New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
HOW THE GOLD WAS FOUND.

The next morning party set 9i - os .;srmss
island ann Sn,o.5s side who lived al b. himself sort
=, K9ohirson Cri-o- life. tl-l Htt- ~ -
~"pis OF i~hne boats Ihtt nsnt assd s2ne y ,hs,
nor desperate spirits Of ihe pa,E proPossdh hcs
r. snoiid steal ore OF ihe o,n ., - "a h-t,s
us' u' 80 rrsfris M. sezs small vess-l sni s .,Ts
80 - ~ % -, M Island with more provisions M ,ools,
Tna "a -penter ami tns >aoi wnS Isl hsI 'y 9-nrn put
n~ ~ ,5 rlsn into execution by they Iersstea sr
sailed away the next dsy ,,d Ven yI she S-sch.d.
the wounded wretch crsslsi out. me sols
survivor o. tsr ~ sefore Before ne died h. told
r1sny rss,sl. mad succeeded in reaching the eoaSi
safely and with i,,e diisry nrh hev ,riea to GET
swsy With IT IN the righ, ~, 80 ,,r r,.b ,bs r..
ere, srfa h,r ,h he paid f9r his visi!.ncs with sn,s
sh whisa s~''Ie i 9 sr aR,y IN f bsf5Ts they ~er.
prsrbsulsi taken back to port and eysry one se Ss
then vas hanged excsp, tns 80. Ii,. g vo,ns.d In
dong SO cs-pentsr and the sailor pro-p.stsd dany
nuo-. xns,, their knives with Wlleh - wo..n,
they made nisss y c5rsiaersbe amount Of gold.
Orc tav they borrowed ratcns' s tofn a. up the
man. ana ~ ,as mountains some distance up sns
slope they cleared AWAY ne po.,s s;ons I'M
prssnais e with gold IN s.se 9san,,sssa Nth s;
The en,ire As they worked. howevsr sheis
- In constant jeopsr rdy for the moun,,isan ,,i
side seemed -a,,rls. 20 etc The danger from these
srsu so serious they advanced VA, ~
So. go
nnSiiy .ed themselves with working about tnf
en-. IN. ~ the mountain. They rename on ,.x.n
sapG - ~ pa.sns vessel which stopped TO nj! hsr
~ster-casks
BEGINNING or WILD QUEST
s,or,Iv after their return to the isthmus We
n5 snor'y sss ken down with is,hmvs fever and
ss2r saE ss carpenter then took the gold and nesp
oI-u- - .screi set sail for his home IN Aaiine.
.-a ing n' ne bought a hotel He intended some ums
TO re,ufr -. ice receiving ar injury that resulted
IL" "oo,,,ivs,. and a year later he also diea BUY
hs,a,a n. dIi 50 he told friend VINO nae nurssa
him all the details OF rnw ns p,sn of the ISLAND
described location and toposr :. rs,i,.r
such an accurate description IA. any one IN nrSysnr
WIN us ,snfs The carpenters friend Did not sur
". hi-, long but before he died ne hxewise rv-
lated the carp story .sT 70 M Tniissr Wt;h
~ Msi' ws,ars OF the Southern Pacific - 60
r-,s csntain took his chart OF the Facinc .oxst
sailing direction and ccass srsy,,sIly coosisssnt
The island was there. although me isu,uoe sansa
about forty miles an errot essly S~e ,S. r. r.
not Iainr M ,rs isla nd from the mainland was cor
tan'e % were also several illusions 20 II: topcs-
,aphy The story OF me soid , - inAa -, ~ w~ wh,sh
100 Dy maintains become famous for its
r,..hnsss IN this metal The only TACT wnicn ~
land is that the islands in the southern Pacinc
a sa,a 10 be almost entirely OF coral FORMATION
tssrSrs ,e pS' year. 81 .sr ss last sens q
the secret an sxped tion nas neen io s
hy two Boston men. both miners one on tnsm
1880 ~ The people and backed by party of
w. u no are willing TO venture upon such wild
Two men se... s 60 s1i 0 30 ses sS S'ns out n snS
,n.nnsd With natives for the purpose Of locasmG
the island and discovering what baEs shssU - Soe
the story OF its golden treasure