[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite-list digest, Vol 1 #1687 - 21 msgs

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:40 2004
Message-ID: <002501c31a88$394985e0$63d143d8_at_malcolm>

Hello List, The state of Arizona (at least now a days) Does not consider
meteorites a mineral that you can mine and you can not stake a claim on
meteorite material. So, To me, If that's the case, Barringer has no right
now or then to have that land as a mining claim.
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Martino <martino.6_at_osu.edu>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite-list digest, Vol 1 #1687 - 21 msgs


> Steve and all,
>
> While I know how you feel about Meteor Crater and MCE, I believe that the
> Barringer Family's claim on the land is very solid. I don't think that a
big
> metallic mass is necessary.
>
> My understanding of the Mining Act is that you have to TRY and extract
> commercially valuable minerals for a specific period of time. After the
time
> is up, the land is yours. It isn't necessary to ACTUALLY remove minerals,
or
> turn a profit, or even show that the minerals you were looking for are
> actually there. It is the act of TRYING that makes the land yours. And
> nobody can fault Daniel Barringer for trying.
>
> Given this, I find it hard to fathom why they would say the "main mass" is
> still there.
>
> Still, I am not a lawyer, and I do not play one on TV either. I could be
> mistaken. Come to think of it, my understanding of this law comes from
> reading a book about the crater.
>
> The book was published by Meteor Crater Enterprises. :)
>
> -----
> Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
>
> Can you really name a star? Read the Truth!
> http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
> ..
>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 07:23:11 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NP Article, 11-1950 Nininger, Meteor
Crater
> Hunt Futile
> > To: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>,
> > Meteorite List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> >
> > Mark, and all,
> >
> > This is a crucial article countering the mining claims
> > of Meteor Crater Enterprises, a fact that their guides
> > miss.
> >
> > In 1950, after years of research finding metallic
> > sphereoids, Nininger proved the equations of Dr.
> > Moulton who predicted that a large impactor would not
> > survive the heat generated on impact. Dr. Shoemaker,
> > later in the early 1960's with his dissertation on
> > Meteor Crater geology laid out the mechanics of larger
> > impactors, and further proved that such impactors in
> > the case of large meteoroids explode in a cloud of
> > vapor on impact.
> >
> > All of this in contrast to what Meteor Crater guides
> > still say:
> >
> > "The meteor is under the southern rim, for when a
> > drill was sent under it, it stopped when hitting a
> > large (metallic) mass."
> >
> > Got to justify the mining claim, I guess...
> [snip]
>
>
>
>
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Received on Wed 14 May 2003 10:18:04 PM PDT