[meteorite-list] NP Article, 05-1939 Goose Lake Meteorite Found
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:00 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV138iZYjW0nz00002d46_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01C38398.A11C9B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Reno Gazette =20 City: Reno, Nevada =20 Date: Thursday, May 04, 1939 Page: 16 METEOR IS FOUND IN MODOC LAVA COUNTRY OAKLAND, Calif., May 4 (AP) - Three scientists fought their way along= a seven-mile mountainside trail of boulders and fallen trees in far-nort= hern California today to bring out what they called "the finest specimen = of meteorite ever found on the Pacific coast." It weighed 1 1/2 tons. Prof. Earle G. Linsley, director of Chabot observatory here, sent wor= d from the isolated area in the Modoc national forest, five miles south o= f the Oregon line, that the meteor would arrive here by truck Saturday. The tall, sandy-haired scientists, in terming the meteorite the "fine= st specimen" found on the coast, estimated it fell one thousand years ago= . The ground beneath it was not dented, and Prof. Linsley theorized the = meteorite fell when glaciers covered the area, and settled gently as the = ice melted. He said it would be known as the "Goose Lake" meteorite because it wa= s discovered in the Goose Lake area forty milrs from Alturas, Calif. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------- One of the largest meteorites ever found in the United States has bee= n discoverd in the barren lava county of Modoc National forest in norther= n California, officials of the United States forest service reported toda= y. Weighing between one and three tons, the solid metal body takes a pla= ce among the nation's seven largest known meteors. The wedge shaped mass= is reported to vary from one to three feet in width and is four feet lon= g. C. A. Schmidt of Oakland made the find last October while deer huntin= g on the Modoc forest with two companions. He confided his discovery to = forest service officers and since than a number of scientists and represe= ntatives of the scientific institutes have become interested in the falle= n body. The Smithsonian Institute of Washington, D. C. has taken a parti= cular interest in the discovery since all meteorites found on government = land become the property of the institute. It was believed that consider= able difficulty will be met in hauling the heavy object to civilization. Schmidt, accompanied by Professor Earle G. Lindsley of Mills College = and Chabot Observatory, Oakland, and Dr. H. H. Nininger, scientist and ou= tstanding meteor authority from Denver, Colo. packed in to the wilderness= lava beds this week to study the meteorite. The party is being assisted= by forest service rangers. Preliminary analysis shows that the meteorite is composed largely of = iron. The extent of surface oxidation is said to be quite limited, indic= ating that the body had fallen in geologically recent years. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01C38398.A11C9B20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> <DIV align=3D= left><B><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helveti= ca, Arial Narrow">Paper: Reno Gazette </FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft= ><B><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, = Arial Narrow">City: Reno, Nevada </FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><B><= FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial= Narrow">Date: Thursday, May 04, 1939</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft>= <B><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, A= rial Narrow">Page: 16</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHe= lvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"><BR></= FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, He= lvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dle= ft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, A= rial Narrow">METEOR IS FOUND IN MODOC LAVA COUNTRY</FONT></DIV> <DIV alig= n=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvet= ica, Arial Narrow"><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelv= etica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"> &= nbsp; OAKLAND, Calif., May 4 (AP) - Three scientists fought their way alo= ng a seven-mile mountainside trail of boulders and fallen trees in far-no= rthern California today to bring out what they called "the finest specime= n of meteorite ever found on the Pacific coast." It weighed 1 1/2 t= ons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Ari= al, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"> Prof. Earle G= . Linsley, director of Chabot observatory here, sent word from the isolat= ed area in the Modoc national forest, five miles south of the Oregon line= , that the meteor would arrive here by truck Saturday.</FONT></DIV> <DIV = align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-he= lvetica, Arial Narrow"> The tall, sandy-haired scientists, i= n terming the meteorite the "finest specimen" found on the coast, estimat= ed it fell one thousand years ago. The ground beneath it was not de= nted, and Prof. Linsley theorized the meteorite fell when glaciers covere= d the area, and settled gently as the ice melted.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align= =3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helveti= ca, Arial Narrow"> He said it would be known as the "Goose L= ake" meteorite because it was discovered in the Goose Lake area forty mil= rs from Alturas, Calif.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelv= etica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow">--------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV a= lign=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-hel= vetica, Arial Narrow"> One of the largest meteorites ever fo= und in the United States has been discoverd in the barren lava county of = Modoc National forest in northern California, officials of the United Sta= tes forest service reported today. Weighing between one and three t= ons, the solid metal body takes a place among the nation's seven largest = known meteors. The wedge shaped mass is reported to vary from one t= o three feet in width and is four feet long.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dle= ft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, A= rial Narrow"> C. A. Schmidt of Oakland made the find last Oc= tober while deer hunting on the Modoc forest with two companions. H= e confided his discovery to forest service officers and since than a numb= er of scientists and representatives of the scientific institutes have be= come interested in the fallen body. The Smithsonian Institute of Wa= shington, D. C. has taken a particular interest in the discovery since al= l meteorites found on government land become the property of the institut= e. It was believed that considerable difficulty will be met in haul= ing the heavy object to civilization.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FON= T class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Na= rrow"> Schmidt, accompanied by Professor Earle G. Lindsley o= f Mills College and Chabot Observatory, Oakland, and Dr. H. H. Nininger, = scientist and outstanding meteor authority from Denver, Colo. packed in t= o the wilderness lava beds this week to study the meteorite. The pa= rty is being assisted by forest service rangers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3D= left><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica,= Arial Narrow"> Preliminary analysis shows that the meteorit= e is composed largely of iron. The extent of surface oxidation is s= aid to be quite limited, indicating that the body had fallen in geologica= lly recent years.</FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, = a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></DIV></BOD= Y></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01C38398.A11C9B20-- Received on Thu 25 Sep 2003 08:10:05 PM PDT |
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