The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
DRAWN FROM TIRE DEPTHS
Gold and Silver MBFedEea Up
1Fom ahe Bottom of ahe
OCRRn-MDT she ~ Ork
is RF0EreaBimE.

from Ihe Bottom Of Ihe
OCsaB-MOw she ~ Ork
lie Progressing.
New York, Aug. l8.-rspeeial7-
Captain Thos. Symons, of the dIedger
Little Giant that is anchored IN the
sound inst south Of Port Morris dock,
was very serious Yesterday. ave
shall bit it soon" said he to HE assist.
ant, He had grappied day after day
for something like S4,8OO,OOO los,
with the BRUSH ship Hnssar. After
the first plunge Of the bucket about
one cubic yard-o mud was dumped
on the grating. When the men be
gan to wash for treasure the captain
saw something yellow glntering OF
the SITTER and picked II up. Ii was an
English COLI Il was IL a perfect
stale OF preservation and only a little
blseksusd by the water Half dozen
more we're found, then two gold but
tons from the uniform OF Brillsb
naval officer was what the next plunge
Of the bucket brought. together wltb
a lot of copper. Captain Symons
weather beaten face relaxed and be
smiled.
1--WE arc right over the stuff" said
be, and l expect to have all Of it NJ
very soon" lie spoke very qureliy.
too. The buckle, brUugh, ~ Two
snort sqasre bars On being scraped
clean they proved 10 be Of pure white
metal CzPlaso 6ymons took them t.
= lsWeieE aud they were pronounced
sterling siiv~r u gaess we've 60:
there, " sa,d the captain. That ended
the hnd o. tbe day. bat ItIs eslabltsh-1
beyond d0ub: iha; Captain Symons
has located The los, Hassar aud Der
Treasure and Is perhaps OF the thresb
old Of greal we2Ith iof himself and
other members Of The company. The,
as far IS kB0@n, Is the oniv preeiUUg
meta. ever recovered IRON The wreck.
keep 30 guIBeas by q Hrrcklug parl,
IL 1876 Should Symous recover
100000 Ib- profits OF toe cynpsnv
"0oid be Imm~Bse on the capita IT,.
vested, Da. sboaid be Teco,er slUC
OUQ, QUO or $4,000, coo IBe relarn Wi
Be eB0Fn00s. TIER are ventures tia.
pad a thousand told, but nope ubsr-
"a thoTl lime over 400 ilues the 10
T-slmeRL bss beer restr zzd
Ii q few days Captain Svmons
ezprcls 10 have ms submarine s=areb
tagbl il working order. |: vii b.
dropped 10 the Dgtlym Of TIE sousc
and Dover TIb5elts, of CbeIssa. Mas
VII b-gIn b,s exploration Of The boz
lom- The dePth Is Sc grea: ihaI III.
oslLs Eltl have 10 wear shoes with
fifteen pounds Of lead OF each sale.
besides a belt Weighted with lCu
20aDds Of SHOT. a, a depth O: ninety
feet with all this weight be vii be
so'e 10 walk on ibe bottom witt nacE .
sass.
The hydraulic dredgs vbs2h is dsnc
The W0IE apd ls the property OF C4pt. /
oyD0ns, consists Of s=rpss 0: e.aHs T.
+ Vrklug lalo ezeb otBer With 6 ossl7r /
T8heb As sE. IN q cyilld-r. Thts forms /
BIZ bucket WhIeh bags Gu q grape br /
.wo wire cables. WBe0 dredgfag the +
9ncket Is dropped, Claws wide ugen 10 /
be bottom. TBrn toe cvlipder Ia (
pumped fll. Of satsr closing liz e7Ijr /
1eT. s. grez. is The power ia. nj
1il. Tsnd heavy llmDers- TIE Luue
IlaDt's DaeE=: bas = Capacity Of one
sa5be yard Of earth [. i worked /
RON AZ ordinary IA; Containing a
donkey and h0Isling engines. h has
. ersE Of tWeive men, all from down
sas', ike himself, AID tbev are all
workers. Tue De2p,-
bout Port Morris are eo1vioced tbsLt
syDOas has found tie week Of The
reasnre ship. Every day crowds 20
O the shore to get a Eleg Of the Little
5tsnt as she Toeks aud lambles in tn
IFOng caHeat- TIE Impression seems
o be and perhaps is well founded that !
bore gold coins AID silver bars have
Keen recovered than Captain Sym0ps |
ready 10 tell. At any Iate. when
'e.tbOWed The gold WbIeh be foaRd 10
reporter be sid that be Egud max
one Of the people abOai Pgn Morn.
pen their eyes so0n a. hIs search
lght arrived. The gold coin shown
o the reporter was abaat the esreRm- /
sEeDee Of an American eagle, bat Only
boat half as thick. One eide had
be head Of George III AID On the
eVsIse the arms Of GFez. Britain.
bad milIed edge very irregular. |
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