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dc.creatorRankin, Porter
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-03T19:28:41Z
dc.date.available2024-10-03T19:28:41Z
dc.date.issued1960-05-16
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/66237
dc.descriptionLetter from Porter Rankin to Oscar Monning about the Moab iron.
dc.relationOscar Monnig Papers (MS 124)
dc.rightsPrior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph.
dc.sourceSeries III, Box 07, Moab, Utah folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectMoab iron
dc.subjectMoab (Utah)
dc.subjectRankin, Porter
dc.titleLetter from Porter Rankin to Oscar Monning
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionMay 16, 1960 Mr Oscar Monnig Ft Worth Texas Dear Sir: I am sending today by motor freight the iron meteorite it weighs forty five pounds and was found by C.M Sims of Midland Texas whose address is 1007 Missouri St (In Rear Apt) Sims is now employed by Branch Roofing Co of Midland whose address is 3103 West Kentucky phone MU22751 - Sim's does not have a phone - Sims found this meteorite in 1954 while employed by Conkling Bros of Midland as a surveyors assistant either chainman or flagman. A Mr. Bob Cohen now a farmer at Littlefield Texas was with Sims at the time he found it. Seems it was aon floor of Hatch Canyon which is 75 miles west of Moab Utah this is in Crimson Cliff area near Fiddler Butte. This canyon is over 700 ft deep, a road had to be basted down face of cliff only 4 wheel drive vehicles can negotiate it. X on inclosed scrap of map shows approcimate location. I have bought this from Sims and would like to get as much as $400.00 for it if possible. REgards Porter Rankin


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    The files are arranged alphabetically, usually according to the location of discovery of the meteorite. The files contain correspondence and research material on the meteorites in the collection.

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