THE OAK ISLAND CONTRACT COMPANY
Event Number: 5
Contributor: Paul Troutman
Oak Island Company Name: The Oak Island Contract Company
Also Know By:
Company Formation date and location: March 29, 1865, Halifax
Initial Company Shares per Price: 1,500 pounds at 1 pound per share ($6,000 approximately)
Oak Island Leased by: Anthony Graves
Years Active on Oak Island From: No work was conducted on the island
Deaths as a result on Oak Island: 0
Names of Company Members (location extra):
Henry George Hill – President
Augustus Oliver Creighton - Treasurer
Summary of Activity:
A new group calling itself the Oak Island Contract Company attempted to pick up where the Oak Island Association had left off. This company never got off the ground (only six shares were subscribed for the initial meeting, and no work was done on the island that year) It was about this time the 90 Foot Inscribed stone originally found in the Money Pit in 1803 was removed from Oak Island home of the late John Smith and brought to Halifax at the bookbinders as a lure for prospective shareholders.
Key Events:
[1865]:
Contributor: Paul Troutman
Oak Island Company Name: The Oak Island Contract Company
Also Know By:
Company Formation date and location: March 29, 1865, Halifax
Initial Company Shares per Price: 1,500 pounds at 1 pound per share ($6,000 approximately)
Oak Island Leased by: Anthony Graves
Years Active on Oak Island From: No work was conducted on the island
Deaths as a result on Oak Island: 0
Names of Company Members (location extra):
Henry George Hill – President
Augustus Oliver Creighton - Treasurer
Summary of Activity:
A new group calling itself the Oak Island Contract Company attempted to pick up where the Oak Island Association had left off. This company never got off the ground (only six shares were subscribed for the initial meeting, and no work was done on the island that year) It was about this time the 90 Foot Inscribed stone originally found in the Money Pit in 1803 was removed from Oak Island home of the late John Smith and brought to Halifax at the bookbinders as a lure for prospective shareholders.
Key Events:
[1865]:
- No activity on Oak Island for the company. The 90 foot stone slab with encrypted message is removed from John Smith's fireplace on Oak Island, and placed in the window of bookbinders Marshal & Creighton in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The stone is exhibited there to help sell shares in a treasure seeking company.