, 1877-10-29
Story Of the Burning OF the Spanish
6al}eon San Pedro Ii.
cantara.
The Enormous Treasure Which She
Carried Still On the
0cean-Bed.
Various Expeditions Which Havs
Visited tho Enchanted Spot.
a Hew Yorb Company Just About Ready
to Go Down In Ships.
Tie 9oTernrent of Ysnt1ttla Grants ths nfgM 10
Triat NTH The ntrmatts.

fte Government ef Yent1tela 0raats ths Night 10
Triae Nth The ntrmalt$
Isprtfat ntSraseh 10 The Chtea9n n1bunf.
NRw fonk, Oct. "A trca.urr-hunting CT
pedtIoM now being orranizt.l In this city and to
stnrt dnrinR tho cou,ng st'utll, las for its or
fcct the acquisition oE long.hsddcn store ot
wealth, bF comparison With the magnitude ct
which the treasure Of Capt. Kljl sinks into tt,-
significance. For more than Htxty ycnrs tin
waves and san.[s of the Spunish sua!u
lave concealed In one srut ovcr $jm0,'aU
in gull and silver coin, rich Jewels, ingots
OF bullion, and massive plate vi tie prcst4nls
ncta1e, the freight once Of ono OF Hpaln's men.
of-war,
THE aAS rEnHo AIcANTAaA.
Several attempts. says tho 7t'aes. cach attended
with more or less s1ctcsa, have been niat]c for
the rerovcryof the treasure. but tl,c sums tsl,cl
ous of the deep have bccn exceedingly snall
In proportion to tho ciurnloMs wealth re-
naming. Sow, II Ia believed by tho project
ors Of the present enterprise, the atinc has
come when paticncc. skill, md the appliance
for submarine exploration inreuled in lnto
years, wilt reap their rich rewnr,! tn rc.lnlmlnE
these long lost nlllurr. The San Pedro was
dispatched from, Spain as n convoy In 1915, with
13} men aud g. 000, 000 Of kilvcr un board 10 re.
cruit tho navy and land forces. When Vcuezu-
cIa WAS rraches! revolution was IN progress,
and the citizens. thinking thctr property unsafe,
TRANSFERRED IT TO TIE aAN PrDRo.
The vessel, after various fortunes md the &C.
curing OF other treasure, foUunR up q grand
to.al Of eG,oU,0N, caught fire during revcl
ind was dcstroycd totally by the burstluE Of
the mngazluc A thousand men pcfshed. md
The treasure sank In tho ocean. In 1916, Capt
Goodrich, OF Sewburypost, Masss, visited the
scene Of the wreck, ono mile from tic
Island OF C,lagua, anil with tho aid Of n
In securing ssaooo In silver. In 1915 CON-
pany WIS organtzed in Baltimore tor the pur-
se o, .,s.n,".s see" ' foroanl. @ - seeooa.r With 9Th
small iorce Of men va sent uo"n 10 cuaRua'
but. ow,rx 10 ats fs,!-s .. a'F'os app't@'' INC
AYxw MONTHS LATER,
H. .s. rn.. .ua,ha~ svnoI,,;on ~. ..r.
~ sns eai"e ~ 3' a. 0.s. H. -. s', -
OUT " this eomp mpan!' capt' n'a"S !" "co1'''@n''.
With the Venezuelan Government. Blair, tho
vc,I.knnwn tIlxer. ha,I tho eutervtsion Of Tho
work. md employed the bes. appliances for
submarine explorations KNOWN NJ taat Time.
During tho first three months quantities OF
co,,ner and runs Eerc drarrcd up. but only
oho,,t Al Eno IN xffrrr cofn. Tho i1,vcr. refusei
noout ei'o ~ sA. eoa' ,'. 49,. 1.,s a.s .SaA"..
to continue unless nc" point was cnosens
they holding that tho treasure had been blown
some distancc by tho magazine. The vessel was
,nchorr,l In anotbcr nlscn. The f,r,t time tho
s'A 's.."oe" -, -, -"1 !, A.. -. ...s,,...
utyine osll went ao"n On LUG ne" E1ouna
35o0 In aIIEcr were plcKcu up IN but Ats!e osct
two hours.
THIS SUCCESS
... .-.,, H.. T.. It, -,o,,,,. .no,,.
eon.'aueu eo "c'' 1''a' ~ ~ u'u'uo aooas
S20l0o IN silver coin hao occn feeoVefca'
Then the mn lor portion Of the Divers
nnn crew haripr possessed themselves OF such
,o-t,,, ~ ~. tro..u-. an thcv tor1a secrctc
po't'on -. .ae ~ ,.s.,;. $500. 'as
Werc se'zeo "1la NJ H1es.es'o1e 'ous'ne " scs
ashora and spend taeir wealth. one night she5
stole 4 boat, aud, laden with the silver they lAl
acerrtrl fru t,le otfttars Mt the sxpcdition, set
I'll ~ !, :, f,u.,r,. h,,. ,hcir trinmnh xur
"a" ~ 80 .Nss'.s,F
sloFt-l1veu, lor, a1ffloet immediately upon
arriving the5p, thty werO arrested al