Hi Sonny & list Just want to make a small note/correction. What the documents you are holding belonged to the Crater Mining Company. They were brought in by DM Barringer to find the elusive pot o' iron that he was unsuccessful in finding. His original company was called Standard Iron Company. It was this company that did much of the early work on the crater. He drilled several holes at the bottom of the crater in 1906, 1907, and 1908. This drilling put him low on funds. He tried for the next few years to raise more money to drill but was largely unsuccessful. Finally he convinced U S Smelting Refining and Mining Company to attempt drilling. They formed the "Crater Mining Company" which issued stocks back to the parent company. He signed a lease with them sometime around 1920. They drilled the infamous hole on the top of the rim where the drill bit kept getting stuck. Unfortunately they had even more problems drilling than did Barringer and left in 1924. Here is an example of one of these "Crater Mining Company" stocks http://jensenmeteorites.com/Albin.htm
It was shortly after this time Barringer started the "Meteor Crater Mining and Exploration Company". Most everybody should be familiar with the blue and orange stock certificates. These were actually sold together. He died Nov. 30, 1929 (just a month after the stock market crash). It seems that soon after this his son Brandon shut the mining operation down and started to concentrate on turning it into a tourist destination at least based on several of the brochures I have from this period. Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I Just placed one more telegram and photo from the Meteorite Crater Mining > Company. Anyone having Meteorite Mining Company Historical Memorabilia for > sale contact off list. > > http://www.nevadameteorites.com/meteorite_photos15.htm > > Thanks, > Sonny > > www.nevadameteorites.com > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
