Evening journal., 1899-02-15
DEEP SEA TREASURES.
Many Wrecks Which are Said
to Contain Rich Cargoes.
GOLD AND srLvEEoFTHB DE BROCK


COASTS.
Sea Isle CITY. \. j., Feb. l5.-'h you
and ] only had the god and silver
th@, lie covered With sand at the bot
tom ef the sea on this coast, a couple
hourz' sail from here. we would be
mathematics. my boy" said Captain
Xii Lui.am, keeper OF the stone Har-
cor ide-saying shation. Treasure?
Why there's ang quantity Of Il out
there" and his eyes wandered out
over the sand dunes to where the mist
0arkened ocean began. 1T isn't all so
far OUT al sea, but for all that It
might be lying at the North Pole. for
al the good It has ever done anyone
Captain Kit. for by that name his
friends know him best, was in talk
ative mood
There's the Gun'temozin, a Spanish
full-rigger that found resting place
on this coast offSeven Mile Beach early
in the century" he went on. she
was covered with sand before any of
us were born, but for an that there's
a half miMion in god and silver
bulion in her water-llgged hnlk. She
was bound from Vera Cruz to Cadiz
and carried in her strong boxes this
Treasure Of the Mexicsn mines. When
she foundered during a bowling nor-
easter. many of her crew were drown
ed. These that lived were pledged to
sesrecy and said not a word to the
folks on the malnmhd about the gold
and silver that went to the bottom
with their ship. The secret leaked
out months afterlward, when a Span
ish gai.een made her appearance off
THE cape COAST and made futi,e ef-
fort 10 find the sunSen wreck The
ocean currents had covered her deep
under the sand. and there she has been
ever since. The T'ownssnd boys Of the
now deiunct Atlantic and Gulf Wreck
ing Company. OF Somers Point, tried
they were stopped in their search by
The Seven Mile Beach Company, which
Owls the riparian rights to the spot
on which the wreclters were working
Jtist why they did this has never been
mads rWblic
sBid l ever see anything OF the
Guatemozin? Why, yes. my boy, saw
the black. munsei-vovered ribs of her
several years ago during an extreme
~ lpY tide. She lies only a short dis
tance from the beach, but it ser mC
to thinking 50 hard. those pieces ol
hsH remains did. that ! never took hel
toSasi bearings. in few hous tn,
sra cnmo mp and covered her maybe
f0ever. forever. I've watched for tn,
And to uncover NE wreck and otter
al the dead OF the tide have ecannsJ
the sea beyond the line Of breakers
buo Hlere has been no sign of the oil,
Gllatemczin. I'm poor man. 1t take
money to hunt treasure ships and
never expect TO make the effort
The Gtatemozin is but one Ct a hal
dozen ships that have sunk with thei
treasure oargoes of the cape ccali
30 tradition says. Out at sea, less tha'
n soore OF miles from the Delawar
BEeakHater, lies the ship De Braak. Il
her sand4covered hulk there is tn
snug fortune Of s1,50O OoO in gold an
silver. Many men have coveted thi
NaAh- They have searched for It a
Vslmous itimcs hyE with no sicces
The De Braak went to the bottom dun
ing a terrific Storm in the Wanter {
1898, and with her perished every sol
on board. Several incoming Ships sa'
the unfortunate craft, but could rel
dec hcr no assistance A compan
Was organized some years ago Cor II
purpose OF beating the wreck and n
covering the treasure A steamer, we
equipped for making the search, Wi
purchased On board were sever
divers of experience. They put to 81
and spent nearly all OF one summ
in dragging the seas bottom in the v
cinlty where the De Braak was su
posed to have eoundered, but not
vestige Of the wreck was found. MAJ
wrecks were encounteusd, but none W
The enc soughf. DR.. Seth Pancoast, t
Philadelphia surgeon. now dead,
said to have speut te5. 900 in the col
pany thar tried 70 And the De Bra
and fully $4,000 was expended in I
work by others.
Lying at the. bottom Of the sea, {,
miles off Townsend's Inlet, n. j., a
the remains of the Spanish gale
Montezuma. Like the Guatemoz
she, too,went down in a Furious mort
east storm while conveying a lar
amount Of gold bullion from the min
of the Aztecs 10 the Spanish treasui
at least tradition says SO. The exs
amount OF gold she carried was nel
known, some stories placing It at s
100000. while others say II was ms
than double that sum The Span
Government sent out a ship to reco,
the bullion, but while the crew v