Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-11-27
CASKS OF TREASURE
Washington HERALD

dav. and he had q strange tale. Ii
was = tale of mountains of gold, OF
Gu, los. and of gIettering jewels and
precious stones. He divulged ms
secret only after much persuasion
and an assurance that he alone
should remain the sole possessor OF
the knowledge of the spot where
his Arabian Nights treasure cham
Der is located.
But is not only the tale which
the stranger recounted; ne also
proved it's truthfulness by showing
to the amazed eyes of his visitor
casks filled to the rim with idols,
ornaments, and cyrios, all wrought
in virgin gold. Another chest was
choked to the lid with specimens OF
gold, silver, and copper ore, end
other precious metals and stones
The stranger is Emil Mosonyi,
and is at the New Willard. He ar
rived Yesterday, and is registered
from San Jose, Costa RIGA. lie IS,
however, q native of Hungary,
dark haired, swarthy skinned,
lustrous eyed, and tall. A young
man; with o fierce mustache as
black as night,
His native town is Budapest, by
profession he is civil and mining
engineer, and by inclination anc
practice a man who digs up graves
Of old Indians in Costa RIGA and
extracts therefrom gold ornaments
idols, and pieces of pottery.
The Hungarian tells strange
tale. His dark eyes light up witt
a. peculiar fire when lie talks OF lh'
GREAT discoveries he has made II
some parts of Costa Rica. He talks
of tons Of gold and millions OF dol
lars worth of curios and objects o
historic valte. Mr.. Mosonyi doe
not only talk; he proves the veracl
tv of his tale. He shows peculiar
" wrought and oddly shaped idols
ornaments, and curlos, hammered
from virgin gold. They are SOLE
and heavy. He has not only on
snecimen; he has big alligato
satehel full.
! In another case he has specimen
of gold, silver, copper, and mic
ore The son of the pussta SAL
THAT he knew of place in Cost
Rica where the earth containe
mountains of these precious metal
and where the most lnterestln
could be made of objects Of hlsto'
ical value.
~ have been carrying on ethno
opical and archaeological explor'
tons on my own account Tor yea
in Costa Rica, and after trip
| | England and my native country
} will return to Costa RIGA to col
tinue in my search for these hldde
treasures" Saying this, he picKe
5 ND a bundle Of papers, document
{ and maps which lay hidden at II
5 bottom of one his strong trunk
and continued: This is on, y
: 7 cannot say it it is somethll
! that will astonish the world :
! veritable Aladdin's lamp
!, oThere we're only three lndl'
: tribes in Costa RIGA which befo
i the advent of the Spaniards look
I for gold, which was to be found
!. large quantities in their eountrl
4 1t is only in the graves of these
: dams objects Of gold can be foun
}. Besides gold, there are sometlm
n pieces of pottery and coins.
NJ 81 have special permit lre
8 the Costa Rican government
carry on my work. Germany II
sent an expedition under DIR. 7"
n ter Dehmann, of the Ethnologl'
r Museum of Berlin, to Costa Rlca
+ also carry on exploration work; ,
nobody knows where my treasu!
y are hidden because there is nothi
to show on the surface where
dams may be buried.
IS ri have studied the history
le these Indians thoroughly, and !
'e on excellent terms with the natlv
. which enables me to prosecute
y work without encountering q
troubles"
Mr.. Mosonyi saidhe could not W
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