Box Elder News Journal | 1915-12-30 | Page 6 | Submarine Treasure

submarine treasure A boat Is now being built to locate submarine treasure the new submarine consists ot of a steel sphere eight teet feet in diameter and capable ot of carrying two workmen it is designed to be lowered into the water from a tender but is provided with electrically driven propellers by which shiell it can be moved about in the water as it hangs at the end of the cable one of its essential features is a set of four elec tro magnets which when energized by current from the motors within the sphere serve to hold it securely to the steel hull of a sunken ship current for the operation is supplied through a cable running down from the tender in addition to this equipment it will be provided with electric drills for piercing the side of the ship and with a powerful searchlight for working purposes and tor for exploring of the ocean when the exact location of a sunken ship is not known