Show sear francisco forames ferons te rons iron chest SAN gala feb 37 three men under charge of bela V charge are digging for hidden treasure on the ocean beach about a mile from the famous cliff house and seal rock they have made a pepper box of the beach for several acres boring holes about 10 acot deep in their efforts to strike tre iron safe of an old vessel which clarke found over twenty years ago his history ia romantic in 1863 was building a house just above ghigli water mark one tho aca was driven by a great storm and in the morning Clarke found on the beach an old hulk which looked as though it had been many yeara in the water the timbers vero crumbled under tho blows of an ay and about 12 feet pare near by he found a richly word of sh make bearing the date of several goil and twilver 1 learning he be robbed of the spoils of tho wreck should his discovery be made known dark piled sand upon the chest and left it undisturbed he was cartful however to take the bearings of the place from certain familiar landmarks and the house being finished rini shed he returned to the city and a few weeks later was married he then fell heir to proper tyEast and moved there six month ago he returned to san fran cisco the house he had built was blown down soon he left A small biresh water lake then near by is now beneath drifted sand the landmarks with which he was now no more and all lions he took awen ty seven years ago are now of avail still clark did not lose hope outselling out selling the general bearings he proposes to dig over the hole beach before he gives up he for the treasure |