New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
A MISSOURI WHISKEY NINE.
STORY OF STEAMER FILLED WITH
LIQUOR SUNK ON MISSOURI FARM
MINING FOR GOOD OLD LIQUOR. FROM WHICH
THE DISCOVERIES EXPECT TO REAP
FORTUNE-CCRIoUS FREAK OF
A ZIG RIVER
Holt. Mo. letter in The P,tsbIrg Dispatch.

ZIG RIVER
Holt Mo. letter in The PittsbIrg Dispatch
Confirmed topcrs who in their drunken dreams
key flows ss freely us water in the streets Of Venice
should come to this spot 10 sleep ,, htVe som I,
aginaton fell short ola whiskcy mine. concealed
IN the hart of a Missouri River steamboat buried
farm Ana sIch whiskey, Older than most living
men. ripcninS and melOwng IN the hQweis o. We
earth Tor over half century. 1t IS hkcly to o.
liquor such no one has ever tasted yet ana 10 Dc
priceless in its worth .- 49, a.o,,or il ,,s
present location is almost as INTERESTING as tn"
whisky that 1t has carried concSaed Tx t hc
surface OF The earth FOR 80 many years IN ~ Wv,
steamboat Arabia loaded At ST. Louis with 30 bar
rels OF whshSy iargr OF On her sa irp
for Omaha ard Sioux city. She got no further
she struck snag OF some kind ana hcr tlLIH Ia
forty passengers had all they could do to scraDie
children were saved by the prompt lowering of the
boats. and the men had to swim ashore as best
Thereafter the Missouri River began to play tag
with It's course. shifting and turning ana iorclhS
laden boa; went down was left hish ana dry. ne ne
lost steamer was first discovered IN 49, wren us
smokestack ana pilots cabin were seen protluaihS
from the sand half mile west OF me chahn'l on
the kansas sde They TG3 AN time, ns' Strange to
say. thought OF digging out the boat ior tne
known to be ilcd frcm main deck to keel. II was
only when had sunk out OF sight ana the ioca,i0n
had been forgotten and lost, owing to the constant
varying OF the map caused By the fiVcrs Heahs
that We began to realize what We had missed III
neglecling TO secure the treasure when We hau II
When il was found ono day that the steamer had
gone from, sight. the people around here WOKE up
and began 10 search for it. Soothslycrs were con-
suited. seventh sons OF seventh sons were urecd 10
use their guessing powers 10 hclp inc s,i cl,ts
and divnng rods carried Over vast extent oil tcr-
rltory. an 10 no purpose IT was ascerianeu, az S
wreck was living. in the person Of Charles \ Car
eide but as he was only six years old and the
youngest passenger aboard at the TIM OF inc as
astcr ne WAS able 30 help the Sangulnc stafch-
ers with his recolcctions Of the affair and 50 they
had to so back TO the s0othSaytiS, se',hth soiis
and divinng rods and at last every one gave IL up
Last January began TO think that there was a
possibility OF discovering the lost steamer by SyS-
me and a few OF US got together and formed a
company. consisting Of myself Gale Henson. J. }.
Recce and J. ID Henderson. We procured Lease
OF five years several hundred acres OF iand
around The spot where ii was thought the l3st
steamer lay. and began prospecting in earnest we
CONTINUED the search long and patiently. ana IL -
now shown that we were SO mar b 10 a mos
scrapcd the rusty sides OF III steamer WIN our
our method was u drive iron rods down twenty .
I'VE to thirty feet ana If they struck nothing but
had driven over nearly one hundred and sixty 2cres
OF land ana were fast losing hear ~h'n Fidd ny
the drill Struck something marc anu mean ~ W
pulled it W and tried again few fee. 20 me IlE9,
VIII the :e r ,EI d1y n s6o w i the same re-
suit Then We knew We had struck our suhkeh
The Spot where the boat found Is fifteen feet
below ow-water mark. ana about twtnty-SN %
de"pGr il, ,one place Than in others ana appar,
entity lies with its bow over than its stern ana
wide We have everything in readiness to BEGIN th11
work of cXcayiting the treasure. having obtained
air cCmplo ss0rs. cassous. boilers and engines,
and operations will commence at once We expect
get five thousand gallons OF Whisky, ana o'H'I
merchandise. worth. in the aggregate III ie''''
the quality Of The whiskey r theT yor is no no
show that it has been spoiled 10y It's long repose
under ground j. viii certainly be- the most re-
markable uIuor ever sampled. and should sell az
fancy f.ur" for the MGR SAKE OF the moi,'y u VIA
realize if dC!od out to those who viii VI TO taste
It as matter Of cuII9s'@ hut 81 ~, in
thrcc-ycar-old kentucky whiskcy. That The pin 81
ladinG which We have looked up snow iiaynS
been underground for ioriN-n years IL WIZ 10Y
be nfty-tNo years old. Whiskey Of that aGc. l"ft
TO itself VIII have un1ergone c0nsideraic cn.lise
What th" chang" Is We, are iIl curious 80 hi'4"'
Liquor aroVs more valuable a. ii grows Older. be
cause the nerincss wears of ana the wl!"kcy be-
comes mellow But Of course IL dotsh REQUIRE
moro than few years for u'h an improvement To
take place. and the liquor that IS kept for lonscr
than tn time roquirci Tor TIC mcHoWlhS pro ,,t
has 10 b. watched and occasionally Ier' shed WIN
another blend to keep it from losing It's r3vor,
Some experienced liquOr-d 1l'r5 Win Nhuii nave
talked say that WhSkcy left 10 itself Tor the llfne
that this has viii be too strong TO drink ana might
say II viii t.. 4 drink FOR which cpcurcs and owners
OF rractsod paatcs Will be willing To pay almost
Anyhow it is going TO be brought to tho surface
at last. and cv'ry one Will have an op2"ri unity oil
TESTING its merits II We don't get rch ny inc
venture. IL VIII De tho worst disappointment Of our
lives II isn't every day that one finds whisky
min. containing liquor half century old. only Il
sneak of Tie steamer itself. Which We may be- able
TO dig up and icat once more on tn waters 81 thc
pricc that viii cover all our whiskey mhe expenses
IT COILD BIZ READ ONLi UITH 1 NIRROH.
From The Nashville American
A doublc-actlon. corkscrcw-shapcd signature OF
the Maxwell liouse register last night came yer.
near eau ing the lOuue"iS ln IN" r0iun1A 10 DE-