METEOR MOUNTAIN 



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DAVID H. BOOT 



One of the greatest natural curiosities in the world, though very 

 little known, is Meteor Mountain, which is located about forty miles 

 southeast of the town of Flagstaff, Arizona, and about ten miles 

 south of the town of Sunshine, Arizona, that is, it is located in the 



Pig. 98. — Upper part of rim "splash" at the northwest corner of the crater. 

 The only place where one can climb down to the bottom. 



north central part of the state. It is said by the men of the United 

 States Geological Survey to be probably the most mysterious geo- 

 logical feature of the United States, lacking, as it does, all parallel 

 anywhere in the world, and its exact cause being held in doubt by 

 many geologists. But after visiting and investigating the site and 

 examining the records of the mining operators who have worked 

 there, and viewing the many large and small fragments of meteoric 

 iron found in and about the crater the author is quite sure that 

 the general opinion that it is the work of a giant meteor is correct. 

 This monstor meteor must have fallen ages ago, for the wind-blown 

 sands of the great American desert have drifted in over the high 

 walls of the rim "splash" and have filled the pit above the meteor 



