[meteorite-list] Barringer Meteor $$$$

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:36 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20030507192451.00974350_at_mail.theriver.com>

Michael and List,
Like Michael, I remember hearing stories about meteorites being shipped
from Meteor Crater by rail to a smelter somewhere here in the west. If my
memory is correct, I believe the smelter location was in El Paso, but I
could be wrong. If the stories are true, then it's possible that there are
cast iron engine blocks, bathtubs, decorative iron fences or the like that
were made from meteorites. Sounds kind of improbable to me, but it would
be interesting to know if anyone has actual documentation that this really
happened.

Best,
John

At 06:13 PM 5/7/03 -0700, Michael L Blood wrote:
>Hi Steve & all,
> Not to dispute ANY of this, but I have heard TONS AND TONS of
>meteorites were, in fact, taken from the area and transported via
>the rail roads to smelters at some incredibly low price - something
>like 9 cents per TON! While it never came close to the "production"
>hoped for, tons upon tons of Canyon Diablos were smelted down.
> Anyone else heard this?
> Michael
>
>on 5/7/03 5:26 PM, Steve Schoner at steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >
> > --- StarHarvest_at_aol.com wrote:
> >> I found Mark's information about the location and
> >> exploitation of the. Barringer Meteor in Arizona
> >> interesting yet perplexing.
> >>
> >> My question is this: If a mining operation ensues
> >> based on the task of breaking up and refining ore
> >> from the HUGE Barringer meteor, What will this do to
> >> the world worth of meteorites in general? I mean,
> >> think of it! One could actually end up driving a
> >> car made of ore derived from exospace!.
> >> Extraterestrial material could become common stuff!
> >> Why, we might even end up using paper-clips from
> >> meteoritic ore! OH NO!
> >>
> >> Remember, the reason why diamonds are so priceless,
> >> is because the DeBoer (spelling?) family has
> >> controlled the flow of diamomds into the market.
> >> Diamonds happen to be NOT as rare as one may suppose
> >> but their availability has been controlled. What
> >> will happen to the monetary value of meteorites if
> >> one of the world's largest sources of nickel,
> >> iron...and possibly diamonds, is from a meteor?
> >> Rand Kluge
> >>
> >
> > Rand,
> >
> > The impactor that made Meteor Crater was vaporized on
> > impact as Dr. Moulton had predicted in 1929. Dr.
> > Barringer's original idea was that it was intact
> > underneath the south rim.
> >
> > The late '40's proof of Dr. Moulton's prediction came
> > with Dr. Nininger's discovery of the vapor products
> > scattered in the soil around Meteor Crater. Then,
> > later, Dr. Shoemaker proved that all explosive
> > cratering events vaporize the impactor as well.
> >
> > So, the above notion that mining meteorite craters for
> > a bonanza of meteorites is without merit.
> >
> > Steve Schoner
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/meteorite_identificaton
> >
> >
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