JW:* I can answer that by explaining what I believe, and the easiest way for me to do that is to get you to cast your mind back to the time when the first of the Searchers excavated at the Money Pit. Where did the water come from, that flooded them out once they reached about 100 feet below ground surface? There are only three possible situations to consider:
1.If there was no Money Pit and no natural feature in the bedrock that caused the soil to slump at this spot, there would have been at least 60 feet of homogeneous, dense glacial till between the bottom of the Searcher’s excavation and the bedrock surface where there could be enough cracks and fissures to conduct significant quantities of ground water up to the glacial till. Ground water pressure from the bedrock could not possibly force its way through that much till, and it could not lift 60 feet of dense soil. So the only explanation would have to be a Flood Tunnel.
2.If there was a natural cavity formed in the bedrock, possibly from salt water eroding the anhydrite bedrock, that could cause the till above the cavity to slump, thus weakening and loosening the till. However if that happened, the shape of the slumped till would be an inverted cone, and the zone of loose till would be quite wide at the ground surface (something like 60 feet in diameter or more). No one has ever seen a wide slumped area near the Money Pit – the original reports always said the depression in the earth was 12 or 13 feet across. In any case, there would still be 60 feet of loosened till sitting above the bedrock, and ground water pressure from the bedrock could not lift or wash through 60 feet of till. So the only explanation for the rapid flow of water into the Searchers excavation would be a Flood Tunnel.
3.If there was a Money Pit excavated by the original Depositors, which extended through the glacial till, and especially if the Money Pit had been backfilled in 10 foot deep layers, with layers of oak logs holding each 10 foot depth of backfill, then each of those 10 foot zones of till would be relatively loose and it might be possible for ground water pressure from the bedrock, to lift the lowest 10 foot layer of till. But at that point, the lowest layer of logs would hold back any till that was being pushed upward – and the upper 10 foot zones would provide more and more resistance. I cannot imagine water pressure from the bedrock, pushing through six of these 10 foot layers, or causing the till to become so soft and pervious that it suddenly would conduct the amount of water reported by the first flooded Searchers. If there was a Money Pit, almost certainly the water that flooded out the Searchers would have had to come from a Flood Tunnel. By the way, if the Money Pit did exist from 100 to 160 feet in depth, but if the lowest 60 feet were not constructed in 10 foot layers, then the 60 feet of glacial till would have stopped groundwater from rushing upwards to flood the Searchers.
DC:* Very interesting John.* This may change the way people think in regards to the flooding.
JW:* The way I see it, it does not matter whether there was a Money Pit or not. When the first Searchers dug down about 100 feet and were flooded, the water had to have come from a Flood Tunnel. It does not make any sense at all, for a man-made Flood Tunnel to exist without there being a Money Pit that was dug to at least 100 feet. And it does not make much sense either, to have a Flood Tunnel unless the Money Pit went somewhat deeper than 100 feet. So I believe there was a Money Pit and a Flood Tunnel. How else can anyone explain the water?
