34 JOURNAL OF THE 



I must express my acknuwledgments to Mr. S. C. H. Bailey, 

 of New York, for most valuable assistance rendered in this com- 

 pilation. 



1. 



Alexander Meteorite. 



Locality — Cedar Creek, Alexander county. Not analyzed. 



This iron, weighing about iifty-six grams, was given by Gen- 

 eral T. L. Clingman to Mr. S. C. H. Bailey, of New York, about 

 the year 1875. It has not been analyzed, nor have I been able 

 to learn more of its origin. The piece, Mr. Bailey writes, is evi- 

 dently a fra2:ment from a larp-er mass, and is sufficiently charac- 

 teristic to be distinguishable from any other iron, though it 

 more nearly resembles the Sarepta (Russia) iron. 



Literature — 



Possessor — -Bailey (56 grams). 



2. 



Ashe Meteorite. 



Locality — Ashe county. Analyst — Shepard (?) 



The only reference that can be found to this mass is the fol- 

 lowing, coming from the American Journal of Science: 



" A fragment of meteoric stone from Ashe county, N. C, exam- 

 ined at the same time, was found to contain a marked quantity of 

 this principle (chlorine), the presence of which, however, was 

 accounted for by the fragment having been in contact with a 

 bag of salt as it was carried home by the person who found it." 



It is possible that this is the same as the Grayson county, Vir- 

 ginia, meteorite. 



Literature — Am. .Jr. Sc, 1st Ser. XLViii, p. 169; Rep. Am. Met., p. 34; Buch- 

 ner, p. 168. 



Possessor — Unknown. 



