Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-08
BOSTON CONPA ANY
DIGS DEEP HOLE
To FIND ME- TE0R
Project Begun in 1903 to
Be Pushed to ConCIu-
sion; Mass Contains
Minerals and Gems.
Especial Correspondence 10 The Journal,I

Especial Correspondence 10 Tho JOurnal.l
WinsloW, Apiz, Aug. threat
interest will be manifested by local
mining men and also eastern CAPT
talists, during the next few months,
as the United States Mining and
Smelling company, n Boston con-
Germ, has announced that it will
continue drilling for another 800
feet, after having reached a depth
of over 400 feet in attempting to
locate the main mass of the great
Canyon Diablo meteor, which is
located seventeen miles southwest
from this city.
II Drilling has been under way for
the past two years, the hole being
on the lip of the crater that was
formed ages ago when the meteor
struck. At 1,100 feet, fragments
Of the meteor were found, and since
then the strata formations have
been such as to indicate that the
meteor is close at hand. The drill
ing is being done at great eX-
pense as water is piped from Can
yon Diablo, several miles distance;
also. fuel and supplies are being
transported for a great distance.
The drilling has been stopped sew
eraI times, due to quicksand and
also on account of losing the drill
bits.
An Old Project.
The first attempts to locate the
meteor We're made in 1908, when
the standard Iron company, OF
PENNSYLVANIA, drilled for the mass
from the floor of the crater, but
without results. Later the Uni
yersity Of Princeton made an at
tempt to locate this meteor, posi-
bly, desiring it more from the scien-
tific standpoint. The later drill
ings have been with a commerclaI
viewpoint. The mass is undoubtedly
one of the most wonderful mineral
deposits of the world, it having
been verified that it contains, nick
el-iron, platinum and diamonds
The probable size of the meteor
has been the subject of much dis
cussion for years, and while 1t Is
merely a matter of speculation,
mining engineers with the present
corporation doing the drilling, es-
innate that it was $500 feet in
diameter. The impact OF THIS
mass made q crater 500 feet deep
and averaging $500 feet sin diam
eter. The displacement, estimated
at 100000 tons of sandstone,
threw out 100000 more and lifted
rock around the edge of the crater
that has been estimated at above
400, 900, 900 tons. Large fragments
of the meteor are found for sew
eral miles around the crater and
these are now located in various
museums throughout the country.
The fragments have been found TO
contain from 8 to 10 per cent
nickel, platinum and microscopic
diamonds.
Has Potentialitics.
The potential possibilities Of such
mass of metal are undoubtedly
unlimited as to value. However, it
is only, matter Of speculation as
to the location Of the meteor. Il
was the opinion of Mr.. s. j. Hol-
singer, now deceased, who was
mining engineer on the drilling
for sometime, that the earth was
struck at an angle and the meteor
when found would be imbedded
beneath one of the surrounding
cliffs. The present superintend-
ent, Mr.. G. w. Plumb, western
mining engineer OF considera bic
REPUTATION. states that the forna-
lions now being brought UP BY