Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
SEARCHING FOR AN
IMMENSE FORTUNE
Fabulous Wea IN /. SAID to Ee
Watched Ove.' by the "GiId-
ed Man" n a Lake.
IS OvER s5oo,ooo.o DOC. 90
Engiishnran Believes TIA. at the Bot
tom ct lake Guata~its in Colombia
Lies Ssera;ns OF Vast Trib-
utcs to "2s ok


Froyo ;,,c I.opln, express.
In 4 small city office :. ...icd n L.onion-
w,u ncws Is .rviors,v ,,,it.1 from :. !
M" ".o 's ;" s"'
IAN axe IL. I"i"lnDl-', '"iit'i AineiiS''
waiting for rain.
Heavy rain man. mean or him. and for
.hoac i'm th,. c,tv .,,,,. ,r ,,aon-vau IL.
.,.ov.rv, r.a.ur ,.o,,h .n.v,.rts y.v
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Bogotn Of Contractors. Limited. Inc
story Of the company ii one OF the most
amazing ro,oance pi misunderstanding IN
history.
The lake al Gua,avita. In Colombia. lies
IN the basin formed by The cone OF an Elk
finct Volcano 1t stands 1900 to lV,vu feet
Above the sra. level, and II but "A few mixes
from the thriving little coal city of Bo-
gotta. Many centuries ago it WAS the Sac
red Lake OF the thibchas. Il race which at
the time OF the Spanish conquest number
ed over l.0No, mn individuals.
The Chibcilas worAhiped the 'Gilded
Man," und x%lsuoutiy believed that their
deity made hAs home ut the bottom of the
lake Of CuAEavita- Periodically they are
declared to have made pilgrimages to the
lake. when they cast every imaginable
kind Of treasure. gold, silver and jewels
into the waters with the object of propitia.
ting the 'Ssiided Man who, through his
army Of priests, threatened all kinds of
pains and penalties unless the treasure
were offered in sufficient quantities.
The storY 81 the G.hibchas has many
times bean 1nvcsfiEA ted by travellers. and
al agree In believing that the lake con-
talns untold treasure. Humboldt. the
famous Traveller and historian, was one OF
those who estimated its value at &l0O.COO..
,rDo.
An EarIv Failure,
t,....a, tho On, nish conoucror OF the
<.S,nch,. ,-, ,o,d ,ho story Of tho treas.
,,r.. and s,,rreeded in reducing the water
Of the LIKE ..hen n, feet deep. to Is feet.
Then the sides fell in, and all his labor
cvus vnsteH- Further attempts were
.ohnndooed and Thu. lake regained to d
very large extent it's former depth.
Whero ths great Spanish administrator
failed. hovusrrr. Contractors, Limited. 4
,prosaic Exttissa syndicate, formed just owe,
six ycary sro. has determined to succeed.
The syndics:e was formed for the pur-
pnsc M rxDlo,tiuy n concession obtained
from the Colombian government to drai IN
fh~ yak.. AMI, recover for their own usu.
Nh. area.nre believed to be hidden by srs
,watern- Arpp,.r 6ts directors are MIR. r. J.
price n D. ,Tur uAe eastern division Of
rlx,rrn,sr ,.,,,,rnnan. and Mrs. G.. j. de Nit.
Lett. r.. canital was originally $40 N,
nm, no. sr~r.oeoa 10 e35 COO IL, 1go3.
49, ~ v,,rs ri hard worl, however,
So. oo,,nc,od with tho com,
.nnnw ~. r.c,,sppiny to believe that thu
..1:1aed M,r- o. .til al the bottom of tn.
,.E. -,,r,1yry hi. treasure. Encouraging
.,,, 80 s,,,or yoas and
" " go ,rnn, ,t,,,a "a tim.
N"eIs -. ,s,a,.inr or tho ,r.ns,re
auppor'su -%s lau...o ,n,o,t ,uoa,tt
- -ssa-,a,,,aa
ave no.
4f'rst TIC l]hs was ai. ~ NJ u !,
an easy tasf. 'or !. - s'.,. WI, NAV 80 -
'ehE..', ~ w. ,,a,,sors nh,
-. S.--s.sn, ~ tnas. was the coustan
hAn btN- AAAN
GscE ce""
LAKE O'a'neo.
At last. however, toward the eha OF isa.
the welcome news reached London Una
MT. Knowles and his stan OF engineer
:AnA workman had succeeded IN cu''ih
through the basin OF the lake anu the wa
ter had been drained successtui!y. iner
vWoS great 1upiiatlon. anu preparas'on
were made fm the large cohsisnnien's .
gold. diver and jewels which night be ca
.pcctcd ~ ARRIVE on the next noats. -,
t-fnicstn11A.e!y me W." .nn, Nc, nv ha.
~. -. ~. ..rc.Lc.n,nv Of his treas,r
~ sr-.x- =, J.nndorwnll was sun
-n.,ir -rsc-1 Nv n cablepram stating tn,
e-.rtvsn-- scet Of sol,d mud. or some 20
- ~ ..rs- Got In ali st,u Law hetwee
= s-...s,. ..sckcr. and their Quest.
-. 49,. "a N mn oO cubic feet OF M,
- ON 90 "a NJ stakep A new G,
D-~-- -, NO. ,,acided on-the co,
.HssH| - = vrsa. dam across the ho
--s~s~.s . -,,1, ~ tho basin ,cr,ninatt,
a. !. 100 snr,,,,rh which The mud shou
-..n.a md corefullv nrec pitated.
4. ~ ~c,vr ,he rn,d and silver treasure
49, - s,s,urhed from their h:di.
cI.rs "a centuries.
~. 49, vr.u constructed. and with
49, .I,sn~r,~ ,,,af. hut while ,lc work W
n rro~rrsx "a strange thing had happene
~ soNle Man was evidently at wo
.-.tr
~ ~ thrce wears the ersioeo-a h
= 49, r,T, ~ suc,, , 5n,,n,o,