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  H. 
  L. 
  Preston 
  — 
  Two 
  new 
  American 
  Meteorites. 
  

  

  was 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  Mexican 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  further 
  search 
  

   for 
  more 
  pieces 
  but 
  found 
  none. 
  He 
  had 
  picked 
  this 
  piece 
  up 
  

   about 
  five 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  Socorro, 
  near 
  the 
  hamlet 
  of 
  Luis 
  

   Lopez. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1896, 
  the 
  mass 
  as 
  found 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  

   possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  JB. 
  Fitch 
  of 
  Magdalena, 
  N. 
  M., 
  who 
  

   retained 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  possession 
  until 
  June, 
  1899, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  

   purchased 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Ward. 
  

  

  From 
  its 
  near 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  hamlet, 
  we 
  will 
  

   designate 
  this 
  siderite 
  as 
  the 
  Luis 
  Lopez 
  meteorite, 
  Socorro 
  

   County, 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  An 
  analysis 
  by 
  Mariner 
  and 
  Hoskins 
  of 
  Chicago 
  gave 
  

  

  Fe 
  91-312 
  

  

  Ni 
  - 
  8-170 
  

  

  Co... 
  -160 
  

  

  Si 
  - 
  trace 
  

  

  P 
  -333 
  

  

  S 
  ._ 
  __ 
  -013 
  

  

  C 
  -012 
  

  

  100- 
  

   Specific 
  gravity 
  7*7. 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  New 
  Mexico 
  has 
  been 
  somewhat 
  prolific 
  

   in 
  new 
  meteorites 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years, 
  it 
  is 
  perhaps 
  

   advisable 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  this 
  find 
  to 
  five 
  others, 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  six 
  siderites 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  parallelogram 
  of 
  about 
  

   three 
  hundred 
  miles 
  by 
  ninety. 
  

  

  1st. 
  We 
  have 
  the 
  Costilla 
  Peak 
  of 
  about 
  35 
  kilograms, 
  

   found 
  in 
  August, 
  1881, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  slope 
  of 
  Costillo 
  Peak 
  

   about 
  210 
  miles 
  N.KE. 
  of 
  Socorro, 
  described 
  by 
  P. 
  O.' 
  Hills. 
  

  

  2d. 
  Glorieta 
  Mountain. 
  Three 
  masses 
  of 
  24-26, 
  53 
  - 
  38 
  and 
  

   67*12 
  kilograms, 
  that 
  were 
  apparently 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   mass 
  originally, 
  and 
  several 
  smaller 
  pieces 
  found 
  in 
  May, 
  1884, 
  

   on 
  Glorieta 
  Mountain, 
  120 
  miles 
  N.N.E. 
  of 
  Socorro, 
  described 
  

   by 
  Geo. 
  F. 
  Kunz. 
  

  

  3d. 
  El 
  Capitan, 
  of 
  about 
  28 
  kilograms, 
  found 
  in 
  1893 
  on 
  

   the 
  north 
  slope 
  of 
  El 
  Capitan 
  Mountain, 
  90 
  miles 
  S.E. 
  of 
  

   Socorro, 
  described 
  by 
  E. 
  E. 
  Howell. 
  

  

  4th. 
  Sacramento 
  Mountain. 
  237 
  kilograms, 
  surmised 
  to 
  

   have 
  fallen 
  in 
  1876 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sacramento 
  Mountains 
  120 
  miles 
  S.E. 
  of 
  Socorro, 
  described 
  by 
  

   Warren 
  M. 
  Foote. 
  

  

  5th. 
  The 
  Oscuro 
  Mountain, 
  of 
  about 
  6 
  kilograms, 
  found 
  in 
  

   three 
  pieces 
  Dec. 
  10th, 
  1892, 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  foot 
  hills 
  of 
  the 
  

   Oscuro 
  Mountains, 
  about 
  35 
  miles 
  S.E. 
  of 
  Socorro, 
  described 
  

   by 
  P. 
  C. 
  Hills. 
  

  

  