﻿W. 
  E. 
  Hidden 
  — 
  Hayden 
  Creek 
  Meteorite. 
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  Art. 
  XXXYI. 
  — 
  The 
  Hayden 
  Creek, 
  Idaho, 
  Meteoric 
  Iron; 
  by 
  

   W. 
  E. 
  Hidden. 
  

  

  The 
  mass 
  of 
  coarsely 
  crystallized 
  meteoric 
  iron 
  here 
  

   described, 
  was 
  first 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  notice 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Parfet 
  

   of 
  Salmon 
  City, 
  Idaho. 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  dated 
  Oct. 
  3, 
  1895, 
  he 
  

   described 
  its 
  discovery 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  piece 
  of 
  supposed 
  

   meteoric 
  iron, 
  when 
  first 
  found, 
  was 
  just 
  twice 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   part 
  I 
  send 
  you. 
  It 
  was 
  kidney-shaped 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  condition 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  more 
  valuable 
  (interesting), 
  but 
  the 
  

   prospector, 
  who 
  found 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  a 
  twelve-foot 
  shaft, 
  

   on 
  Hayden 
  Creek, 
  Lemhi 
  County, 
  Idaho, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  

  

  Section 
  of 
  Hayden 
  Creek 
  Meteorite, 
  actual 
  size. 
  

  

  Agency 
  ground, 
  while 
  prospecting 
  for 
  placer 
  gold, 
  wondered 
  

   what 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  four-pound 
  

   hammer. 
  This 
  he 
  kept 
  up 
  at 
  odd 
  times 
  for 
  weeks 
  while 
  in 
  

   camp, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  he 
  came 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  agency 
  shop, 
  he 
  

   laid 
  it 
  upon 
  the 
  lap 
  of 
  the 
  anvil 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  fourteen-pound 
  

   hammer 
  succeeded 
  in 
  bending 
  it 
  one 
  way, 
  then 
  turned 
  it 
  over 
  

   and 
  bent 
  it 
  the 
  other 
  ; 
  this 
  he 
  kept 
  up 
  until 
  he 
  broke 
  it 
  in 
  two. 
  

   Finding 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  nugget 
  of 
  gold, 
  he 
  had 
  no 
  further 
  use 
  for 
  

  

  it 
  and 
  I 
  got 
  it 
  from 
  him 
  for 
  a 
  trifle 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  broken 
  the 
  metal 
  showed 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  fracture 
  to 
  be 
  almost 
  

   silver-white 
  and 
  was 
  quite 
  pretty, 
  but 
  time 
  has 
  oxidized 
  it 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  lost 
  its 
  luster." 
  (Signed) 
  J. 
  M. 
  Parfet. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  account 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  half 
  

   of 
  this 
  meteorite. 
  Since 
  I 
  recognized 
  it 
  at 
  sight 
  as 
  true 
  

   meteoric 
  iron, 
  and 
  realized 
  that 
  half 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  missing 
  or 
  was 
  

   probably 
  in 
  unappreciative 
  hands, 
  I 
  at 
  once 
  began 
  an 
  inquiry 
  

   for 
  the 
  missing 
  part. 
  Suffice 
  it 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  was, 
  after 
  many 
  

  

  