DRILL HOLES in big boulder @ Roanoke Valley Over-Look, BRP.

[Rebel - KGC]

@ Roanoke Valley Over-Look on BRP, wife & I stopped for a view of the Roanoke Valley; 3 big boulders there at the OL (west-side) & HUGE bluff of Rocks (east-side). ONE boulders had SEVEN Drills-Holes "oddly-placed"... COULD have been surveyors holes for "Sighting Pole"... BUT! The DH's reminded me of the" extra" PAPER with NUMBERS oddly places, found in the BOX, along with letters from TJB, the 3 pages of Ciphers, etc. Gotta find that "missing paper"; think it was in Innis' book, GOLD IN THOSE HILLS. IF a "match" is found... WHY, DRILL-HOLES...? Thinking also, it COULD be "Sighting Pole" for SUN SHADOWS... dunno.

 

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[Rebel - KGC]

The drilled holes are easily explained as they were drilled by hand by the CCC boys when they made the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930's

I thought that, too... BUT! Holes were not very deep, maybe, about 1/2 to 1'' deep. I have the book on building the BRP, and histories on Roanoke, RV, and "Big Lick"...

 

[Hitndahed]

If those are that shallow I would think they are NOT "blast holes" for charges to break rock.
I would tend to think "sight" holes or rod holes for survey. Are they in the river? along the banks?
Did you do a rough "sighting" using them to see if they "pointed" to any special or different geology in the area.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

If those are that shallow I would think they are NOT "blast holes" for charges to break rock.
I would tend to think "sight" holes or rod holes for survey. Are they in the river? along the banks?
Did you do a rough "sighting" using them to see if they "pointed" to any special or different geology in the area.

NOPE, NOT near Roanoke River... on Blue Ridge Parkway, over-looking Roanoke Valley, Va.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

NOPE, NOT near Roanoke River... on Blue Ridge Parkway, over-looking Roanoke Valley, Va.

My Thoughts: Use of Sighting Pole to "line up" several things; OR... to "set" SUN SHADOWS onto "places of interest"... BUT! A BIG bluff (ROCKS/STONE "Face") prevents Eastern Sun; when Sun is over the bluff... VERY short shadows on mountain side above Roanoke Valley. Sun setting in the WEST, would create SUN SHADOWS on the Bluff; couldn't see ANYTHING of interest, on the EAST-side Bluff... dunno. Appears to be VERY solid.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

ANYONE know how to interpret DRILL-HOLES...?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

HA! Found info on TN! FOURTEEN pages (I need MORE coffee); R & I on Treasure Marks & Signs SUB-FORUM... "Just Drill Holes" THREAD... Carry ON!

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Doing R & I on TN for SUN SHADOWS "use of Sun"; Staff of RA...? NOPE! HA!