Wire hole, Hole #301 (1973)

Beach sand 60 to about 75 ft, the only beach sand Blankenship saw in the till; wood from about 85; wire in a solid clay core at 95 (Stelco: made 1500 to 1800); iron plate struck at 97 to 98; abandoned about 15 ft deeper in tight clay. The Triton Shaft was sunk here.

No public source gives this hole's position.

What the Drill Found

1. 0 ft
   SurfaceTop of the hole
2. 60 ft
3. 60 to 75 ft
   Soil / clayRounded, homogeneous sand like beach sand in the till; some rock pieces water-stained on one face, as if from a wall
   Dan Blankenship (Mar 1973)
4. 20 ft
5. 95 ft
   MetalSmall piece of wire in a solid clay core (Stelco: made between 1500 and 1800)
   Stelco (A.B. Dove)
   Harris and MacPhie give the wire at 110 ft.
   Dan Blankenship (Jun and Sep 1973)
   Drawn wire at 110 ft (Triton borehole, 1973) →
6. 97 to 98 ft
   MetalIron plate struck; the bit pierced it and came up with its back edge deeply cut
   Dan Blankenship (Sep 1973)
7. 12 ft
8. 110 ft
   MetalPiece of wire
   Triton Alliance (1973)
   Drawn wire at 110 ft (Triton borehole, 1973) →
9. 113 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.

Sources

• Drilled by Triton Alliance (Dan Blankenship; Lester Veinotte drill, then Keystone churn drill)
• Blankenship reports (1965-94) p72-79; Harris and MacPhie (2013) p110
• Blankenship reports (1965-94) p73
• Blankenship reports (1965-94) p77-78
• Blankenship reports (1965-94) p78
• Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p110
• Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.