Their Goal
After establishing this primary objective, they also had another goal. The Soviets wanted to reach 49,000 feet below the Earth’s surface. With specialist equipment, these researchers began digging various boreholes that forked from one cavity.
Bertha Rogers Hole
Project Mohole had been shut down. This led Lone Star Producing Company to begin drilling for oil in western Oklahoma. From this drilling, the company landed up forming the famous Bertha Rogers Hole.
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