winter weather: cold and disagreeable
from 30 to 50 below zero, strong winds from all
directions, only two days in February when miners
could work.
- Tundra fires burn in Kougarak District, Solomon Lake
and Penny River. Fires also on Koyuk River, Fish River
and east of Norton Sound.

NN, July 3, 1908 - Rainfall extinguishes tundra fires
above Penny River, Sunset Creek and Solomon Lake.

NN, July 4, 1908 - Tundra fires persist at Unalakleet.

C. Other News (Nome received ship and telegraphic
reports, wireless after 1910)


NN, July 13, 1908 (Philadelphia - July 11) Dutch
Steamer "Ocean," Capt. Benkert reports near hit of
large meteor some 200 miles east of Philadelphia.
Tremendous wave swept ship, cloud of noxious gas
forced men below decks, peculiar brown dust settled
aboard. Meteor shower continued for several minutes,
and sea was phosphorescent to horizon. This story
seems to follow another in which a ship was wrecked by
a meteor.

NN, Aug 24, 1908 (Salina, Kansas - Aug 23): Salina
shaken by nearby meteor strike.

NN, Nov 21, 1908 (Salina, Kansas - Nov 21): A large
meteor fell 3 miles north of Ellsworth last night -
exploded on impact, lit up area for 20 minutes.

GD, July 30, 1909 (Dawson, Yukon - July 10): Meteorite
found on #7 Big Skookum Gulch, off Bonanza Creek. It
weighed 35 lbs, was dense and smooth, dug out from
long ago.


Meteorites in the Circumpolar North:
<http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa060400a.htm>

All about Nome, Alaska:
<http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/nomeindex.html>




Last Updated on 12/9/2003 at 4:03:14 P.M. (Yukon Time)


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