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E. E. Roivell — Beaver Creek Meteorite. 



Art. LII. — Beaver Creek Meteorite • by 

 Edwin E. Howell. 



In the number of "Science" dated July 21st, 1893, I 

 gave a brief history of this meteorite as then known, and pro- 

 posed the above name from the stream near which it fell. 



The accompanying cut gives a 

 fair idea of the stone as first seen 

 by me. It measured 6x7x9^ 

 inches and weighed 22J pounds. 

 About 3 or 4: pounds had been 

 broken from the bottom as shown 

 in the cut. The original weight 

 must have been approximately 26 

 pounds and the length 12 inches. 



After repeated efforts and much 

 correspondence I have been unable 

 to secure any more of the fall. 

 The reports at first stated that two 

 smaller pieces of a few pounds each were seen to fall. This 

 however seems to have been a mistake, as only one other piece 

 of 4 or 5 pounds so far as I can learn was seen. A portion at 

 least of this smaller pipce was broken into fragments and dis- 

 tributed the same as the most of that which was broken from 

 the larger mass before it came into my possession, July 6th, 

 1893, by purchase from Mr. James Hislop, a Civil Engineer, 

 who found and dug it up the morning after it fell and brought 

 it to Washington. It buried itself in the earth about 3 feet — 

 2 feet in soil and 1 foot in hard pan. 



The direction of the hole was south 60° east, true meridian, 

 and at an angle of 58° with the horizon. Fresh earth was 

 scattered about the hole in all directions, but farthest (10 feet) 

 in the direction from which the stone came. 



It fell between the hours of 3 and 4 P. M. May 26th, 1893, 

 near Beaver Creek, West Kootenai District, British Columbia, 

 a few miles north of the U. S. Boundary and about ten miles 

 above where the creek joins the Columbia River. 



The report was heard by persons within a radius of nearly 

 twenty-five miles, and it was believed by many who heard it 

 that larger pieces must have fallen than those secured. The 

 stone is a typical aerolite of very pronounced chondritic struc- 

 ture, has the usual fused black crust, but has one feature 

 unlike any other meteorite with which I am familiar. Beneath 

 the crust there is a slight oxidation for a distance of from one- 

 half to three-quarters of an inch which seemingly must have 



