Golder Borehole 201

21 to 28 May 1970. Pine needles and wood at 84 to 84.9; wrought iron fragments in an intact sand sample at 84.5 to 86.5 (Stelco: before 1800); metal flakes at 88.6 to 89.7; dense sand over cobbles and boulders in red-brown matrix 84 to 90; sound gypsum about 220; traces of recent pollen 220 to 225.

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. 84 ft
3. 84 to 84.9 ft
   WoodPine needles and wood fragments in the wash water
   Golder Associates (1970)
4. 84 to 90 ft
   Stone / rock2.5 ft of very dense sand over 3.5 ft of cobbles and boulders in reddish-brown clayey silt
   Golder Associates (1970)
5. 84.5 to 86.5 ft
   MetalFriable wrought iron fragments embedded in an intact 1.5 in sand sample
   Steel Company of Canada, 19 Nov 1970: wrought iron made before 1800
   Golder Associates (May 1970)
   Metal pieces (200 ft depth) →
6. 88.6 to 89.7 ft
   MetalSmall flakes of metal in sample 12
   Golder Associates (1970)
7. 130 ft
8. 220 to 225 ft
   Soil / clayTraces of recent pollen in the material below the sound gypsum
   Golder Associates (1970), reporting tests by others

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) p11-12, p26-28, p103, App. IV
• Golder (1971) p27
• Golder (1971) p26
• Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p105-106
• Golder (1971) p13
• Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.