﻿TT. 
  M. 
  Foote 
  — 
  New 
  Meteorite 
  from 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  65 
  

  

  Art. 
  TIL 
  — 
  Xote 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  Meteorite 
  from 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  

   Mountains. 
  Eddy 
  Co.. 
  New 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  bv 
  TTarrex 
  M. 
  

   Foote. 
  With 
  Plates 
  I 
  and 
  II. 
  

  

  On 
  nearing 
  Fort 
  Stanton, 
  Arizona 
  Territory, 
  while 
  on 
  a 
  

   westward 
  journey 
  in 
  IS 
  76, 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Bartlett 
  of 
  Florence, 
  A. 
  T., 
  

   saw 
  a 
  meteor 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  heavens 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction 
  

   and 
  fall, 
  with 
  a 
  report 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  cannon, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  account 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett 
  to 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  B. 
  

   Biederman. 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  gentleman 
  is 
  due 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  

   securing 
  the 
  specimen 
  to 
  science 
  and 
  furnishing 
  the 
  historical 
  

   data 
  here 
  given. 
  

  

  Continued 
  inquiry 
  in 
  the 
  Pecos 
  country 
  was 
  fruitless 
  until 
  

   by 
  chance 
  a 
  small 
  sample 
  of 
  native 
  iron 
  was 
  presented 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Biederman, 
  for 
  assay, 
  and 
  proving 
  to 
  be 
  meteoric, 
  led 
  to 
  

   the 
  locating 
  of 
  the 
  mass 
  through 
  the 
  first 
  finder, 
  a 
  shepherd, 
  

   named 
  Beckett. 
  

  

  The 
  latter, 
  in 
  a 
  sworn 
  statement, 
  says 
  that 
  he 
  found 
  it 
  while 
  

   herding 
  m 
  the 
  lower 
  foot-hills 
  of 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  Mountains, 
  

   Eddy 
  Co., 
  N, 
  M., 
  about 
  twenty-three 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  a 
  

   place 
  called 
  Badger. 
  It 
  rested 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  limestone 
  hill, 
  

   where 
  it 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  depression, 
  and 
  was 
  partly 
  buried. 
  He 
  

   could 
  find 
  no 
  other 
  pieces. 
  Mr. 
  Biederman, 
  heading 
  a 
  search 
  

   party, 
  found 
  the 
  mass 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  indicated, 
  and 
  with 
  much 
  

   labor 
  dragged 
  it 
  six 
  miles 
  over 
  the 
  desert 
  to 
  a 
  wagon 
  road. 
  A 
  

   long 
  search 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  party, 
  but 
  nothing 
  else 
  could 
  be 
  

   found. 
  It 
  is 
  complete, 
  save 
  for 
  about 
  500 
  grams 
  of 
  fragments, 
  

   broken 
  off 
  by 
  Beckett, 
  and 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  1500 
  grams 
  sawed 
  off 
  

   after 
  it 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Foote. 
  

   Its 
  appearance 
  indicates 
  that 
  no 
  rupture 
  occurred 
  through 
  an 
  

   explosion 
  during 
  its 
  flight 
  nor 
  by 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  fall. 
  The 
  

   small 
  fragments 
  mentioned 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  analysis 
  and 
  the 
  

   making 
  of 
  a 
  knife. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  mass. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  typical 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  class 
  

   of 
  siderites, 
  weighing 
  complete 
  about 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty- 
  

   seven 
  kilograms, 
  with 
  general 
  dimensions 
  of 
  about 
  80x60x20 
  

   centimeters. 
  The 
  exterior 
  exhibits 
  in 
  a 
  splendid 
  manner 
  the 
  

   characteristic 
  markings 
  of 
  meteoric 
  iron. 
  On 
  the 
  flat 
  side, 
  

   shown 
  in 
  Plate 
  I, 
  are 
  two 
  cup-shaped 
  pits 
  of 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  cen- 
  

   timeters 
  diameter 
  which 
  constitute 
  a 
  remarkable 
  feature 
  ; 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  depressions 
  or 
  ;i 
  thumb-marks 
  " 
  of 
  3 
  to 
  tt 
  cm 
  diameter, 
  

   which 
  cover 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  are 
  also 
  reproduced 
  

   in 
  minute 
  detail. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  fragments 
  were 
  removed 
  the 
  octa- 
  

   hedral 
  cleavage 
  and 
  lines 
  of 
  crystallization 
  are 
  noticeable 
  to 
  a 
  

  

  Am. 
  Jour. 
  Sci.— 
  Fourth 
  Series, 
  Yol. 
  Ill, 
  No. 
  13.— 
  Jaxuary, 
  189' 
  

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