The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-23

u diving Dell was employed.
At that time fine bronze cannon
was recovered, with many gold and
silver coins. Since then other guns
and relics have been brought to the
surface, but the strongroom supposed
to contain the treasure has never
been reached.
Among the articles already recov-
cred are sword blades and scabbards,
pistols, large and small; a peculiar
tapering-necked bottle of crude work
manship and bones of drowned Span
iards. The sword blades and scab-
bards were heavily incrusted with
lime and the bottle covered with
crustacea.
One of the early divers found that
the deck of the vessel from the miz.
zen mast forward was blown away
and that cannon and other contents
of the ship were scattered about for
distance OF 20 yards. The poop
from the mainmast aft, however, was
intact Here, 1t is believed, the treas
ure room is located.
Since then the vessel has settled
considerably and formation of sand
and mud now covers II. To get
through this wrecking crew is work
ing under direction of Capt. William
Burns, who has had considerable ex-
perience in salvage work.
Sand pumps are being used and the
divers work by the aid Of 1000
candle power electric light. They
have brought up candlesticks, fiagons,
copper pans, coins. gold ring and a
number Of metal and stone cannon
balls.
On Island of Mauritius.
For some months an army Of labor
ers has been digging on the island Of
Mauritius, in the Indian ocean, search
ing for a treasure valued at $780,
100000 or more, supposed to have been
buried at the time Of the British con-
quest or some time before. by the
French officials. This expedition is
being directed by a company formed
for the purpose of unearthing the
treasure.
England Is excited Just now over an
attempt to recover the royal jewels
and treasure lost by King John in the
Wash, when he fed across the marshes
in 1916.
In preparation for the search st.
John Hope, assistant secretary Of the
Society Of Antiquarians, has made a
study Of the tides and land shiftings
from the time King John lost his bag
srge and his wealth until the present.
The Wash has changed In its course
.ihce 1916 and Mr.. Hope calculates
that the treasure wagons will be To-
Gated at Sutton bridge, where there Is
23 feet of silt.
Another search for wealth long hid.
den beneath the waters is being con-
Quoted at Sebastopol, in the Crlmea.
Armed with government authority,
salvage experts have undertaken to
raise from the bottom of Balaklava
bay large British man-of-war sunk
by Russian sunfire directed against
the British, French and Turkish op-
ponents OF the car
II Is stated ha members of the Rus
sian admiralty possess Trustworthy
information to the effect that the
sunken man-of-war contains a large
sum OF money originally destined for
the payment of the British forces.
The present attempt is progressing
under the supervision OF a well-known
specialist in salvage. Sig. Restucci,
an Italian.
Knows Of Pirates Hoard.
A few weeks ago Boston woman,
who signed the name sadie j. Ma.
son" at the bottom of a newspaper ad-
vertisement for hackers for her en-
terprise, asserted that she had learned
the hiding place of millions of treas
ure which was captured by the cut
throat crew of ship that flew the
Jolly Roger" for a number Of sue
cessful years and was finally burned,
three-quarters of century ago, on
an island In the st. Lawrence gulf.
Miss Mason asserted that In the