The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-02-17
TREASURE TDovE.

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TREASURE TDovE. .h :
eS,O0o. 600 at the Bsttsn Il TIE OeeasE
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fsaa Frsseisoo Chsosials, Jan. 81 -
=, 4 ,fsw, months aimee the Pacific Ceest
Wrecking Company filed articles Of inoor'
porstion with the Clerk of the County
Court. The capital stock of tho Company
was axsd lat, >l5o, 900. divided into 1900
shares. and the oAlcen :1Dsct are: II. b.
Plat, Psssident 8. r: Taylor, Treasurer;
Captain Judah Parker. super,ntendent
George W. Morgan, Secretary; and II. B.
Plat, E.tA Phelps. o. Fullsr, g. p. Taylor
and D. 'Beadle. Trusseea This Company
purchased the schooner Nary Tsylor and
had her transformed into D. steamer. Ma
chioery was purchased Of the hest kiDd. and
her outfit cost the Company over esoooo.
This was done for the purpoas of sending
the steamer to tho Ecuadorhn coast TO -
cover large amount Of Money which lies
In tho hold of"s suokea .sussel of Point
Santa Elena, about Two mites from the hsf.
bor. ..,........
There 10 now lying q Poin, Santa Elena,
on the coast of Ecuador, the remaips OF .
once magnificent Spanish lrisste, named
Lsoosdia. which had been sent By the Span
ish Government about the year l0o9 to the
Spanish possessions On the Pacific Coast to
collect its tribute money. or ''ifths" q. It
. was termed. After making very large COL
lections. amounting Il 10 sa,d By the official
records, to between four and I've millions.
the vessel arrived at Callao. After sailing
from there about ten days, on her; way 70
Panama. she struck On the sou.herly side Of
Point Santa Elena, Ecuador. end the wreck
now lies directly iu the track Of navigation
from Cslloa to Panama, within 600 feet Of
the shore, in two and = half fathoms Of Va
ter. fastened securely on reef 3. /,
The Spanish Government through the ef.
forts OF its agent. one Don Moreno, recov
cred some @600. 900 Of the treasure and for
warded it scroaS the country to Guayaquil.
- appears by the recs'rds Of the 0osernunent
srciives at Lima and Quito Rough weather
setting IN. the uppsr works Of the ship broke
away. and further efforts of recovery weSe
'abandsosd, By the Spanish Government.
The natives of the ooast afterwards obtained
600, 900 more. The Information wss fur
n,shed to Superintendent Parker, on his
lately visiting the spot, by Mr.. Gonzalez.
who is cogni1aut Of all the above facts, hav-
ing distinct remembrance of the wreck.
Ing Of the vessel. and oil subsequent opera
tions upon her. There he's been numerous
expeditions, fitted out BY different parties.
to operate upon The wreck, which, from Va
rious reasons principally unstable Or inef'
ncisut wreckingi appasatue.) have mse with
bat Indifferent succssA ~s@t 1ya ,... ia
d" The recent improvements in hydraulic
machinery, aud the powerful apparatus pos.
sessed BY The Pacific Coast Wrseking Com L;
pany of San Francisco, under the abls a.
pstintendsnce Of their exres,encea ospeT'
intendent Capt Parker, will enable The
company 70 accomplish with ease what hss
.hsretofore been esteemed . practical impos'
sibility. g. @a"-..- -3 .'.'
Il was By means Of Captain Pasker's by
draulic machinery that >1, ,9oo. 1000 WAS re-
covered from the wreck Of the Golden Gate,
wi,hstsnding four expeditions had pre-.
viously attempted the task and failed; and
% confident IL Captain Parker Of achieving
success on the present occasion that be un'
dersakes the charge of the enterprise, and
relies for his remuneration solely upon 4
proportion Of what he succeeds In recover
inG from IL -tH b. . a.@ .... -a Hg,
Captain Parker last summer visited the
scene of the wreck, examined into the CIR
cumstances and has obtained exclusive per
mialion from, the Ecuadorian Government
70 wreck the y,assl. paying in consideration
fiye per 'oent:of the gross rccoveries.. -.
The stockholders In this company IN
compossd Of many of our most wealthy and
prominent citizens, and feel confident thai
they will succeed in recovering ths treasure
The steamer Nary Tsyler made sn e1car
zion around the hay yesterday for the par'
|, iposs q trying her machinery. and every
thing vas found - work satisfactorily:
There ass Sosr engineer on board and three
divers who' viii scoompany the expedition
The vessel viii ~ for Santa Elens to.mor.
row afternoon. Win ! dew Of ten men enc
Tie machineryi nscisary.s u .rs1s .r~ odu /.
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# the carving of . figure in ivory seemb Z
.lhbos ct paiie1cs, sths psodictjoa ct Gamdos
owing 70 The isnyis! !liss eharscssf 81 ~
@aStssia. 7, 1aaSf.el =, more hborioqs. T. II
delign 90 NJ opyx, ,ssrd or chryeoprass y
slowly carried ont b. means os small cus
sing wheel. tepe constantly noistsned Will
diamond dit, turning y = speed 'of ~,
thousand rsvcloslce9p... pr minute. pApar
|, ,flom; tbe iasas g tAs delasn, ~ mere Abo
of cutaiDe Ne WORK ef lmostAs. Ooasrsse
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