[meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo
From: meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jun 28 19:29:15 2005 Message-ID: <062820052329.21254.42C1DD49000A5F8F0000530622007601809D0A9B029A080A9B079D010A9B0A03_at_comcast.net> They are being hunted now. Mike Farmer > Walter, > It isn't well known, but there were some "hidden caches" in various shops > and homes in Northern Arizona. Several years ago, I talked with a person > in the Kingman area who reportedly had literally tons of Canyon Diablo > meteorites in storage. Although I never got him to disclose the actual > weight of what he was sitting on, several contacts did tell me that he had > "a whole room full." Someone else told me they saw several boxes of rusty > iron meteorites in the back room of a rock shop along Interstate 40 (Route > 66) back in the 1980s. This could be the same place or it could be two > different locations. > > I'm sure that there is a lot of CD material stashed away throughout > Arizona. Five or so years ago, I was visiting the father of an old friend > of mine and saw a picture of him (as a young boy) with a big iron meteorite > that I estimated to weigh 70-80 lbs. This 85 year old fellow told me how > he and his father had driven to Meteor Crater back in the 1930s and > returned home to Globe (Arizona) with the big iron in the back of their > Model T. It sat on the front porch of their house for a couple of decades > until the family moved. No one seems to remember where it is now, but they > thought it was left on the porch because it was too heavy to move to > Phoenix. When I asked him why he and his father had made such a long, > rough trip (on mostly dirt or gravel roads) he told me it was a popular > thing for the copper miners in the Globe/Miami/Superior area to do for > recreation! > > There is also the possibility that some meteorite hunters are still working > in the strewn field even though it is now illegal. > > Best, > > JKGwilliam > > > > > > At 10:04 AM 6/28/2005, Walter Branch wrote: > >Hello Everyone, > > > >Would someone please tell me where all the Canyon Diablo is coming from? I > >used to not see as much Canyon Diablo but now I see kg upon kg on ebay and > >sites. I presume plenty was available the Tucson show. > > > >I mean, has some hoard or hidden cache been found? > > > >-Walter Branch > > > > > >______________________________________________ > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 28 Jun 2005 07:29:13 PM PDT |
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