HUNTINGTON. — SMITHVILLE METEORIC IRON. 



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records it is obvious that portions of the original mass from Cocke 

 County were distributed far and wide ; and since only small portions 

 have found their way into museums, it is not surprising that they have 

 been turning up so frequently. 

 Thus we have : — 



Tazewell County 



x * *' 



\ /V 



Thus we see that about a ton of this iron is still missing, and, 

 though some of it has been used up at a blacksmith's forge, other 

 pieces are known to have been deliberately buried and dug up again 

 to sell as samples of iron or silver mines, while others still have been 

 carried to long distances, treasured by the owners as silver or some 

 other metal of value, and this has been going on for more than fifty 

 years. 



At this late date, therefore, it is impossible to form any conclusion 

 in regard to the original distribution of the irons under discussion, or 

 to determine whether only one mass originally fell, or whether there 

 was a large shower, spreading over a considerable area, as in the case 

 of the Canon Diablo meteorite recently studied. 



That in several cases specimens in our cabinets under different 

 names came from this original Cocke County mass is more than 



