Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-02-09
} A BURIED TREASURE.
Stores OF Ancient Coins Recently
Unear5hsd
Buried for a Century and Accidentally
Discovered by Dretlgers = May
u4Vc belonged to Capt.
o.. kid.

In the hugo buckets OF mud Clur out
of tho Lover and Windmill islands by
the drci :crs' cndlcsa-c!lciu scoops there
have c5:ac to the surface quarts Of
silver coil3 whose dates Indicate their
coinaJo = long tirac prior to TIC rcvolr.-
ton. G;:;-:i tho Philadelphia rncord. A
peculiarly CT tho ccin1 il that Gorac
n:c very larTc, even of greater diameter
than = tr:Nlc dollar. while others arc
smaller than any denomination ::ow il
i"rU!Gtion, utmost TIC size of the
widow mite. .
ScvrralG - ago tho captain in cl,a--c
OF one OF t!.a GgJIv:j noticed whit y"
tHon~.!t to b> bright, shining G3ll@T:,
dropotn3 from tho scoooJ into TIC
scoT::i md called tho n..&n'i'>1 of The
cHr'nccr OF tho Gr,G..-i- r., nc, dc
cl2:in5 that they we're G":.i ut ~
gold and Silver. The cn~i2cAr'j rc:.i.:
was that either tho cc1...::l'G cTc"i -
was detective or that lie wa5 dcrac..t.Gt.
Afscr the days work had been com
plHtcd tho scov'S master won't down
into tho hold Of the part lly-lo;d,,.
vessel and with = l2ntcrc collected ovrr
two hundred aud fly coins Of I'll &C.
nominations and sizes. 2nd could have
recovered as many moro had it not
been for tho C@r,:nc3a AID e." i:l.>~aGi.
billy of wor..iug Vile tie vc3i,-l =. rs
rolling aboHt with TIC tidn:i and Winds;
United :i@;:;"e; l:l%',"ctGr Pearson. " .
has charge ri t.Io :, ..',..,.;lrr of TIC l.!a-
tcrial from the f'li.ca3"tcr to TIC
grounds 1t League iglaa.. had His at.
tcntioa called to tic III. It eli cts
shining t-:Tou.;.n the Il;.t2::.l as it vyas
discharged, and il Snort time So
cured lnany &pc";'1";5. Among t,!osa
found 1T the t,I?:-: - cr'o;E7li:; y:crc n
silver coin issued IL ii,j:, Il fcrci ~ I'll.
vcr com tho Elzc OF Il doll. = marie!
100 and another 1..:3, ;Ea&u Ca;
coin mar" -. and n:l7a%roua :rcl.n
coins Oh wi:iGh the t.,.t2. c.;nAot Lc dis
tinGci%hcd. Nj Of the ;:Gt. co::.". w:lig,
arc about the 81" Cf :. tend ,tl-r c-ri,i.
piece, have bcc0 f;::,.I on tic i:;!.:-.d.
nnd none have set COCO t. h.r'!t from
tho dumping tsrol;iW!, and i! ~ &C sup
posed to have h2e;l separated from The
Iaud and &ul'. t!;c Pumps not !.avin;;
sufficient cHp.4~,ty to reach the bottom
of the river
The treasure has been located 1T the
extreme a-utAv7C:'' - end, Were the
sarltarrTl was 1orracrlY located, on
Windmi!i island. the OILY spot where
the dire Gers havc GCnc ary work worth
spcnldng Of. 1t is believed That there
Is rluch moro hidden treasure Near the
sa10o spot which will be recovered
when tho drcd.;cs resume wor.5 in re-
moving tho great har5or obstruction.
No one has yet boon able to tell where
the coin came from. 1t lauGt have been
buried there century or moro ago, but q
good Caany Of those who have heard Of
the discoveries believe tat Capt. kidd's
treasure u fonnu at last, Many wears
ago vessel arrived here from San Do
minJo consigned to Stephen Girard with
cargo of coin which political refugees
had stolen from tho treasury of San Do
EliASo city end anchored directly of
Windmill island, Girard only received
about onc-half Of what was marked on
tho vessels rnanifeSts, and up to the
present :inc nothing was known of to
whereabouts CT the balance, and it il,
supposed to have been stolen from tho
vc 'scl and buried On the island, wheSo
it lay until the drcdgcr3 turncd it up