Title: The Beaver Creek Meteorite Authors: Edwin E. Howell
Between the hours of 3 and 4 P. M. on the 26th of May last, a meteorite was heard by many persons, and three of the fragments were seen to fall near Bearer Creek, West Kontenai District, 13. C., a few miles north of the United States boundary. The two smaller of these fragments, weighing perhaps 5 to 6 pounds in all, were picked up at once; the larger one, weighing about 25 pounds, was not found until the next morning. It made a hole in the wet earth about three feet deep, two feet in soil and one 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. On the 6th inst. I saw and purchased this stone from Mr. James Hislop, a civil engineer, who found it and brought it to Washington. It is a typical aerolite of very pronounced chondritic structure. It is completely coated with the usual black crust, except at one end, where about three pounds have been broken off and scattered, like the two smaller stones, mostly among mere curiosity hunters. The mass now weighs 224 pounds, measures 6 x 7½ x 9½ inches, and approaches in shape an acute octahedron. I propose for it the name of Beaver Creek, from the stream by the banks of which it fell, A microscopical examination and chemical analysis will be made soon. Washington ,D.C
