If reports are to go by, the deep drilling race commenced in 1958 with the American initiative known as Project Mohole, aiming to retrieve a mantle sample ... as the Kola Superdeep Borehole ...
The official name for the so-called "well to hell" is the Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 – but that's not as catchy. It's currently the deepest man-made hole on Earth, reaching a dizzying 40,230 ...