Oak Island’s
Mysterious “Money Pit”
4 i
of bred
ie hat besTAC fet down, just whee the
ar a td mae og,
a borsedriven pat auger (which
eked up sacple ce sayng
Passel through) peed» sete
Blam, Ate deeppng thngh
fn-empey space eae at fer
ier icy a me
TV eetepe tee eet
ears
fy. Toth elles thas sageetcl
BS eching poeta vat
Tlning to" ches, one sp the
fer aod laden wih teaue pe
aps geld coins o jewels, More
ver, ihe auger bugle aps
re mene seeieeraete
ee: es sof 5 eed chs
Set oie ee ate:
in ip Ile Hooded Bu thi ne
eed
Spitecring, Sat wate! Then
recone ted what the water in
the pe roe and Yale the de
This discovery jogged ld Tooy
Vaughan’ memory yar ele,
era ghatag Sore
Bent Smith Onetpn fea
From the Money Pita low tie
Ei tate tc ppd the
Pandy bosch, crcing fore adden
Inlet ofthe Unde the sine
the estnshmen, they ound ons
Fc sad el gr os
Bie tefl ican bewecs high
eit resis More cee
Bes mecrsperrens: bree
Pali ox drsne samen fern
these an down cng in
ce beet eis
a eee
Ex icin a cond Thiscon
me (oak ISLAND'S MYSTERIOUS “MONEY PIT »
Pi epee rece ee
later explosion rowed then sept
Teck te apne dep inthe Mey
mall cf fled ith wesc
to prevent eran. This bint
Barle was tural bse
wasthe work fa genius Asdigets
eared the each a fe they fad
Swstngylenened the peer ot
‘sh ht plage the mouth of he
ja
‘Uneiere the Thro crew but
4 colds to ho back the
“The sen promyely wrecked it. Next
they dig ri fet down and ur
rowed snder the Money Pt. ak
tree diggers were tine tbe
etre pt cold in the
tunnel, then depp even farther
Ties tyarinely eng pice
“Though the Ture symlcae lot
‘atone ster ced de
icy in Oak land A sso
only expeitons followed, ll
Aggeby bad ack, One ut gave
upalter 2 huge steam pump
de killing’ oan 19.
tot cena afer the dig Bogan,
{il another fade wat organ.
ioe, thistane by Frederick Ba, 2
Negi Sea etaceien wiped
topo amet to year yang to
sve the ty
is company wa the fits ke
este the od unnel oe, fest
Sow the side the Money Pi To
Block atthe sures, dye wat
eee
fie at Shisha Core Af Bing
the" Maney Pt with ocr, el
shone ses lee, Hl tren ed
paircenyseg pyle tiahiy
Smiths Cove pro thatthe ya
Inte had been tocel
Baton the pects sare ofthe
iit se eee Bal
Sais appeared three plat! Tie
fies tat there war Heat
tore Bod sel cope wid No
sy ound i
Hai nd prea reed
gp fer the depetye=their Bt
Herciae erence
Breda eiecyet ed ps
thn tore a nad cement Ea
Wig fey rated agin nt
Penctnbl on
Bly thine ue
ches enced in primi concrete
inter snd burl! dpe than the
oer deed hrc ong. This
Se alg wath feck of geld the
[trough up ny sep parce
‘et bering the eters ete
‘th 2 gull pes and Tdi snk
Seong to aly it Bos,
“Ths ore convincing thant
few ubloons would ty” Bit
Che abe S aeecae ata
‘nem vale or peices hits
‘epee eee les et
pi" Bur he syodlat never found
Sts, Alter spending tore than
Stan folded
‘nly ir ado. He scr
fer yo years the oflered 0 lese
thent for share in any bonsnss
that might be found The rake
teat engineer Harry Bowdoin, of
Ree he lee
backers looking ning 2
ong lawyer somed Franklin D.Rootevet—Bowdoin dug. and
‘ied 935090 sie be
Werote a msgasine ile, cling
aeRO neste ny eee
Spee Oak Ld anya.
‘Nex came syndic tan Wis
conti, Rochester NV~ and New
SAN. All el, nt, Wi
‘Chippl o Syd, Nova Seta
Wealthy conucte who ad un the
dbl that ough up the pee of
Burden sank Syn Ino the
Money Pi. ‘Thea the Depresion
mihingye ey
‘Chappel ws flowed in ny by
Cee Feder « New Jersey ml
Sonate who sper $ropon more
se
ia ie eae 0
‘pend pap, and ied a Peal
Mea ‘nitey. fem to char Ge
Upolot aba He Bally cndaded
ibe all the digging and Pooing
dd pecabiy sted the weasie a8
much ito fet in any decom
"At the tne of Bis doh in
tosh, Onke Mand and it tress
Fags were sequied by. Wiliam
CChappell's som, Mel, who, had
‘work with hi fer expedition
Igy Mel Chel go ye
ee woe a tes
Seeger
(es ferae hater th ne be
fg Bab Resa of amit, On.
tao. A gg yeild clerkr,
esl git he Sogoaek fb ih
Tgp ted more ts Oak ao a
Ii ile, Mee and ther sons,
Bay and Rickey, now 25 and.
“Te Resalls ve Hive uh ever
sine ia one room cabin bse tbe
Money Pi, caved eee Hild
With sludge aod rating bes.
Resa hs managed to cet 2155
feat hate sun ithe 190 He has
added igh kes 25 et dep
ing’ eo inercepe the fd eons
{hat have ied al preios eres,
“fo fnane his ne, Rewal bs
ready ld abouts of hi ale
Inver in any teenie to ends
nd ntereted stsngere wh be
eee
Toa inline singe and five
esr hard abe, Restall Spree
arbi quest for Oak land du
five howd scot almost ona
Malte haw show fe a or
die a8 alvectied sone chided
seth the date "1704" which he
Fendi ane of the ale stds
Profound feet Yor whoeser de
tied the Money Pi. "That man
ay, wt ome hl of et sat
than anyone whe has come here
Ts thee sally a weave at the
berm fhe Money He cd
‘Slguards cd have Bene
ee eee
Hetay at helps plenty to hide
Jae perelcum “enpacer) George
Gren pata 99 ale dein
eee eae]
‘Tate llnen “Somsone went to 8
foe of trie ta bary something
The Ant ler wi te reset
praca joker of al te, must
Eire well worth the rt