OCR Text |
Show Seek Burled Treasure. For somo months past a number ot laborers hnvo been digging In the district dis-trict of the Black River mountain on tho island ot Mauritius, for a treasure valued at from twenty to thirty million mil-lion pounds, supposed to hnvo been buried at tho time of tho British conquest con-quest or somo time before by the French otnclals. laborers aro working work-ing under tho direction of an overseer, who Is himself the employe of a company com-pany formed for tho purpose of discovering dis-covering tho treasure. The pirates who at ono ttmo Infested Mauritius and mado It their headquarters burled tholr treasures In various parts of the Island. ' Somo of theso havo been found by tho Islandors from time to tlmo. It Is, however, bolieved that many people at tho tlmo of the British conquest burled whatever money or valuable goods they possessed. Part of tho treasure which was burled at Black River was placed thero by some French ofllclals. Documents exist showing that It was burled. Work Is proceeding with feverish despatch on tho Bitot. |