Fair play., 1880-03-13

tp";s, wt, wsge b0y- =. -. t!r4e
-ay ;6ai he baal.s w.ro !A,L wi,l
c-aci;er-, winch, after -ereIa! days
emitted yery offensive oder.
| Abou; ten years after the sinking
of The boat (or in 1881, Us near i.
tie re: :orier could lcarr), tirm IN
der the name and style oi Bli.ew !.
Co., made al effort ~ fad the treas
are, bat did not succeed. They
struck tho boat at Ia. depth OF
twelve feet below tHe 81; lace Of the
! carth-lani being formed over ari
around the boat in consequence Of
! the changing OF the current Of the
| river-but at that point they hal IL
stop as they had not tho facilities for
overcoming the auicksand ami water
which accumulated more rapidly
than they could get 1t away.
Ia lS4S or 1919, Thomas Turner,
of Arrow Rock, worked tor the hid
den treasure, bn' hal to stop wien
he got TO the coat.
About thirty years ai.cr the ,hos,
had gone down Il company OF SIX or
seven gent,emen from Howard and
topper So2nt thought they would
Zurich thems"'res by digging for the
wealth. Curiousiy enough they
found the boat, hu. could cot get to
the treasure.
Afterwards William Gibson OF
Boonvi,le tired to find tac wealth,
but likewise failed.
Ia lae Lace Of these futile efforts
to secura the wealth contained in
this sanksn steamboat. parry OF
men are nov at work an! are conf.
dent they will succeed, although they
have just arrived at the point wh,rt
The others hai 10 stop. Ths gentle.
men doing the work are a: Capt. \
J. Picket, Mr.. J. T. Rosa, aud Mr.
A. Wing. Capt. Picket; il IA lawyer
who re-lics ut Marshal, AMI y mum
Der of years was \ steambna, cap
tam and civil engineer. Mr.. Win:
is tho owner Of tho island, which
contains ahou, l. 200 acres, havir g
purchased i, from Judg, Ssmbart, 81
Boonvilie. ab,ut two years ago. Mr.
J. I. Ross is an Erg:isamsn by
birth, and is practical farmer aad
miner he lives on q farm near
Marshal.
In 1856 Mr.. Ross read tho official
record nf ths affair, and at ,ha, tune
tried To organize a Company tor tho
pnrpose Of searching for the boat.
pr2po,;ns to furnish all the capital
himself. He could not lind any on.
with sufficient faith in the enterprise
to undertakes il. Ii did no, give
mp. however. but kept trying until
he Organized tho presen. company.
These gentlemen comme"Hsi this
work about The first Of January
last. Their first work was +" find
the exact lncaLion Of tina boat, which
they did with an ordinary field CON
pass. but before dissin. they sen;
for Tnrley submarine compass. the
needle "f which was attracted by the
iron, aui pointed ou, t. them the
exact piaes. They then wen, l."
work boring, and at an avcra."
depth OF - feet ak inches on the
Iarhoari sit, ard % feet on the
they sound the boat. A
large excavation, about 30 fec,
square ans: ! feet .ieep. has ar
been made, sni two wells or shafts
have been sunk. They work abou,
fiftrcn hands bat will shorty
pnt on ton more. A ten horse power
steam engine arrived there on Mon.
DAY and they vii, Immediately com
mence sinking \ cntf-r dam. If they
find that one en.in.. cannn. pump
out tho water ard sand they will put
on a. much power "a ia necessary.
They expect to have the treasure ont
inside OF the next thirty iavs.
The present location of the boa, is
sbou. 200 feet from the river, on the
side Of the island.
The money used IN dnirg the
work ia furnished by Messrs. Il '>s 4
? cket:. and any reports that they
are backed by st. Louis or o'',or cap
i;si is fai... Tneir ie.,: right 10 the
,reasnr", If found. ia perfectly good,
~ after twenty years the govern
m.ht forfoi,s is claims, ani the boz;
,nI ergo belong to the owner
,t tao land. Accordingly
they took NJ. Wing N partne ship
with them, they furnishing the
70 e; aut; doing the work, giving
nm 4 onc-ihiri interest IN Snater or
y a. iDdri.
Any report that either the money