[meteorite-list] NPA 02-26-1941: Nebraska Meteorite Sound to Nininger (Potter?)

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Sep 25 12:43:30 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-F9zqNwiGnSqJIc00009c6c_at_hotmail.com>

Paper: Nebraska State Journal
City: Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 1941
Page: 8


     Joe Kaszmarek and Cecil McKinney farmers in the Dix neighborhood out in
Western Nebraska, recently cashed in on two "rocks" that have been
interfering for years with farming operations. Kaszmareck finally got
around to the point of satisfying a long-entertained curiosity as to what
made them so heavy, and consulted a local man who had geology his hobby for
years. He said it was a meteorite that had probably fallen 400 or 500 years
ago, and referred the farmer to Dr. H.H. Nininger of Colorado museum of
natural history, who deals in meteors for resale to universities. The one
on McKinney's farm was pronounced to be a splinter. The farmers got paid $7
a pound for their "rocks."


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Hello everyone,

(I'm back). The above article might be the Potter meteorite. Which was
recognized in 1941 in The Potter meteorite was recognized in 1941 during
Cheyenne County, Nebraska. Cheyenne County is located in western Nebraska.
However, reading Nininger's Find a Falling Star, Nininger starts the story
of the Potter meteorite, "One hot summer day...", which rules this out,
unless this was an error. Any thoughts on what meteorite it was?

Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com
Received on Sat 25 Sep 2004 11:58:13 AM PDT