# anonymous 1861: The Oak Island Folly

> anonymous, 1861. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. First printed appearance of the flood-tunnel idea; evidence of an 1861 share promotion.

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# The Oak Island Folly

anonymous, 1861. _Nova Scotian / Liverpool Transcript, 29 August 1861_.

A hostile 1861 newspaper piece on the Oak Island Association's dig, which already describes the claim that the treasure was flooded through "sluices or communications with the sea" and that shares sold at a premium.

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## What it's used for here

First printed appearance of the flood-tunnel idea; evidence of an 1861 share promotion.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The 1861 'Oak Island Folly' says shares sold at an enormous premium; the flood-tunnel claim first appears in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X71469FA/the-1861-oak-island-folly-says-shares-sold-at-an-enormous)

Evidence

EVD

[The Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island)

The mystery article

MYS

[Oak Island Association](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/organisations/ORG0D52WXR87X20/oak-island-association)

ORG

[Are the "flood tunnels" man-made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X3443MBJ/are-the-flood-tunnels-man-made)

Question

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## Cite it

```
anonymous (1861). The Oak Island Folly. Nova Scotian / Liverpool Transcript, 29 August 1861. https://criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/OI_chapter3.shtml
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**SRC** 0D52WNPE3NH7

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Journal article

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