The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-14
enough to find passage through 1t
 Lost Fortune in Copper.

enough to find passage through It, Lost Fortune in Copper.
 Of treasure in lost coal thr1at Of the Gilcher and Ostrich, a steamer ara tow that disappeared in Lake Michi< gan. is one of the largest. The two vessels carried 5000 tons and as ytt they have not been located. In leSj the steamer Africa went down in .a gale on Lake Huron. carrying 2,e59 tons of coal with her, and 'n 1898 the St. Peter sank in Lake Ontario wtt't a valuable cargo of fuel. These piS cargoes are only few ot the .Tnae.j which may some day be recovered.
 The history of lake treasure hunt- ing is not without its romance. In 1Seo the Pewabic was lost with a fortune in copper aboard She disappeared as completely as If she had been lifted above the clouds. Expedition, after ex- petition was fitted out to search fof her--a search which continued over 4 period of thirty years. In 1S37 party
 of fortune seekers from Milwaukce were successful and located the lona- lost ship six miles southeast rom Thunder bay. As yet, on account O. the depth of water in whicn she lies. only $7,000 worth of copper has been recovered from her.
 One of the most terrible events if lake history was the loss of the Att lantic, with 300 livess off Long point Lake Erie. in 1852. She vent down with a valuable cargo md for many years searches for her were made until a few years ago, When cargo to the value of SS0.o60 was raised.
 Another lost treasure hip, the looa-
 tion of which remained mystery fvr more than a quarter of q century, was the propeller Ironsides. which went down with valuable cGrgo and twenty-three lives near Or Haven in 1873. She was discovered a few years ago. but in such deep water thtt nothing can be done with her.
 La Salle's Lost Treasure Ship.
 Perhaps the most romantic of. all disappearances of ships from the great lakes was that of the Griffin, built by La Salle at the head of Lake Ontario in January, 1870. The Gr'@1n sailed across Lake Erie, up the Detroit river and continued until she entered Lax. Michigan. Tn the autumn of 1880 she started on her return trip 1aded with furs and with $12,oOV in gold coin on board She was never heard of again and historians are generally of the opinion that the httle vessel sank i during a storm on Lake Hul on. .. 1 The above gives only n small way an idea of the great number or ships and valuable cargoes at lhe bot l, tom Of the great lakes. and 1t Is inter [ RStlnR to pass ITOI1 lucF%7 NV hC hiNoCN treasures of gold anu silver. of jewelry, diamonds and precious stones for which periodical search "a made ip various parts of the world Hnd which are computed to be worth several hum dred million dollars. A hare state ment of these various Fl Dorados Is calculated to make the eyes of the avaricious blink. .- . F At the bottom of the lake of Gua-, tavita, in Colombia. there lies, 1t IS said. treasure in gold silver and jewels to the value of at least 6O0.00O,O0a. Pirates loot worth many millions Is buried on Cocos island in the Pacific. Spanish gold to the tune of &15,O00,e0a resposes in the Armada Ralleon, Ad- miral of Florence. which was sunk n Tobermorry hay. of the Island of Null. Spanish vessels are lying at he bottom of Vigo bay laden. it Is believed with
 $1O0, 100000 in gold, silver and pre-
 cious stones.
 Thirty million dollars worth of the
 "buried treasure of the Incas" has y |
 to be unearthed in Bolivia, according | to nitly historians. Untold wealth | lies in the bed of Father Fiber. into
 whose bosom the Romans cast their
 priceIess possessions. The ancient re-
 galia of England. many Norman jewels.
 the crown of King Alfred and other valuables are buried in the Wash. 1 Pirate hoards estimated at s1SO,000.-
 900 are said to be hidden in the Blacl;
 River mountain Mauritis, of the coast
 of St. Johns. Cape Colony lies the
 wreck East Indiaman Grosvenor, bulg-
 ing with $5.OOO,OO in specie. British
 man of war, the Black Prince. sunk by the Russian gun fire at Sebastopol,
 has a cargo of over S3,O0o.0r0 in gold | and valuables.
 Jewels and gold worth $5,00e. 900
 are tantalizingly hidden on the Medi- terranean Island of Alboran. Stores of gold and precious stones are believed | to exist in certain oasis of The Bibyan desert. The ill-gottenu hoard of Cap ! tain Melville. a famous bUshranger.
 who robbed hundreds of gold diggers between Melbourne and Ballarat, 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.
 It was reported two years ago that 8
 party of British and American engi-
 neers had recovered &15.O00,O00 of the
 Incas' long-lost gold. but surprisingly 1 little has since been heard of the 1 Varu