434 W. P. Jenney — Great Nevada Meteor of 189 J^. 



Nye county, Nevada ; it was half buried in the soil. The place 

 where the meteorite fell is almost uninhabited except for a 

 few sheep herders ; it is situated 90 miles due east of Tonopah, 

 18 miles north of the Mount Diablo base line, and 100 miles 

 west of the Utah boundary. 



The mass is roughly oval in shape, as shown in figures 1 and 

 2 ; the dimensions are 44x34 inches on the base with a height 

 of 20 inches ; the estimated weight is 4000 lbs. The upper 

 surface is deeply channeled and pitted and covered with a thin 

 smooth skin of magnetic oxide which has protected it from 

 erosion ; even the lower buried portion is but little rusted. 

 The Widmanstatten figures appear on a smooth surface, 

 when etched, as closely spaced, brilliant lines on a black 

 ground; an octahedral structure seems to be shown on portions 

 of the surface. A partial analysis has shown the presence of 

 5 to 10 per cent of nickel alloyed with the metallic iron. 



The mass has been transported with much labor to Tonopah, 

 where it is now preserved.* It has been carefully handled, and 

 except for a few ounces cut off with a cold chisel by the pros- 

 pector who found it, it is now practically as it fell. A care- 

 ful inspection of the meteorite before it was removed from the 

 spot where it was found, led to the conclusion that its fall was 

 comparatively recent, probably within the last twenty years. 

 It is with much plausibility connected with the Nevada meteor, 

 described above, of February 1, 1894, since it was found just 

 about where the nucleus of the meteor might have been 

 expected to strike the earth. 



Tonopah, Nevada. 



* This meteorite has recently been acquired by the Field Museum of 

 Natural History at Chicago. 





