No Oil, But A Record Nevertheless
It turns out the Lone Star never managed to find any oil in the region, so the hole was eventually abandoned. So while they never found what they were looking for, they did set a new record for the deepest hole on Earth, a record it held for the next five years. In June 1979, one of the boreholes in the Kola Peninsula (referred to as SG-3) took over the lead with a new record, and by 1983 the record reached further highs with astronomical new depths. It is difficult to get one’s head around, but try and imagine how quite wonderous a whole that is only nine inches wide, going an incredible 39,000 feet through the crust of Earth!
No Oil But A Record Nevertheless
Scientists Collect What They Can
At this stage, drilling in the area halted, so scientists could study their new findings. For a whole year, there was no more drilling on the borehole while people from all over the world and the field visited the site to garner information about such never before seen parts of our planet. They did not expect, however, that when they would attempt to begin work again, they would be faced with a technical problem that would sabotage everything.
American Scientists Collect What They Can
