Borehole Era I, Pick and Shovel Triton / Bowmaster 1969-70 Not placed on the map 1 artifact

1897 hole 3

Drilled 1897 by Oak Island Treasure Company, 171 ft

Depth171 ft
As reported by the source

Year1897

ByOak Island Treasure Company

WhereIn the Money Pit

CampaignTreasure Company Money Pit holes (1897)

On the mapOpen the Money Pit Map →

Wood at 122; cement 153 to 160 with oak on one side; puddled clay; solid iron at 171 that the drill could not pass.

No public source gives this hole's position.

What the Drill Found

0 ft
SurfaceTop of the hole
122 ft
122 ft
WoodPipe passed through wood
1897 drilling record
31 ft
153 to 160 ft
CementCement 153 to 160 with oak on one side from 153 to 157; about 7 ft from top of wood to bottom of cement
William Chappell (1929)
Cement/concrete vault layer →
160 to 171 ft
Soil / clay11 ft of blue puddled clay
William Chappell (1929)
171 ft
MetalSolid iron; the metallic sound could be heard at the surface; about a quarter inch gained in two hours
William Chappell (1929)

Rows are in depth order; the column on the left is the hole, and a figure between rows is the stretch with nothing logged. Depths as reported by each source.

Sources

Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p55-56
Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p55
Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p55-56
Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.