The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Duke of ArSyIl e so;,sIl Fin His Empty
From Golden IT. A.. +.
Gallecn Of AAC I1AAACNO0

carried many Of the clan Campbell with
him. so when The great Admiral Of Flor
ence IN trying 70 reach shelter Is the little
harbor OF Loeb Duan was sunk and the
crew escaped to the shore the spaniards
found themselves among . people BY no
means friendly The wreck Of the Ad-
miral OF Florence. with the treasure in
her hold, lay under the raters Of the
Inlet undisturbed until about 100 years
ago. The presence Of the treasure under
the waves. which the Maecailum More
considered as belonging to him az much
as the shores they washed. became tra-
d.tion IN the house Of Argyll The Ad-
miraPs gold became 10 the chief Of the
clan Campbell what estates IN England"
and '"rhe French cls'ms' are 70 @any
Americans.
About hunased years ago. when the
diving bell had begun 70 be workable
contrivance. the duke who relgned over
Argyle determined 10 see Il he could
"lift7 some Of the fraesure which the
duke Of Medina Sidonia had brought from
Spain. lie began work on the wreck and
his divers brought up some cd cannon.
Before the treasure vas got at. however.
the governmeat heard Of the operations
of his grace II Argyle and gave him no
iice that an Of the Treasure found would
belong TO the crown-that being the law
Ia those days The duke Immediately sus-
pended Operations. declaring that he
would ''see the government further be-
fore re would spend any more Of his
good money in bringing 10 light money
for the crown. The government might
have worked The wreck itself had Ii been
IN possession of the chart which showed
where the Admiral of Florence lay. but
The duke kept that among his private pa
pers under lock and key. ard the members
of his clan who had worked on the wreck
were too loyal 70 the MacCallum More to
give any definite information as to the
wrecks iocation.
A few years ago the British home once
issued a regulation which distinctly mod
lfed the laws Of treasure trove IN the
British sles. As the law now stands the
finders Of the treasure practically come
Into possession of Il. II IA Is found on their
own land, the government reserving the
right principally. OF acquiring such Of the
treasure as may be OF an antiquarian
value for deposit IN pubilc institutions.
This new phase of the law 1Iag made it
possible for the duke ~ Argyle to 90 to
work upon the treasure shin with GER
tain prospect Of reapine rich rewards for
his labors provided the years have not
been too many since the saip went down.
The place where the Admiral OF Florence
went down IS more sheltered than the
open ocean. but Is stiI a piece OF water
liable TO be tcssed about BY the violent
winds when the Northern storms are
heavy over the Argyle coast II may be
that when the divers dnaily explore the
wreck they will md the same state Of
anairs as was found when wrecklng
expedition. Of which Cen. Burnside was
one Of the principal promoters. went TO
explore ths wreck Of the oid Spanish gall
leon on the coast OF south America. II
was found 81 that case that the action OF
the waves through the long years had
,so broken Up the galleon and scattered
her contents about that hef treasure had
been dissipated over the bottom Of the
ocean and most Of Il buried beneath It's
shifting sands or slimy ooze However.
O Is 20 b. hoped that the gaileon beneath
The Scottish waves win yield up lts treas
ure 70 the duke u would be a plctur-
eaque thing for the fortunes OF fhe duke
Of Areyie 10 be restored by the treasure
brought from spain over three hundred
years ago by the duke Of Medina sidoula.