Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27
sneclnI co,renponaence.

Special Correspondence
n ONDON. April Ito recover
some 100000 600 worth OF sunlSen
treasure off the coast Of South
A-- and East Africa is the object OF n
remarkably We'll equipped expedition
which sailed from London a few days
ago. Romantic quests OF this kind an"
not uncommon even In this prosaic age,
but This one differs from it's many pre-
deressors in the fact that IL Is backed
and financed by hard-headed Engltsh
business men, who don't invest any
thing unless they are convinced they
stand an excellent chance of getting a
very good return for their money
il was Captain c. A. p. Gardiner who
convinced them. 1t was tough JOB,
but Captain Gardiner has tackled many
tough Jobs in his time and glories in
them. He is an Enslishrnan who began
life as a nidshIpnlite In tho British
navy, and was in the well done, Con-
dor" which won such renown for her
commander Lord Charles Beresford at
the honbardment of Alexandria, Find
ing after that, that services In the Brit
ish navy offered scant prospects OK
more fighting, Captain Gardiner re-
signed and enlisted in the Chilean navy
for the war against Peru. Thereafter
he devoted several years of his life to
huntlng trouble. He took service In the
Chinese navy when the war against
Japan was on and of course turned up
in time for the BOer war
But 1t was In that go ahead ana cos
m0politan city, san Francisco, that ne
added to his many accomplishments the
art of talking over capitalists, There
he engaged In business as a diver ana
salvage expert His attention Nas d.
Tected to the many valuabl" YesSeis
that had been lost on the African coast.
He personally located many or mem
and Investigated them In his Giving
sui-. and sampled their contents, with
his charts and his specimen treasures
he came to London and started a cam
paign among the men Of money
SLOW AT FIRST
II WAS slow work at first, Tor sew
eral recently organized treasure hunts
had turned out badly and solid business
men were disposed to night shy of
everything In that line. But the proofs
Captain Gardiner produced OF MS
ability 10 make good" combined witt
his san Francisco acquired powers or
a company was formed, styled tho
South African Salvage company. limit
cd, With Captain Gardiner as Its gen
eral manager, and IN another lew
months he Yves In command or a
staunch little steam craft of 800 tons
The Alfred Noble Once she had been
"A hazardous pleasure yacht, tgicSed oui
in an The lnery OF satinwood and
"frills" OF various sorts l3ut under
Capt Gnrdiners direction the frilis
were all yankcd out OF her 10 make way
Tor suction pumps, dynamos- GIRLS,
blasting appliances and everything
necessary for submarine exploration,
Although efforts were made 10 Keep
the details Of the expedition secret.
some meager details regarding II have
been published IN English papers ana
may have reached America, but tina
wili render nose the less interesting the
complete story which Captain Gardiner
himself gave me just before his scout
little craft sailed, He is a small man.
as inches go but sandy complexlonod
AMI chOck fall NJ ginger His eyes
lIght NJ N0nder0usly as he tells OF his
hores aud plans, 'The richest single
Prize Ne are in search Of ~ he said,
sls that OF the treasure ship Doro.
thea, which contains s2.5o00O0 IN gold
coin 0f the late South African govern
ment- ... ar, ,,,.,,.sr,pp
.The s.ory Of the accumulation OF this
treasure lts stealing by secret agents 90
Inc Transyaul, the attempt to carry !
on ana iis final loss on The reef on
cane Vidal ON The Zulu coast, forms one
OF tho most romantic and dramatic
narratives ! have ever investigated
oruiinued Captain Gardiner. several
versions ~ the story have been tosd
bug as nearly as ! can md the true
account runs as follows
~ hnu tho yenr 1895 tho men VINO
controlled the deRtinles OF the south
African Republic among others, ptesl-
dent Pau Kruger and Dr. Loyds, came
10 Inc conclusion thai II would not
come anilss II the country mad re-
serve war fund, The diplomatic Sky
WAS becoming pretty cloudy M The llno,
and "a bllnd man could zee that war
with England was inevitable.
III WBs desired 10 collect this fund as
secretly M possible and a. novel scheme
,yas adopted. At that time considerable
sums Of gold We're being stolen from
the mincs IN South Africa he lotnl
amount reaching into several hundred
thousands OF pounds per year. The
government. or rather ihe men ! have
named hit upen the des If huYlnE this