Oak Island News
Resistivity testing on the island
It is with pleasure to inform Friends of Oak Island and indeed all interested parties in the Oak Island Mystery that we have initiated and
concluded resistivity testing on the island. The objective is to detect underground shafts and/or tunnels with some specific tunnels being Smith's Cove and the south shore flood tunnel. Also the known anomalies of the Money pit, Triton shaft and 10X. With the information acquired the next step would be to drill the target areas and access the shafts and/or tunnels with remote and remote video. That is in the future after the data is analyzed.
Due to the length of the runs needed to conduct the survey we were somewhat limited by the ocean, property lines and the swamp, but we feel that we have acquired sufficient data to discern targets mentioned above. Most of the data will be 2-D but some of the targets required perpendicular runs, thus giving 3-D images. The geophysicist will analyze the data in Montreal. Perhaps we can say more of the work as it progresses in the future. We would like to thank all the parties involved in the effort and appreciate all their hard work. Thank you Kelly Wilson, Anthony Larkin, Steve O’Leary, Charles Barkhouse, David Blankenship, Jack Begley, Tanya Forde, and Claude Robillard
As always we will try to keep you informed.
Good luck to all of us.
Hope for success, Oak Island Tour Inc..
Work resumes on Oak Island.
by Charles Barkhouse - June 21, 2011
Recently work started again on Oak Island. As in the past Ground Penetrating Radar testing proved inconclusive due to a variety of reasons. The curse of Oak Island was back….a number of mishaps and malfunctions plagued the workers and the equipment.
Preparation for the second set of tests required lines to be cut on the eastern end of the island and using the existing grid layout southwest of the swamp. This second testing will be electrical resistivity tomography. It is a geophysical technique for imaging sub-surface structures from electrical measurements made at the surface. Depending on the cabling configuration it is possible to get 2 dimensional and even 3 dimensional sub-surface images.
While preparing for sites for the resistivity testing two drilled rocks were found though not in their original positions. Also a large rock with a 6 inch partial borehole was found. This is believed to be the work of Becker Drilling. See the following photos (all rights reserved).
Stay tuned for more updates!!!!!!
