Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-03-08
IMMENSE METEOR
EIGHTH WONDER
OF THE WORLD
Arizona Capitalists Have Drill
ed Holes 100 Feet Deep in
Search Of Enormous Globe
of Iron Which Fell From Sky
Especial Correspondence Morning JOurnal.I

Especial Correspondence Morning Journal.I
PhocniN. Ariza March -Four
thousand foot holes have been drilled
I'm the bottom of the great crater near
CANYON DiahlO. a few miles from the
Santa Fe railway IN Arizona. These
holes, made with diamond drills. are
the probes which the Standard Iron
company Is sinking into the earth in
search OF the enormous meteorite
which is believed to have made the
crater and which Is thought to be
buried In the earth no great dis
tanCe beyond the bottom Of the 1000
foot holes.
The greatest depth of this crater is
about 600 feet and IL has been one Of
the greatest puzzles to the scientific
world. SUPERINTENDENT 5. j. Hol-
singer of the Standard Iron company
after investigation, reported it TO the
land office as being made by a huge
meteor, and a company was later
formed TO exploit Ii. The Phoenix Re-
publican has the following to say re-
garding recent operations in search
OF the heavenly body
Explorations have been going on
now for two or three years, ana Mr..
HOlslngcr saws the results have been
most satisfactory although final sue
cess has not been achieved The gem
tlrmeu furnishing the money are in
terrstcd I'm scientific things and have
published o number Of works on this
meteor Of one kind and another. They
hoped first TO demonstrate that II was
the work Of n meteor. and second. it
was believed that II the meteor itself
could be found It would be "a most val
liable deposit of iron. Operations were
suspended last September on account
Of a deficient water supply but since
then q dam has been put In Canyon
Diablo and water Is Dumncd to Me-
tcOr Work viii be resumed about
Apri /.
Four holes have been drilled In the
bottom Of the crater to the dcpth Of
100 feet, making a total depth of 1900
feet below the surrounding country
At this depth the cores Of the diamond
drills have shown the penetration OF
the original unaltcrcd sandstone Sell
cntiGc men SAY this proves conclu-
sivcly that the crater was made by
meteor. or at least was not of volcanic
origin for " II were the formation be-
low would have been disturbed Drill
ing will be continued. not 10 greater
depth. but In other directions. for the
locatl0n Of the immense meteor that
Il "a believed Is somewhere imbcdded
IN one side or the othef ut the crater
And q must have been monster to
have torn q hole approXimatr!y 1900
feet deep through the solid lin" and
sandstone Of that immediate section.
The theory Is that the meteor struck
the earth ~ something of an angle
and therefore did not 20 straight
down. ~ naturally follows that Il
would bc found or one side Of the
crater Some contend that when found
II wIll prove 10 be n solid fmaSs Of
iron other believe it T. considerably
shattered or broken NJ. The las; hole
sunk was the nearest Ia the outside
Of tho crater and The results were
more encouraging than previously
thni T. more s0ecimrns we're rccuV.
cred. This ields 20 fhe bc.iof that
ihcy are prospecting ln the right di-
rcciiGn. Altoreiher since tAc Begin
ming ri operations about 1000 frag-
Incnia Of mcfenrlr iron have been