Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-06
EPIDEMIC OF "TREAsUeITEs."
Hunters After Hidden and Sunker
Millions on the Increase.

Millions on the Increase.
This week the steamer Xema leaves
Cardiff for a mysterious island on the
West African coast on a romantic dia-
mond-seeking expedition. The cir
cumstance reminds one that during
the last few years there have been
constantly recurring outbreaks of
asureitis"-indeed, the epidemic
is at this moment more virulent than
ever.
The hidden treasures of gold and
silver, of jewelry. diamonds, and pre-
cious stones, for which periodical
search is made in various parts Of the
world are computed to be worth sew
eral hundred million pounds sterling.
A bare statement of these various Ell
dorados is calculated to make the
eyes Of the avaricious blink.
At the bottom of the Lake Of Qua
tavita, in Colombia, there lies, 1t Is
said, treasure in gold and silver, and
Jewels to the value Of at least f10O,-
10000 Pirates loot worth many
millions is buried on Cocos island In
the Pacific. Spanish gold to the tune
of f3,0OO.000 reposes in the Armada
galleon Admiral Of Florence. which
was sunk in Tobermory Bay, off the
Island of Null Spanish vessels are
lying at the bottom of Vigo Bay laden
with 100000 in gold, silver and
precious stones.
Six million pounds worth of the
buried treasure of the Incas" has yet
to be unearthed in Bolivia. Untold
wealth lies in the bed Of Father Tiber,
into whose bosom the Romans cast
their priceless possessions. The an
cient regalia of England, many Nor
man Jewels, the crown Of King Alfred
and other valuables are buried In the
Wash.
Pirate boards estimated at 100000
900 are hidden I'm the Black River
mountain, Mauritius. OF the coast
of st. Johns, Cape Colony, lies the
wrecked East Indiaman, Grovesnor.
bulging with f1,000,000 in specie. A
British man-of-war, the Black Prince,
sunk by Russian gun fire at Sebasto-
pol, has a cargo of over 100000 In
gold and valuables.
Jewels and gold worth f1,000,00O
are tantalisingly hidden on the Medi-
terranean island Of Alboran. Stores
Of gold and precious stones are be-
lieved to exist in certain oases Of the
Libyan desert The ill-gotten hoard
of Captain Melville, a famous BUSH
ranger, who robbed hundreds Of gold
diggers between Melbourne and Bal
larat, lies carefully concealed in the
Australian bush.
Numerous expeditions have been.
and are still being, dispatched in
search Of these hidden millions. About
a score have been fitted out for Cocos
island alone. But success Is long In
coming. 1t was reported two years
ago that a party of British and Amer
ican engineers had recovered f3,200,-
900 of the Incas long-lost gold, but
surprisingly little has since been
heard of the yarn.
The probability is that the shades
of the Incas are still successfully
guarding their own. The people over
whom the Incas ruled were wonder
full medieval race of white-complex-
ioned Indians, whose amazing wealth
the palaces blazed with gold and
precious stones-was hidden in caves,
sunk in river beds, and buried deep
in the earth.
Romantic almost beyond belief is
the story of the Cocos Island treasure,
for which unceasing search is being
made. One portion Of the hoard was
deposited about 1921 by British pi-
rate vessel 1t was hidden by sinking
in gravel and tunneling in rock. The
pirate leaders suffered capital punish
ment, and all evidence Of the where
abouts of the spoil vanished. Anoth-
er portion consisted Of the treasures
of an entire Peruvian town entrusted
to a British barque during a revolu-
llOIl lie GIG" VI lhO boi HoS SSSASJ
ed their trust, escaped with the valu-
ables and buried them on Cocos is
land.
The pirate treasure consisted of
bullion to the extent Of hundreds of
Of pounds; precious stones
to an enormous amount; hundreds Of
bars of pure gold; 27S gold-hilted
swords studded with precious stones,
chests filled with gold coins. The Pc
ruvian treasure consisted of gold and
silver sacramental vessels, ornaments
richly encrusted with precious stones,
gold and silver ingots, chests Of bull
lion from the state treasury.
A chart of the island locating the
latter hoard has been handed down
a chart for all the world like the one