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In 1903, a mining engineer staked a claim on Arizona's Meteor Crater, convinced a fortune in iron lay beneath the floor, and spent 26 years drilling for a meteorite that had mostly vaporized on impact — his family still owns the crater today, and science later pro

Source: Space Daily · Published Sep 13, 2026, 3:44 AM

In Science, Space Daily puts this story at the center of the day: In 1903, a mining engineer staked a claim on Arizona's Meteor Crater, convinced a fortune in iron lay beneath the floor, and spent 26 years drilling for a meteorite that had mostly vaporized on impact — his family still owns the crater today, and science later pro Space Daily FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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