The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-04

is possible tbst many Of them Aoated
away. ~: 'a35 s.<&**s> .1*.' e." 2zs.z@
~ The timbers Of the ship aud her mis-.
oellaDeous contents being removed (sll
but the keel and bottom p)anking),
the explorers found their further pro.
eress checked BY thick and extreme.
~ hard mass Of concrete or cement,
which resisted any but the hardest.
tempered tools. The mass was about
thirty feet square and three thick, and
the efforts to pisroeit in the center be.
ing un.vailing, they began chipping it
of little by little from the outer edge.
The cement was composed of oxide of
iron mixed with mud, and what soilors
call ''shingle," species Of large gr.v.
el. The cast-iron Of the ship had been
resolved into an oxide, while most of
the wrought iron had entirely dis.p.
pe.red, breaking up into thin fakes,
Which ID turn were still further re.
d 'dueed in size, until at length they dis.
appeared altogether: ri Es'. 81 ..2 8 :
r. ~ THE DIVERS At WORK. ~ y :.
Five o. six years ago another, Tay-
lor, no relation to the: great submarine
explorer, invented . diving bell, and
with the permission Of the company
spilled i to the work. During bis
operation., which were foreshortsued
By want Of funds, the other .pparatus
W. idle. The bell was too unwieldy
TO. work w.ll on the unequal surface
formed By the oxidized iron and gravel,
land after sinking $40, 900 or more Mr..
Taylor gave up. Since that time the
work has been carried on by divers
who wear the suits invented by Mr..
Taylor in 1876. A broad Dutch lug.
ger'shsped sloop is anchored over the
wreck, and for five years past the div
ing has been carried on steadily, tide
and season permitting: The engine
" hich congresses and forces the air
into the Divers armor is under q shed
on deck, and various blocks and tackle
and . light derrick form the rest of the
apparatus. A line secured at tho side
Of the sloop is anchored at tho working
place and serves as a guide to the diver
in descending and ascending. r.
...s THE DIVERS ARMoR.- g..
is 90 Iudia.rubber suit fitted with q
huge copper helmet, which il attached
to tbsssir hose and to &, lowering and
hosting tackle, having zalves for. the
emission Of foul air. To overcome
the resistance Of tho water, tho armor
is baiasted by about $50 pounds of
iron, lead and copper. A heavy band
spans the waist, = half circle of lead
fits to the back, and two bracelets Of
the same metal ornament the ankles.
The signal line is attached to the
divers right arm. The pressure Of air
forced into the helmet is 6fty.fve
pounds to the square inch-equal to
more than double the pressure of the
outer atmosphere. When the diver,
lowered slowly by the tackle disappears
beneath the surface, millions Of little
bubbles ascend, but tho deeper he
goes, the more distant are these indica.
tions of his existence, the tide forcing
them fifty or sixty feet away from his
actual working point. His tools are
always kept below. They consist Of !.
orowbsr and an iron drill six feet long
and l30 pounds in weight. This is at.
tached to . line, and is raised aud lower
ed from the vessel, the diver simply di.
reoting its strokes. - I
Mr.. Carr, the diver who went down
yesterday, says that it IL not ste to
dive except At tho slack Of tho tide,
which also regulates the time Of staying
down. . Gsnorallya tide allows from
6fty To- sixty minutes, but sometimes
work has been carried on for over two
hours. The slack comes four times .
d.y, and, As no diving is done At
night, only two OK three desceuts can
| be made in each twenty:four hours. ~.
II CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. -
Slow as this process il, its projectors
express confidence in their ultimate
success. Their theory is that the
treasure Vas oil in golden guineas, and
packed in iron boxes. The large
amount of oxide Of iron found 1T the
point At which they are now working,
leads them to believe that the treasure
is somewhere withia that space Of thir-
ty teet square, firmly embedded in the
oxidized iron. They may strike it
within week, or possibley not within
ten years, but they have sublime con-
| fidenoe that it 10 there, and, having
spent twenty.three years and an i'm.
mense amount Of money, they Say they
will never give up the search until
they 6od the treasure, OF discover that
it is not there. They have undoubted
proof, they SAY, that it was on board
the frigate when she went down, and
equally good evidence that il has never
been raised, .s*s.= sS..= : y. =1'. .ss.> >
1.-THE RESULTS or TwENTY.THREI
I Gs3s YEARS OF LABOR. En-
The practical results Of twsnty.thres
years Of labor, 30 far q the finding Of
gold il concerned, may be summed up
very briefly. Some years ago the d,.
vers picked up few stray guineas,
probably $50 in Ill. Some silver coins
we're also found, but these, as we'll Is
the gold, are not thought 70 have been