| Show Q nJ LL r rr rrf cow r1L 1ND Cf AUrll euve Q l m f I 47 7 t 4jrfW < r SANS JEWELfNRSr + i niirrrn y r t SRION cp 5ona Bo < li ill tho world nothing stirs the JOd or excites the Imagination so ch 1 u a search for hidden treasure I Won or in fact nothing Is so en clog AI present several interesting treas honts are under way In the lit > bar of Tobermory on the west t ot Scotland a syndicate Is encoring en-coring to reach the strong box of antes ship of the Spanish armada lich plunged beneath those waters III wealth estimated at 15000000 lorU are being made to raise a ih warship which was sunk In ill ITS bay during the Crimean i Those at the head of this en rise i expect to reap a golden har t ot 1000000 In prosy England mimes of the Wash are being bred for the royal jewels and ire of King John which were Jbf him during his flight in 121G Into almost every clime and to ling adventures the golden ignis of hidden treasure is luring Soldiers of fortune never wove Ie i romantic or dramatic stories i those of tho present searches for fcW gold Armada Treasure Ship it present a golden thread of ro silo Interest Is being spun like a ering spider web over Tober cry bay one of the loveliest Inlets i the west coast of Scotland This y offers shelter to mariners and rmen oft the northwest corner of x Isle of Mull At that point a determined search 00 for treasure which it is be nod has lain quietly under the wa i for more than three centuries A halo of romance and tradition wninds the gold which is supposed hue gone down with the Admiral I Florence or Florentla the treasure Ip ot the Spanish armada In 1588 ll end has It that In September j that year a largo Spanish galleon Florentla In trying to avoid the arms and save the treasuro on board suitable weather made possible x escape southward took refuge inland Bale in-land locked bay of Tobor olf According to reports the Florentln I on board 15000000 In English nary The officers and men who la starving demanded food from McLeans of Mull la return for supplies after due ne stlon l < the admiral agreed to land Amen to assist the McLean clan ot tOtland which nt that time was at Lords Points with tho McDonalds a tas also to pay the McLeans are a-re Bum of money as well it they cold assist him to repair his ship This promise of money Is taken to br the presence of a considerable 1anUty of specie on board and as > e probe i e I that she carried the treasure of I J Wire Armada I ne i100 men wero landed and as r1 In n defeating the McDonalds eattcnvard allowed to return I the ship 1 but the McLeans held hot t mCer8 as hostages until the itti e paid 1 j Chieftain a Prisoner chief itey tJ 1 Donald Glas McLean on board eSel to collect tho price agreed h4 but the Spanish admiral dls firing ted bin and kept him a prisoner the lraa ji night > so the story goes discovered tho position of the ems magazine The next morning underrnvay hip 1 t was getting mlor way V I i lAin Was brought on deck to l k last look at Ills native land away from his captors he f41nbelon anll tIew lip the ship hg with BIn most ° r the crow ite i ien a number of endeavors rebergs ors ttn oensues Innil to I 1 fa I recover tho treas 1641 aml nalll In 1M5 tile tm III 0 Argylo attempted Biilvago op I + but Ito without SUCCCJB In 1730 a diving bell was employed At that time a fine bronze cannon was recovered with many gold and silver coins Since then other guns and relics have been brought to the surface but the strongroom supposed to contain the treasure has never been reached Among the articles already recovered recov-ered are sword blades and scabbards pistols large and small a peculiar taperingnecked bottle of crude workmanship work-manship and bones of drowned Span lards The sword blades and scabbards scab-bards were heavily locrusted with lime and the bottle covered with Crustacea One of the early divers found that the deck of the vessel from the mizzen miz-zen mast forward was blown away and that cannon and other contents of the ship were scattered about for a distance of 20 yards The poop from the mainmast aft however was Intact Here it Is believed the treasure treas-ure room Is located Since then the vessel has settled considerably and a formation of sand and mud now covers it To get through this a wrecking crew is working work-ing under direction of Capt William Burns who has had considerable experience ex-perience In salvage work Sand pumps are being used and the divers work by the aid of a 2000 candle power electric light They have brought up candlesticks flagons copper pans coins a gold ring and a number of metal and stone cannonballs cannon-balls On Island of Mauritius For some months an army of laborers labor-ers has been digging on the Island of Mauritius In the Indian ocean searching search-Ing for a treasure valued at 100 000000 or more supposed to have been burled at the time of the British conquest con-quest or some time before by the French officials This expedition Is being directed by a company formed for tho purpose of unearthing the treasure > England Is excited just now over an I attempt to recover the royal Jewels i and treasure lost by King John in the Wash when he fled across the marshes In 1216 In preparation for tho search St John Hope assistant secretary of the Society of Antiquarians has made a study of the tides and land shiftlngs from the time King John lost his bag wealth until the present atgo and his Oho Wash has changed In Its course dice 1216 and Mr Hope calculates that the treasure wagons will be located lo-cated at Sutton bridge where there Is 23 foot of silt Another search for wealth long hidden hid-den beneath the waters Is being conducted con-ducted at Sebastopol in the Crimea Armed with government authority salvage experts have undertaken to raise from the bottom of Balaklava British manofwar sunk bay a large directed against by Russian gunfire the British French and Turkish opponents op-ponents of the czar members of the Rus It Is stated ha sian admiralty possess trustworthy the Information to the effect that sunken manofwar contains a large originally destined for sum of money 7 payment of the British forces The present attempt Is progressing the supervision of a wriMcnown under specialist in salvage Sig Restucci an Italian Knows of Pirates Hoard a Boston woman A few weeks ago Sadie J Ma signed tho name who advertisement son at the bottom of a newspaper for backers for her en torprlse vertisement asserted that she had learned of millions of treas hiding I Place the captured by the cutthroat which was ore ship that flew he throat crew of a number of successful for a Jolly Koger finally burned was cessful years and on century ago of a eeimrtera threequarters gulf island In the St Lawrence au In the lIsa Mason asserted that spot of which she bad learned thero were millions in gold silver and jewels Jew-els waiting only to be taken away At last accounts this vast treasure I trove had not been unearthed Familiar to every newspaper read of recent years Is the story of the famous Cocos Island treasure During Dur-ing the last 70 years no fewer than 18 expeditions have set out to recover this pile of gold and jewels Indeed more than once parties have engaged In deadly conflict Search Is In progress prog-ress there at the present time Cocos Island Is a patch of land 16 square miles In extent rising from the Pacific ocean off the coast of Costa Rica to which country it belongs Two treasure plants are supposed to be located there one of 60000000 and the other of 15000000 The first Is called the Bonita treasure treas-ure after the notorious pirate of that name For many years Bonita flew the black flag and cross bones in the Caribbean sea and accumulated great stores of plunder Wealth Burled by Bonlta In 1821 after tho surrender of Donaja to the Liberator Iturbide vast stores of government wealth were removed re-moved from the City of Mexico Bonita It Is stated managed to capture cap-ture the treasure and hurried with his spoil to Cocos Island where ho burled It The other plant called the Mary DIer treasure was committed to tho keeping of Cocos Island by tho crew of tho ship of that name which happened hap-pened to be In the harbor of Cal lao Peru during a war upheaval All tho treasures and plate of the cathedral and of the churches of Lima and the surrounding country wero hurried to the Scotch ship Mary Dler In addition many wealthy citizens placed their choicest possessions on the vessel In all it is stated that tho ships unexpected cargo amounted amount-ed in value to over 15000000 This proved too much tradition states for the officers and crew The guardians of the wealth wero overpowered over-powered and the treasure was landed land-ed and burled on Cocos island until such time as it could be recovered and used Many Parties Hunt Treasure At present tho island Is guarded by Capt Matthews its governor and part owner He is directing tho search Harold Gray of Ireland claims the concession to hunt tho treasure but the claim is combated by others An armed expedition under Lord Fltz I Williams of England had a brush with the Gray forces last year and the Costa Rican government was compelled com-pelled to send a gunboat to restoro order As far as known tho Cocos Island treasure remains undiscovered Most treasure hunts are being conducted con-ducted by companies which provide capital as a speculation Now and then however the story comes to light of some golddazzled individual who sinks all his possessions In chasing chas-ing the golden wlllothewlsp One such manWilliam S Meado died recently penniless and alone In New York Early In life ho made a fortune through an Invention but spent It all chasing tho Ignis fatuus of hidden treasure Meado asserted he had fallen heir to maps and directions that would lead to burled wealth that would run up Into the millions Ho purchased a largo and expensive steam yacht manned It with a Jorge crew and machinery ma-chinery for raising sunken galleOns supposed to be full of Spanish gold and soon after the civil war set sail for the south seas Disaster wreck and privation fell to the lot of the first cruise and Menlo and his companions were forced to return without a single find Moro money was sunk in fitting put another expedition but this too was a failure that ended In a shipwreck |
