The Indianapolis journal., 1884-09-08
RAISING sUNKEN GOLD.
a Philadelphia Party to Enaeaxor tn Raise
Seventeen Wrecked Gansous and Recover
Fabulous Bullion.

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a PhiIadel4hia Panty to Enaeaxor to Fsais.
Seventeen Wrecked GsaIlsous and Recover
Fabulous Bullion.
Philadeaphia. Record
company Of Philadslphians; known as the
Rlgo Bay Treasure Company, has been formed
Tor tne purpose OF recovering vast amount of
treasure supposed TO be lying at the bottom of
the Bay OF Vigo, on the northwestern coast of
Spain The projectors of the company expect
70 begin operations within month or two and
they express no doubt but that three months
VIII be sufficient in which to raise q portion of
lns luas sanken treasure, the amount of which is
attraet1vely put at from $40 600 600 to $40 90e 00g
HVeryone has read of the vast amounts of gold
and silver that were drawn from her American
dependencies by Spain during the era Of her
greatest prosperity One 6fth of al the prod
ucts OF the mines was due the king as ROYALTY
This treasure was sent both in coins ana
pgold and silver bars. 1t is a portion of this
lrlpute, LOST through naval disaster, that this
eenIpahy expects TO necOver by the outlayl0 a
comparatively small sum of money
In the year 1902, during the war of the guc-
cession, IA which England and Holland were
allied against France and Spain feet of over
twenty Spanish galleons, laden with treasure
from Ine Spanish 7fAmerican colonies, sailed for
Cadlz under the protection of convoy of French
and spanish vessels Owing to the danger ,eSf
capture by the English fleets SHIPMENTS of
treasure had been interrupted for four years.
and this feet Is described by different historians
to have been one of the most richly laden that
ever sailed from the Antilles
Inc hnglish GoTermmealt lhanning of the inn
mense shipment of treasure dispatched a feet
to watch the,eoast of Spain, with q viewof inter-
y,fleons and tT; s+ ts "a .se1 saAe
were There attacked by the combined English
and Dutch fleets Six of the treasure galleens
were secured, and they proved to be valuable
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