New-York tribune., 1905-04-16
SEARCH SEAS FOR GOLD.
Treasures That Davy Jones Guards in His
Locker.

When Davy Jones once gets treasures of gold
safely into his locker he guards them more jeal-
ously than any merely human miser
And yet, Edgar Allan Poe wrote. one
might almost trace ones way to these sunken
boards by "the trail OF bones of those who have
failed to find them" Five expeditions have failed
run the so-caIed Kruger millions TO their lair
the Tenedos reefs. and the last OF them the
lives of twenty gallant men.
One might NIL volumes with stories OF these rain
bow chasers. many of them startling and dramatic
No one has ever yet found the San Pedro the five
decked Spanish galleOn which sank in the Mar
ninety-two years ago. carrying untold millions in
WeIe two chests which held more than 100000 in
doubloons there We're gold images and precious ,
safety, from Catholic churches; and there
spanish %arshps along fs @ American Ss coas ana
In all; the treasures of the San Pedro were valued
to rescue these riches from Davy Joness clutch;
Ves we're sacTced in tS Fe chsss bn All mIS ~
no purpose Davy is still gloating over his dOub-
looms and golden images as he gloated first nearly
Then there is the Huzzar an English man-of-
with gold 10 pay Bf fish soldiers and sailors. II is
water less than one hundSed YARDS from the Shore @
of the East River For more than !, huDdred Years
one attempt after another has been made TO snatch
t this E o Ta the 6S deep but 50 far not even
Not many years after the Hussar disappeared
under the water OF American river the slOOp-
of-war De Braak the bottom in u gale on
Of two eSptUred SPANISH geons sden with sSd
private individuals have Wed with each other for
century in the chase Of these treasures, but they
still remain seductive and elusive a lure as
when Davy first laid greedy hands them.
II any one seeks for treasure nearer home, il IS
TO be found not many miles from the Lizard. in
Cornwall, where, they say, Spanish g1lleon with
81. 10000 in her hold lies buried under the sands
and rocks where the richly freighted vessel was
battered to pieces BY the fierce Atlantic waves
Although many companies have tried IN vain 10
recover this submarine hoard. there Is no doubt
OF its existence. Tor coins constantly being
washed up by the tide tantalizng evidence Of
the richness Of the Golfers from which they have
dTifted.
In a cave in the Auckland Islands may stnl be
recovered all the gold that the good ship General
Grant was carrying when she started IN 1866 on her
voyage from Melbourne To London. with a passen-
ger list OF miners returning with their riches from
the EallnTat dggingS.
Occasionally. when Davy Jones is In an amiabIe
mood. he Will release part OF his booty but he
takes to clutch what remains more tightly
STILL When La LutinO, = captured French frigate.
sank under the waves OF the Zuyder Zee n little
over century ago. she took $50 bars OF gold down
with her In addition TO much silver bullion and
flZ1,O0O the pay of the troops in Holland Within
of her fOundertng $4,000 had been recovered;
nifty years more later she UP another f50OCO
but the rest OF her hOard-she was insured for
TounG fl,000O0O-she still keeps a jealous hold.
And aEain-as evidence that DaVy Jones Is not
quite bad he is ptctured-Of the ten boxes OF
gold that went down with the Alfonso XII OF the
CanRTies years ags nine have been recovered.
Davy keeps the tenth---(LondOn IIt-Bits.