# Wikipedia contributors n.d.: Oak Island mystery > Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. 29 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Used only for the outline chronology of the twentieth-century companies and the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WRW07XRG/oak-island-mystery Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island)Wikipedia contributors n.d. **0** # Oak Island mystery Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. _Wikipedia_. A reference summary of the chronology from 1795 to the present with a usable reference list (Bowdoin 1911, Harris 1958, O'Connor, Crooker, King 2010). **Oak Island money pit** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Used only for the outline chronology of the twentieth-century companies and the stone's later history, pending checks against the books it cites. ## Cited by on this site 29 records [A colonial power (British, French or Spanish) cached pay or plate during the wars of 1740 to 1783.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/answers/ANS0D52XHRW6HMD/a-colonial-power-british-french-or-spanish-cached-pay-or) Answer ANS [The drains are the remains of an early salt works or similar shore industry.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/answers/ANS0D52XE3P6GGW/the-drains-are-the-remains-of-an-early-salt-works-or-similar) Answer ANS [Axe and miner's pick from the 1931 Chappell shaft](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/artifacts/ART0D52XYYR0TQX/axe-and-miners-pick-from-the-1931-chappell-shaft) ART [Borehole 10-X underwater video](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/artifacts/ART0D52XZEC7KFY/borehole-10-x-underwater-video) ART [Coconut fibre samples from the pit and Smith's Cove](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/artifacts/ART0D52XM7008RK/coconut-fibre-samples-from-the-pit-and-smiths-cove) ART [Parchment fragment with the letters "vi" or "wi"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/artifacts/ART0D52XKQC7GRH/parchment-fragment-with-the-letters-vi-or-wi) ART [The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone")](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/artifacts/ART0D52XKFJ73SG/the-inscribed-stone-the-90-foot-stone) ART [A 1935 statement places the stone as a bookbinder's beating stone in Halifax until 1919, worn smooth.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XC5662ED/a-1935-statement-places-the-stone-as-a-bookbinders-beating) Evidence EVD [An 1864 correspondent (Cooke) said the marks looked scraped rather than cut; the stone was by then walled…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XAY47QXJ/an-1864-correspondent-cooke-said-the-marks-looked-scraped) Evidence EVD [Bowdoin in 1911 described a hard stone with no visible symbols.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XB5Y0A2J/bowdoin-in-1911-described-a-hard-stone-with-no-visible) Evidence EVD [Coffer dams at Smith's Cove have never stopped the pit flooding.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X97E32KC/coffer-dams-at-smiths-cove-have-never-stopped-the-pit) Evidence EVD [Companies built dams and wharves at the cove in 1850, 1866 and later; a 1931 photograph shows a wharf.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XEV40ER1/companies-built-dams-and-wharves-at-the-cove-in-1850-1866) Evidence EVD [Dennis King (2010) argued the layout matches a salt works.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XEBG4FSQ/dennis-king-2010-argued-the-layout-matches-a-salt-works) Evidence EVD [Dunfield's 1965 to 1966 excavation reported no sign of the tunnel described by earlier expeditions.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X8ZM6JP9/dunfields-1965-to-1966-excavation-reported-no-sign-of-the) Evidence EVD [Every deep shaft dug near the pit since 1849 has flooded, including those far from any claimed tunnel.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X9YW3GEP/every-deep-shaft-dug-near-the-pit-since-1849-has-flooded) Evidence EVD [No channel from the drains to the pit has been found in 170 years of digging.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XDVW6TFQ/no-channel-from-the-drains-to-the-pit-has-been-found-in-170) Evidence EVD [No documented worked chamber or structure has been reached in digging and drilling to 235 feet.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X52M65H5/no-documented-worked-chamber-or-structure-has-been-reached) Evidence EVD [Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XDM201Y0/searchers-in-1850-described-five-converging-box-drains-under) Evidence EVD [Searchers in 1850 found converging stone box drains at Smith's Cove and later dyed water that reportedly…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52X8G00E1Z/searchers-in-1850-found-converging-stone-box-drains-at) Evidence EVD [Several people between 1864 and 1935 described handling a particular stone said to be it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XCWM3Z2V/several-people-between-1864-and-1935-described-handling-a) Evidence EVD [The cross and other finds were recovered from a beach and from fill worked by searchers since 1850.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XG264ATS/the-cross-and-other-finds-were-recovered-from-a-beach-and) Evidence EVD [Maynard Kaiser falls to his death in a shaft](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/events/EVT0D52X0E65H0F/maynard-kaiser-falls-to-his-death-in-a-shaft) EVT [Rick and Marty Lagina buy half of Oak Island Tours](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/events/EVT0D52X1X2066T/rick-and-marty-lagina-buy-half-of-oak-island-tours) EVT [Robert Dunfield builds the causeway and excavates the pit area to 134 feet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/events/EVT0D52X0XT3PSM/robert-dunfield-builds-the-causeway-and-excavates-the-pit) EVT [Triton Alliance drills Borehole 10-X to 235 feet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/events/EVT0D52X15M5C9Q/triton-alliance-drills-borehole-10-x-to-235-feet) EVT [The Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island) The mystery article MYS [Oak Island Tours Inc.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/organisations/ORG0D52WYFP117C/oak-island-tours-inc) ORG [Triton Alliance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/organisations/ORG0D52WY7W4JSZ/triton-alliance) ORG [What are the stone and timber structures at Smith's Cove?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X3KR6V71/what-are-the-stone-and-timber-structures-at-smiths-cove) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Wikipedia contributors (n.d.). 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