Golder Borehole 103

1 to 19 May 1970. Metal at 138.0 and 141.5 with lightly cemented sandstone fragments between; timber 143.0 to 144.9 (white spruce, oily and greasy); gypsum from about 156; pollen at 192 to 198 shows recent surface soil (backfill).

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. 138 ft
3. 138 ft
   MetalPiece of metal
   Golder Associates (1970)
4. 141.5 ft
   MetalSecond piece of metal; angular, lightly cemented sandstone fragments between the two
   Golder Associates (1970)
5. 143 to 144.9 ft
   WoodTimber embedded in soft clay, 7 in core recovered: white spruce, 'substantially oily and greasy' (University of Toronto)
   Sent to Brock University for carbon dating (result not in the report)
   Golder Associates (1970); J.J. Balatinecz
6. 11.1 ft
7. 156 ft
   Stone / rockUpper surface of the gypsum rock
   Golder Associates (1970)
8. 37 ft
9. 193 to 198 ft
   Soil / claySoil infill with post-glacial and recent pollen mixed in: disturbed ground
   J.C. Ritchie, Dalhousie University (pollen)
   Pollen evidence of disturbed fill (Golder Borehole 103) →
10. 52 ft
11. 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) p10, p25, p30, p101, App. III; MacPhie (2008) p9
• Golder (1971) p30, Fig. 8
• Golder (1971) p30, Fig. 9
• Golder (1971) p30, App. III
• Golder (1971) p10
• Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p92, p97
• Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.