The San Francisco call., 1896-04-15
Believe They Will in Time
Find the Store of Buried
DoubloonS.
ENRICHED BY THEIR QUEST.
Coffee Planted on the Island Will
Yield a Fortune to the Lucky
ConceSsionaires.

STOCKTON, CAL, April IA. - Jacob
Simon of this city, the proprietor of the
Columbia House, has received some good
news from the island of Cocos, about $50
miles off the coast of Costa Rica, in which
he and Captain Geisler are Interested
Several years ago Geisler learned that
millions of dollars in treasure was buried
on the island. Expeditions had been sent
before to discover the hiding-place of the
buried wealth, but Geisler secured a chart
from some source that purported 70 give
the location. He needed money to back
his enterprise, and so he managed to in
terest Jacob Simon of this city, who is pos
sessed OF considerable wealth and is keen
business man. Simon fitted out an expe-
dition here, and the schooner Hayseed
was secured for the trip. 1t was pro-
visioned for long voyage and a party Of
Stockton men were selected to man II.
All were enthusiastic over the prospect of
securing the millions that were reported to
be buried on the island, and were willing
TO brave any dangers to get the hidden
wealth.
The island was reached, but the expedi-
tion did not prove 10 be a success, as the
treasure could not be located. The
schooner returned with its men after a
time, but Geisler still had faith in the ulti-
mate success of his plans and SO had
Simon. The island had rich soil upon It,
and Captain Geisler saw a chance to get
hold of it until such time as he could To-
cate the treasure that he was convinced
was hidden there. He made an offer to
the Costa Rican Government and obtained
.
term of years. He at once set about ar
ranging to colonize the island. Numbers
of Germans were brought from their ma
tive land and put al work planting coffee
This was three years ago, and Yesterday
Simon received a letter from the island
telling him that the coffee was getting
ripe and that good crop would be har-
vested this year. This was very pleasing
information to Simon, as it takes nearly
five years for coffee 20 grow from the bean
on the mainland.
Geisler has never given up the idea OF
finding the buried doubloons. Some time
ago he learned that an old seaman in Bos-
ton knew something of the spot where the
gold was supposed to be hidden. He went
at once to that city and found the man. A
new chart was made, indicating very
nearly the place where the money was
buried, and he hopes to locate it. Even if
the money is never found Simon and Gels
Ter will make fortune out of the island
They are anxious to colonize it, and have
made liberal offer for any who wish to
60 there and who will cultivate the land.
Joseph Refine, one of the crew of the
schooner Hayseed, is in the city and gives
glowing account of the beauties of the
little island. 1t is only six miles across
and is nearly all high land. According to
Refine, the mercury on the warmest days
seldom registers above 80 degrees and at
night the temperature drops to 65 degrees.
The island is heavily wooded and there
are millions of birds upon it, The only
animals are the wild hogs, which are there
IN great numbers and are very vicious.
There are two little bays on the island
Chatham Bay and Wafer Bay-and it was
in one of these that the party from the
Hayseed landed in 1893. They hunted for
six weeks without success, in one of the
places the water preventing them from
digging deeper than they did.
The treasure supposed to be hidden on
the island amounts to $4,000 600, accord
ing to the traditions handed down to
those who are now searching for it. 1t
was in 1921 that it was supposed to have
been buried there by the pirates who
robbed the ship Relampago off Acapulco
and took the money that was being sent
from Mexico to Spain. Two Eng lishmen
named Thompson and Chapel, who were
OF the pirate crew, made charts that were
handed down by them to the next genera
ton, and these are the ones that Captain
Geisler and Simon hope some day to
locate the money with.