Show Meteor Crater Is Discovered on Farm in Kansas A buffalo wallow on a Kansas farm has been hiding a meteor crater where once a flashing meteor struck earth and bored a hole for itself leaving leav leav- leavIng ing a shower of metal fragments as souvenirs of ot its landing Discovery of ot this crater pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- important was announced recently re rc- rc at the Colorado Museum of Natural History in Denver Credit for lor the discovery goes to the museum and the Nininger nger laboratory Professor Protessor H H. H. H Nininger found the crater when he excavated a buffalo wallow on the famous meteorite farm farmin in Kiowa county Kansas Several thousand meteorite fragments were disclosed Their sizes range from less than a fraction of an ounce up to 85 pounds Professor Nininger an authority on meteorites said that the distribution of ot the fragments suggests the bursting of ot a large mass at the instant of at its arrival at the earths earth's surface and also points to the existence of ot a huge mass at a deeper level not yet found Further explorations by means of ol drilling are planned to determine whether such a mass exists The crater measures 55 by 35 feet feel Its surface features had been almost completely lost last by some ome 30 years farming over the land Small oxidized fragments of meteorite at the rim led Pro Professor lessor Nininger to explore the site |