MILLIONS FROM MARS.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 9, 23 January 1906, Page 3

MILLIONS FROM MARS.

— o — Buried Meteor Containing Gold and Silver. One of the strangest companies ever formed is now being floated in Arizona, U.S.A. Its object is to unearth what the promoters allege is a buried meteor, containg precious metals worth £<2,500,000. The meteor fell on the ground at Holbrooke. It was so enormous and alighted with such a force, that it scooped a ravine three-quar-ters of a mile long and 600 ft wide, out of the earth before burying itself in a field. Fragments of the meteor were sent to assayers, who declare that they found in them traces of gold, silver, and lead. The promoters want to dig up the meteor and smelt it. Their estimate of its value is purely mathemetical, based on the quantities of metal found in the fragments to the computed size of the meteor. The company is being promoted in the ordinary way, and the prospectus is drawn up just like that of a mining company. “ Millions from Mars ” is one of the taking phrases by which the enterprse is being boomed. Scientists are quoted who express the firm conviction that the meteor came from Mars, although the grounds of their belief are not stated. Others assert that it is just a common areolite, which will probably disintegrate into useless crystals as soon as an attempt is made to work it.