Paper: Nevada State Journal City: Reno, Nevada Date: Friday, May 05, 1939 Page: 3 Finest Meteorite Specimen Found on Pacific Coast Moved to Oakland Soon; Located Recently in Modoc County OAKLAND, Cal., May 4 - (UP) - The Goose Lake meteorite, pronounced the finest specimen ever found on the Pacific coast, will be brought to Oakland from remote Modoc county Saturday morning. Prof. Earle G. Linsley, astronomer at Chabot Observatory, announced Thursday. The meteorite, weighing 3000 pounds, was found recently by a party of hunters 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. Linsley in describing the find as one of the most important in meteorological history. Because the huge fragment was foundon national forest property, it ultimately will go to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, but that organization has given permission to keep it indefinitely in Oakland or at the San 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 trucked to Oakland. Prof. Linsley believes the meteorite fell approximately 1000 years ago when 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 the 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 meteorite 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. |
