Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-04

successful. In fact, so much treasure
was found that up to the date of the last
report, August, the divers had confined
themselves solely to work around the
Russian vessels n yet the yield had
been equal in alu to more than $2OO, 900.
IF such an achievement can be ac-
complished in Asia with a diving bell,
how much more ought the American,
Lake. to accomplish with his great sub
marine boat that can be made to wheel
along over the very bottom of the ocean?
This is the question that the American
and English treasure hunters have asked
and they are so firmly persuaded that he,
too, will be able to succeed that compan-
les are already being formed to build SUBJ
marine boats after the design of the
'Argonaut,' and search for the hidden
wealth beneath the ocean.
"UnQuestiOnably there will be no lack
of opportunity for such work, for there
have been scores Of vessels that nave
gone down with all their wealth just off
the coast of the United States. A similar
condition Of affairs exists in Europe.
There, too, the coast is strewn with
wrecks. Year after yea ships laden with
ingots and coinage have struck on Brit
ish rocks and have gone down with their
precious store. Some of these vessels
sank five hundred years ago and since
that time the gold has ain unclaimed on
the sands. At times various syndicates
have been formed to search for this
wealth, for it would be as good as ever
If it could be recovered, and now that the
efforts to invent a genuine submarine
boat and Il practical diving bell for use
in deep water have been successful an
other company is being formed with good
prospects of being able to net the stock
holders something more than the paper
on which their certificates are printed.
America, too, has had it's share of
rainbow chasers' and the ships to be
located and relieved Of their gold have
been strewn from the northern coast to
Central and South America. In some in
stances men of wealth and good business
standing have listened to the story of the
visionary who whispered of countless
millions and on other occasions the
money has come from the pockets of poor
people who saw in the scheme the long
anticipated opportunity to acquire
! wealth.
I'm each case, however, the result has
been the same. The money of the rich
merchant and the pennies of the widow
have gone in the same manner The
money has been spent upon useless eX
periments or has helped to fill the pockets
of a swindling adventurer. From present
appearances, however, it is quite posi-
BILE that future results may be different.
IN VI ouSA LII ~ uDIlld lie
work as deep water diving bells and boats
like the Argonaut would seem to simplify
the work of the searchers after treasure
trove. The n important point will be
to accurately locate the treasure to be
raised. After that has been accomplished
the work that follows will be simply a
matter of time and labor.
1T is a mistake, however, to suppos
that he revival in interest in This subject
is confined solely to submarine treasure.
An increased interest in one form of
treasure hunting naturally incites inter-
est in another and the fact hat the gov
eminent ethnologists who nave been at
work in the southwest have reported that
they found many most enticing clews 10
treasure that had been buried in the
Pueblo regions has not tended to quiet
the minds of those whose longing is for
sudden wealth. Already a company is
being formed to go over the territory ex-