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The Last Shaft |
| At the end of the 1920's the activity at the crater had moved out onto the south slope. About 1500
feet from the south rim hole was where it was decided that a great shaft would be dug to remove
the iron ore they believed they had found. They made astounding progress at first. In fact they dug
to 500 ft in just a few weeks. Soon the problem of water flooding the shaft would occur again as it
had in the shafts dug in the crater floor and they would be forced to abandon the effort.
This would be the last big attempt to dig to the buried mass of the meteorite. The nature of the cratering process was becoming understood and it was becoming clear that most of the mass vaporizes on impact. Little would be found buried under the crater. |
