Golder Borehole 102

Geotechnical hole, April 1970. Loose sand and gravel with very angular sandstone 147 to 156 (used for the blue dye test); control pollen samples 215 to 218 were glacial.

Positions on the map are approximate; each dot marks the top of the hole.

What the Drill Found

1. 0 ft
   SurfaceTop of the hole
2. 147 ft
3. 147 to 156 ft
   Soil / clay9 ft of very loose sand to sand and gravel, gravel of very angular sandstone
   Golder Associates (1970)
4. 59 ft
5. 215 to 218 ft
   Soil / clayAncient glacial till, no recent soil (control sample)
   J.C. Ritchie, Dalhousie University (pollen)
   Pollen evidence of disturbed fill (Golder Borehole 103) →
6. 32 ft
7. 250 ft
   BottomWhere the hole stopped, below the post-1966 ground at the Money Pit (about 10 ft below original ground)

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.

Where It Sits

Sources

• Drilled by Golder Associates (F.E. Johnston Drilling)
• Golder (1971) p9-10, p15, p25, p100; Harris and MacPhie (2013)
• Golder (1971) p25
• Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p92
• Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.