International Meteorite Society <<<< what's this????? Does this have anything to do with Steve Arnold?
MC ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:55 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] NEWS RELEASE > NEWS RELEASE SENT OUT TO MAJOR CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS > UNKNOWN TO GENERAL PUBLIC > > IMS International Meteorite Society Chippewa Lake > Ohio- > > Famous meteorite hunter Harvey Nininger during the > summer of 1931 wrote a meteorite news story for the > Canadian Saskatoon Star. He stated farmers could have > easily hauled meteorites to their rock piles. He > explained how to recognize meteorites, stressed the > importance of recovery, and how he was offering a cash > reward. Later a farmer by the name of Ward contacted > Mr. Nininger and sent him about 200 pounds of > meteorites in return receiving a check. In the 1931 > correspondence with Mr. Ward he told Mr. Nininger of > "the big one that got away." Before he learned the > true value of the dark rocks he had thrown away the > largest one he ever found. "We were filling up a well > about seventy or eighty feet deep" he related. "I was > hauling rocks to fill it up. And this particular rock > was so heavy we used a team to pull it up onto the > stone-boat, and then when I got to the well it was all > I could do to dump it. I tore my hands rolling it into > the well." Later Nininger used a magnetometer in 1950 > to find the old well and recover the meteorite. He was > meant by failure due to the technology at the time and > granite with magnetite. I was alerted to this > meteorite after reading Find A falling Star by Harvey > Nininger. Later IMS contacted the village of > Springwater and had them do a tax search for a Mr. > Ward. The current property owners where located and > the amount of $100,000 was offered upon recovery which > is pending further cash offers are in the works. IMS > contacted Martin Beech at Campion College University > of Regina (306) 359-1216. To be a part of the recovery > of this Springwater Meteorite. One dealer sells > Springwater at $50.00 dollars a gram > > http://fernlea.tripod.com/sale4.html > > Listed under Springwater > > IMS has access to a Ground Penetration Rader which > cost $50,000.00 IMS will be able to locate the well > rather easily in a plowed over field then proceed with > recovery. IMS suspects meteorite at 300 lb. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list