Borehole Era III, The Machine Age Golder 1970 On the map, position approximate 1 artifact

Golder Borehole 202

Drilled 1970 by Golder Associates, 245 ft

Depth245 ft
As reported by the source

Year1970

ByGolder Associates

WhereAbout 3 ft from Borehole 10

CampaignGolder Associates drilling (1970)

On the mapOpen the Money Pit Map →

June 1970. Obstruction at about 125 with wood splinters (white spruce; Brock University reportedly about 18,000 years old); loose zone 125 to 130 with half the drill water lost; metal from above 150; pine needles and wood 125 to 185; rotary to 184, then sampled to about 245.

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

What the Drill Found

0 ft
SurfaceTop of the hole
125 ft
125 to 130 ft
CavityObstruction with wood at about 125 (white spruce); loosened zone below it with about half the drill water lost
Wood reportedly about 18,000 years old (Brock University; report not seen by Golder)
Golder Associates (1970)
125 to 185 ft
WoodPine needles and wood fragments in the return, possibly all from about 125
Golder Associates (1970)
150 ft
MetalWood and metal fragments at about 150 ft (also Hole 203)
Golder Associates (June 1970)
Metal pieces (200 ft depth) →
150 ft
MetalAngular metal fragment from above 150 ft: iron largely replaced by calcareous and siliceous material, consistent with long immersion in sea water (Stelco)
Golder Associates (1970); A.B. Dove
Metal pieces (200 ft depth) →
32.2 ft
217.2 to 238.2 ft
Stone / rockLayers of gypsum with soil infillings; sound anhydrite above 212 and below 238
Same range as the later 10-X cavity.
Golder Associates (1970)
245 ft
BottomWhere the hole stopped, as reported by the source

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.