Some Notes Re: Construction of the Money Pit

[3cylbill]

Yes, the oakislandcompendium site was highly modified with much factual content deleted after folks started using its information to debunk the claims by the laginas and others and disproving their hoax.

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[TruthbeTold]

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It seems that you have nothing intelligent to contribute.

Welcome to my ignore list, filled with other purveyors of fiction here about oak island.

 

[Armchair detective]

There's a couple of clues that may narrow it down very slightly. There are two references to Pennsylvania (Allegheny and "Pittsburg" [sic]) so this may be from a Pennsylvania newspaper. Allegheny was absorbed into Pittsburgh in 1907 [ wiki ], so listing it as a separate place name for the business location in that ad might place this story before then. Also the spelling of Pittsburgh without its final "h" largely took place between 1891 and 1911 (or 1921 for one specific newspaper) [ wiki ], perhaps giving us a bracket time of 1891 to 1907.

The syndicates active near that bracket, I believe, were Oak Island Treasure Co. 1893-1899 (?), and Old Gold Salvage Company 1909-1911 (?). OITCo. discovered the so-called Chappell Vault in 1897, I think, found with a drilling pattern from a platform at 100 feet deep in the Money Pit, right after pumping out the latest flood to tide-level ... so that would adequately match the description. Fullerton perhaps replaced Adams Tupper after the New England faction took over the syndicate. Oh and what do you know, oakislandmystery includes a Fullerton amongst the OITCo personnel who found a southern side flood tunnel. I think we are on the right track. The news item's reference to a "huge box" may be describing the Chappell Vault, and as we know, further attempts to get at it failed.

--GT

I am impressed.

For the moment, let's assume you found THE Fullerton, which points to the newspaper.

There were 8 active Pittsburgh newspapers 1893-1899. If there are samples around, we can compare fonts, maybe Id the paper.

To find the actual article, would you agree that such a meeting of the stockholders would be more towards the end of the OITC activities?
A failure to produce the actual box?

For me the aim is to find this article (and date) to see if there was a follow-up announcement in its or any other newspaper.

 

[GravelTeeth]

would you agree that such a meeting of the stockholders would be more towards the end of the OITC activities?

Hard to say. Apparently that syndicate had amongst its shareholders two main contingents: one comprised of mostly Nova Scotians and one of mostly Bostonians. The two vied for control, and as various things went wrong (as they always do on Oak Island), used the setbacks as excuse to install their own people on the ground. If I'm reading it right, rather than culminating in some grand conclusion, the work just sort of petered out as the resources dried up, with coal for the pumps running out in 1898 (?) and equipment foreclosures thereafter as the death knell.

--GT