The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-21
BOUND FOR THE SEA Offers, HOME.
wherever Il IL, skipper Ohiemutz VIII H
Rich II He Fiads IL.
From the San Francisco Chronicic.

from the san fruHctscO thrOnicc
The little schooner Nellie Martin left Juneau,
Alaska, about mouth ago In search of a re-
puted island where Henry Ohlemutz, the Cap
tain Of the little craft expects to find great
treasures. The treasure which he Is king
Is not buried. He expects 10 find the wealth
which he Is seeking on q mysterious island.
In short, he Is hunting sea offers, the coats OF
which animals are more valuable than those OF
the majority of seals. As the sea otter Is rapidly
becoming extinct the fur-bearing skins are be-
coming more and more valuable. Good speci-
mems are now worth a. high as $500. Capt
Ohlemutz believes that he will discover an
island almost alive with the sea offers. and that
his reward will be as great as though he had
discovered . rich gold mine.
For many years there has been a tradition
among sealers and the freQuenters Of the Beh-
ring that there existed q lost paradise OF sea
offers. The story told by old sealers is about an
island upon which the eyes OF man have seldom
rested. away out to the westward OF the Aleu-
tan Isles. which is the breeding place Of the sea
otter. This mysterious reef has been searched
for In desultory way by many sealing vessels,
bu. none have had the fortune TO lind II.
The Nellie Martin has been fitted out To carry
a party ON a thorough search for the lost island
The members of the party are Capt Harry Ohle-
BIddle and Fred Hogae. They are ali confident
OF securing the wealth which they believe Is
anE the Msrn arrived al
about two months ago with q cargo OF seal; sea
otter. black fox bear, and mink skins These
Many Of the skins came from a small island in
Prince Williams Sound, where James Biddle,
81 SscH ago
bought I've pairs and this 'pTins his heart was
skins in another years time will be worth from
turn 10 Prince Williams Sound, but the unusu;
ally large quantity OF provisions taken aboard
petition was about TO be undertaken. Capt.
Ohlemutz, when questioned. was Close. m3nihsn,
sse Say Sen a
nounced that search was TO be made Tor the
traditional sea-otter's breeding place The Cap;
tain 10 deep-water salt; tall, big-boned anu
Yes, I'm bound ON a voyage OF discovery"
Ing the reason OF his elaborate preparations.
8 You have heard OF those sea-otter rocks out to
Sian navigators in the last century. Well, am
going to hnd them or die In the attempt"
ed about to the westward. and ali the time,
have been hunting for those low-reefed rocks
ago ran across an old Russian sea Captain at
Kodiak. He told me he had the record or an oid
rocks i and OF Filling about 100 sea offers. That
was many. many years ago, and no one mas es zen
20 0n hSSss the
Il made . contract with the old Captain and
he would tell the location OF the reef. The bar
gain was struck, and from the log book OF the
Russian navigator got the exact latitude ana
longitude of the place The log described the
rocks as low reef which Is almost covered AZ
the high stages OF the tide, Any way, m on 10
schooner OF mine will contain the value 81
kings ransom " aen return, for sea otter SKINS
are worth from 500 10 $500 now, and are CON
stAntly increasing In value. -,
1.-THE rocks are not myth. Tor besides Tue
Russians log book, l have the worn OF 1Ap..
Murphy, who Was drowned In Murphy's eaye "a
1885. He made many daring trips N his little
schooner, and told me that he sighted the rocks
once during a storm. lie Was anxious "a nj out
and md them again. He would have done So
had not death interviewed"
The story Is like many told Of hidden treasures;
from different sources Of the existence OF the
rocks To go to the expense and time OF making
trip there Is a possibility OF his discovering the
place. especially as he claims 10 have the iatl-
tude and longitude OF the location.
There was much speculation ia Juneau as "a
Some believed that 1t would be toward Amadir
Gulf on the Siberian coast. but others con
tended that this would be too FAR north. The
greater number OF people Inclined To the BELIEF
that lie course would be toward cape OlmtoIsk
OF KEraEinski Island, while some Thought the
mysterious island must lie on kamchatkA-
Capt. OhleInutz Is not expected back Tor some
months and. even II successful IN his search, II
Il not probable that he will make known the
Whereabouts OF IDS treasure island. However,
he will undOub tedly demonstrate whether the
reputed Island Of untold wealth is reality or a
myth. II reality, the island may contain sea
Otlers Ia such quantities that several million
dollars may b realized from their skins.
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