PURPOSE: To greatly enhance the stability of an auger machine for use in boring a hole in the ground.

CONSTITUTION: This auger machine comprises a leader 2, a vertically moving element 3, a lift 4, a rotor, a rotating device 6, a gripper, an auger 8, and a gripping device 9. The lift 4 for raising and lowering the auger 8 in particular and the rotating device 6 for rotating the auger 8 are both split into upper and lower portions, which are gripped in a certain position relative to the auger 8.