22 FEBRUARY 2023 WorldWide Drilling Resource® CUSTOM SPECIALTY WINCHES FOR WELL DRILLING AND PUMP HOIST TRUCKS Manufactured with your specifications in mind BLOOM MANUFACTURING, LLC Custom Engineering Solutions Since 1910 Independence, IA 50644 USA www.bloommfg.com P: +1 319-827-1139 P: 800-394-1139 F: +1 319-827-1140 DESIGNED FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE & SAFETY MAINLINE WINCHES 3000 to 35,000 pounds Up to 130 feet per minute SANDLINE WINCHES 1800 to 8000 pounds Up to 800 feet per minute WINCHES The Oak Island Mystery: Part One Compiled by Caleb Whitaker, Worldwide Drilling Resource® Around the world, legends exist of lost treasure, buried fortunes, and valuable artifacts waiting to be unearthed. For more than 200 years, treasure hunters have journeyed to Oak Island in search of treasure, which is thought to be buried in the "Money Pit" on the small island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Much mystery surrounds the origins of the alleged treasure, who deposited it, and what type of valuables were buried if any; but teams have constructed extensive tunnels and drilled numerous boreholes on the island in search of answers and possible untold riches. In 1795, a sixteen-year-old boy named Daniel McGinnis crossed the island during a fishing expedition. He noticed some scars on an old oak tree, and a depression in the ground nearby. McGinnis thought the scars were from a rope and tackle system, which had been used to lower something into the ground. A sense of curiosity overcame the boy, prompting him to return to the island the next day with two friends to begin a dig for what they thought could be pirate loot. Thus, the search for Oak Island’s treasure had begun. Not long into their excavation, the boys noticed the shallow clay had pick marks, then at a depth of ten feet, the boys encountered flat stones and logs seemingly placed in the pit. With only pickaxes and shovels to aid their search, the boys did their best to remove stones and logs, making it to twenty feet where they found another layer of logs. They removed these as well, but finding only soil instead of glorious riches, they ceased their search. Several weeks later, the boys returned to the pit with their pickaxes and shovels determined to find the fortune. However, the second attempt for the boys proved to be much like their initial search. After hours of laboring in the heat, removing ten more feet of dirt from the deepening hole, they were faced with yet another layer of thick logs embedded in the clay of the tunnel wall. The team of young treasure hunters continued down five more feet before losing hope and stopping the search. However, the boys could never shake the intrigue of the pit and were determined to return with more substantial tools to recover the treasure of Oak Island. Nine years would pass until the boys returned to Oak Island. The project now had financial backing, significant labor support, and new strategies with the forming of the Onslow Company. The treasure excavation had now entered a new stage, with everyone in the company working in return for a share of the gold if and when they found it. Photo of Oak Island, courtesy of Nova Scotia. MIN
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