Coalville Times | 1901-03-22 | Page 6 | Valuable Flad of Ambergris

IV.I.nliU riu4 ol AnilMrirla. Information received at Covelo, Men-sstlno Men-sstlno county, Cal., from Caspar, a , wacoatt town and port thlrtyfivo I nllea away, gives tho partloular of a I aluablo find of ambergris afloat, dls-i dls-i overed by a lumber steamer on bar I eturn from Sksgway, Alaska, A ! small lump of dirty, gray, greasy tunl was picked up by tha crew about six week ngo nfter discharging a cargo of lumber at an Alaskan port. Tho lump weighed about 75 pounds and when taken on board was found to bo pure ambergris, moro valuable, than gold, and worth $27,275.