Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 19 1131-19-p092

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LETTERS Sir: Concerning Ottawa’s 3000-Ib. “chunk of metal”, | wish to bring your readers up to date as to the current status of the mystery of the true nature of this artifact. A sample of the metal has been in a federal government laboratory in Ottawa for well over one year. The only report received so far concerning the analyses conducted was a simple statement in a letter to the effect that it is “manganese steel, probably the ladle residues from several heats at a foundry”. This statement...