[meteorite-list] NP Article, 05-1939 Goose Lake Meteorite To Be Moved
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV57CGGRVo1KQ00016f91_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C32544.931CD510 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Nevada State Journal =20 City: Reno, Nevada =20 Date: Friday, May 05, 1939 Page: 3 Finest Meteorite Specimen Found on Pacific Coast Moved to Oakland Soon; L= ocated Recently in Modoc County OAKLAND, Cal., May 4 - (UP) - The Goose Lake meteorite, pronounced the fi= nest specimen ever found on the Pacific coast, will be brought to Oakland= from remote Modoc county Saturday morning. Prof. Earle G. Linsley, astro= nomer at Chabot Observatory, announced Thursday. The meteorite, weighing 3000 pounds, was found recently by a party of hun= ters five miles south fo the Oregon state line. Dr. F. C. Leonard, of the= astronomy department of University of California at Los Angeles, and Dr.= H. O. Webb of the U.C.L.A. geology department, concurred with Prof. Lins= ley in describing the find as one of the most important in meteorological= history. Because the huge fragment was foundon national forest property, it ultima= tely will go to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, but that organiz= ation has given permission to keep it indefinitely in Oakland or at the S= an Francisco Exposition. Prof. Linsley returned to the find Thursday to arrange for moving it out = of the mountains. It will be necessary to drag the meteorite by horses a = distance of seven miles, meanwhile cutting a trail. Then it will be truck= ed to Oakland. Prof. Linsley believes the meteorite fell approximately 1000 years ago wh= en the Modoc county district was covered either by ice or a heavy fall of= snow. He bases his belief on the fact the stone did not bury itself in t= he ground, but was gently deposited with the melting of the ice or snow. Alturas, the nearest town to the scene of discovery, will celebrate the m= eteorite when it passes through there Friday. Prof. Linsley said the meteorite will be displayed at the Alameda County = Zoological Gardens Saturday, and Sunday at Charbot Observatory. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C32544.931CD510 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: Nevada State Journal </P> <P>City: Reno, Nevada </P> <P>Date= : Friday, May 05, 1939</P> <P>Page: 3</P></B> <P>Finest Meteorite Specime= n Found on Pacific Coast Moved to Oakland Soon; Located Recently in Modoc= County</P> <P>OAKLAND, Cal., May 4 - (UP) - The Goose Lake meteorite, pr= onounced the finest specimen ever found on the Pacific coast, will be bro= ught to Oakland from remote Modoc county Saturday morning. Prof. Earle G.= Linsley, astronomer at Chabot Observatory, announced Thursday.</P> <P>Th= e meteorite, weighing 3000 pounds, was found recently by a party of hunte= rs five miles south fo the Oregon state line. Dr. F. C. Leonard, of the a= stronomy department of University of California at Los Angeles, and Dr. H= . O. Webb of the U.C.L.A. geology department, concurred with Prof. Linsle= y in describing the find as one of the most important in meteorological h= istory.</P> <P>Because the huge fragment was foundon national forest prop= erty, it ultimately will go to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, b= ut that organization has given permission to keep it indefinitely in Oakl= and or at the San Francisco Exposition.</P> <P>Prof. Linsley returned to = the find Thursday to arrange for moving it out of the mountains. It will = be necessary to drag the meteorite by horses a distance of seven miles, m= eanwhile cutting a trail. Then it will be trucked to Oakland.</P> <P>Prof= . Linsley believes the meteorite fell approximately 1000 years ago when t= he Modoc county district was covered either by ice or a heavy fall of sno= w. He bases his belief on the fact the stone did not bury itself in the g= round, but was gently deposited with the melting of the ice or snow.</P> = <P>Alturas, the nearest town to the scene of discovery, will celebrate th= e meteorite when it passes through there Friday.</P> <P>Prof. Linsley sai= d the meteorite will be displayed at the Alameda County Zoological Garden= s Saturday, and Sunday at Charbot Observatory.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please v= isit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and met= eorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C32544.931CD510-- Received on Wed 28 May 2003 07:11:35 PM PDT |
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