cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism) cell nucleus; karyon; nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)
Despite the loss of at least six lives and the expenditure of millions of dollars, virtually nothing of value has ever been recovered from Oak Island, the setting for one of the most famous and certainly one of the most bungled treasure hunts in history.
They dug more shafts, tried to fill in the drain on the beach, built a new dam (which was destroyed by a storm), and drilled for more core samples. They met with little success. The Cave-in Pit. In 1893 a man named Fred Blair along with a group called The Oak Island Treasure Company began their search. Their first task was to investigate the Cave-in Pit. Discovered in 1878 about 350 feet east of the Money Pit, the cave-in pit appears to have been a shaft dug out by the designers of the Money Pit perhaps as a ventilation shaft for the digging of the flood tunnel.