[meteorite-list] NP Article, 06-1977 Claim Delays Old Woman Meteorite Research
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV1352MRy9icg00033f64_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0016_01C334DE.3898D4F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Lethbridge Herald =20 City: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Date: Saturday, June 18, 1977 Page: 9 $1 million claim delays meteorite research work OLD WOMAN'S MOUNTAIN, Calif. (AP) - A U.S. Marine helicopter dropped into= a crevice of this rocky desert moutain Friday and plucked out a three-to= n meteorite, the second largest found in the United States. The find had scientists mouths watering as they waited to cut into the th= ree-foot by four-foot rock that slammed into this wilderness hundreds of = years ago. The Smithsonian Institution's curator of meteorite, Dr. Roy Clarke, was a= t one site 200 miles east of Los Angeles and called the meteorite "very i= mportant scientific material." But the Smithsonian and scientists may have to wait before cutting on the= meteorite because three miners claim the rock is theirs and will go to c= ourt to keep it. The miners discovered the meteorite two years ago while searching for the= legendary Lost Arch Spanish Gold Mine. They told reporters that they fil= ed a claim in San Bernardino. "We always figured it was going to end up int he hands of the scientific = community." said David Friberg of Twentynine Palms. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0016_01C334DE.3898D4F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Lethbridge Herald </P> <P>City: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada<= /P> <P>Date: Saturday, June 18, 1977</P> <P>Page: 9</P></B> <P> </P>= <P>$1 million claim delays meteorite research work</P> <P> </P> <P>= OLD WOMAN'S MOUNTAIN, Calif. (AP) - A U.S. Marine helicopter dropped into= a crevice of this rocky desert moutain Friday and plucked out a three-to= n meteorite, the second largest found in the United States.</P> <P>The fi= nd had scientists mouths watering as they waited to cut into the three-fo= ot by four-foot rock that slammed into this wilderness hundreds of years = ago.</P> <P>The Smithsonian Institution's curator of meteorite, Dr. Roy C= larke, was at one site 200 miles east of Los Angeles and called the meteo= rite "very important scientific material."</P> <P>But the Smithsonian and= scientists may have to wait before cutting on the meteorite because thre= e miners claim the rock is theirs and will go to court to keep it.</P> <P= >The miners discovered the meteorite two years ago while searching for th= e legendary Lost Arch Spanish Gold Mine. They told reporters that they fi= led a claim in San Bernardino.</P> <P>"We always figured it was going to = end up int he hands of the scientific community." said David Friberg of T= wentynine Palms.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.co= m, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY><= /HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0016_01C334DE.3898D4F0-- Received on Tue 17 Jun 2003 03:39:13 PM PDT |
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