Show picture earths core as holding rich treasure A bonanza beyond belief exists from two to three thousand miles be low the surface of the earth according to two geophysicists of the car heggle institute of washington from all the known data these scientists infer that eliat this planet Is a solid ball of nickel and iron enclosed in three shells of rock conjecture how the financial giants could cash in on that were it accessible if from mere pinpricks pin pricks on the surface they pile up millions 1 but the scientists follow with the information that a shaft more than 2000 miles deep would have to be sunk to reach the riches it Is doubtful if all the wealth in the world would pay for excavating cava ting a small fraction of the distance the core according to the scientists theory Is surrounded by three shells the first Is of granite about 35 miles the second of basaltic rock increasing in density for about 1000 miles and the third of heavy rock impregnated with iron or nickel and iron for 1000 to 1500 miles |