Newspaper Article about Deport Man Selling Meteorite for $64

dc.creator	Deport Times
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-05T17:48:36Z
dc.date.available	2023-06-05T17:48:36Z
dc.date.issued	1940-05-16
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/58961
dc.description	Newspaper clipping detailing J. J. Gray selling the 12 pound Deport Meteorite for $64 to Mr. Monnig.
dc.relation	Oscar Monnig Papers (MS 124)
dc.rights	Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph.
dc.source	Series III, Box 06, Deport Iron, 1933-1977 folder
dc.subject	Meteorite
dc.subject	Deport (Tex.)
dc.subject	Gray, J. J.
dc.title	Newspaper Article about Deport Man Selling Meteorite for $64
dc.type	Article
dc.description.transcription	Texas Press Clipping Bureau Dallas From Deport May 16 1940 (Texas) Date (Deport) Deport Man Sells Meteorite for $64 That supposed meteorite found last week by J. J. Gray on his farm northeast of Deport turned out to be the real thing and he sold it Monday to a Fort Worth meteorologist for $64. The meteorite weighed about 12 pounds. Mr. Gray, did not say what he intends doing with the money, but one farmer suggested that if he were in his shoes he'd buy a pair of field glasses and give that farm a good going over.

Records of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery [2825]
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