Mohave County miner., 1899-11-11
Grand Meteoric D.splay Coming.

human mind is the spectacle that will
be witnessed by nearly the entire civil
lied world on the night of Nov. Ii next,
when two thousand million miles of
meteorites traversing the heavens in a
fixed course will rush past the earth in
their never ending voyage through
space.
Upon coming in contact with the at
mosphere of the earth and subject to
its gravity, countless millions of these
| flying particles will fall aud become
ignited with the rapidity of their flight
The blue canopy of the heavens will
be lighted by great lines of vivid fire
crossing each other in every direction,
while dazzling globes of multi colored
flames will add to variety to the awful
splendor of this rain of fire, which is
one of the grandest spectacles of all
history.
The fact that they ignite and dis
solve on contact with the atmosphere
here is all that saves the earth from
destruction by them.
This spectacle, which will be visible
from Chicago, and, in fact, nearly the
whole surface of the globe, is the great
fall of the meteorites known as the
Leonids, so called from the fact that
the radiant point of the November
meteors is in the constellation Leo.
1t occurs regularly every thirty three
years, the last appearance being in
November, 1866, when it was viewed in
various parts of the world and led
many people to believe that it was but
the beginning of the earth's destruc-
ton by fire, the end of the world.
When reckoned by the figures of the
heavens the Leonids are mere infants,
yet Temples comet has according to
Professor Simon Newcomb, been dead
thirty-three hundred years The cause
for its explosion was the intense heat
generated by the terrific rate at which
it revolved while rushing through the
outer darkness of space. and the sight
as the great fiery body burst into
millions of molten fragments must
have been grand and awe-inspiring be-
yond the power of the human mind to
express.
Although the meteors revolve around
the sun in definite orbit the point of
their intersection with the orbit of the
earth moves forward at the rate of a
degree and half per year, thus throw
ing the advent of the meteors few
hours later each succeeding fall. For
example, the fall of 1893 occurred on
the night Of Nov. l3, while that of 1899
will possibly be delayed until the night
Of the 18th and morning on the 18th of
November. 1t is expected the showers
will reach a maximum about ! o. m,
and they will be more or less observ-
able during the evenings and morn
ings of the 10Th, 10th and 18th. At this
time of the year the constellation of
Leo, when at its zenith. is almost di-
rectly overhead to an observer in Chi
cago.
At the Chicago University's obsery
atory of Lake Geneva, the great Yerkes
telescrope at the North western oh
servatory in Evanston, and for the
first time since their history began the
Leonids will be the center of a syste
matte observation throughout the civ.
lived world, and many valuable re-
suits will surely be gained.
The Sierre Alto Copper Co. of Bos-
ton, which is represented by L. L.
Schultz, closed deal Friday with
james Burris, by which his property
on Cram mountain, thirteen mining
claims, will pass to this company for
the sum of l00OOos. A contract was
let by the company to do 1000 feet of
tunneling on the property. Major
Gates, manager of the property. will
control the work. This property is
located 40 miles north of Phenix aud
has been worked in the past for the
gold and silver it contained. however
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