Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-08
fsnecial Correspondence.l

Especial correspondence
- ONDON, Sept 29.--rreasurc hunt
Ing seems to be one Of the most
popular forms of sport and BUSH
ness in this country ut present,
and hardly a month passes that the
tiotation of n company to raise Il sunk
en- treasure ship or dig for buried gold
is not announced. And the surprising
thing is that the hard headed British,
public tumblos over itself TO supply the
funds for these adventures, some OF
which would seem on the face of them
10 be doomed to failure.
For instance. a syndicate Is finapc-
i'is a party of young men who are cx-
cavating in the neighborhood of Jeru-
salem III the hope of uncarthing King
solomon's treasure which tradition saws
Is buried near the Pool of Sloan. An
other party Is searching for King Solo,
mons mines In Africa. while there arc
no end of companies regularly organ
l@ed Tor raising sunken treasure ships.
JuSt now we are hearing most about
me Pieces of Eight Syndicate" which
was iloatcd n few weeks ago to find
the money for recovering the five M,
10 be lying at the bottom of Tober-
noiy bay in Scotland, in the wreck of
me spanish salleon Florenca which
was one of the ships of the "invincible
armada, sent by King Philip of Spain
70 conquer England, then ruled by
nus sster.in-law, Queen Elizabeth. Div
ing operations have been going on for
some time and n few old Spanish
swords and ship fittings have been
Drought up, but so far the divers have
eight hNo "
Another OF these treasure. h,nt,n.
ilotatons is the National salvage Com.
pahy, formed to recover curroes ~
gold silver. tin, copper, and other
NaIuablc materials sunk around tho
Supe o. GOOD Hope, The promoters
saat M mat they can tell exactly where
s-V'VVo'Voo worth Of treasure lies under
Tile sea.
SEA SALVAGE COMPANY.
'ut ny iar the most elaborate effort
y, WI w.. treasure from the greedy Jaws
fron oceih ana incidentally dollars
Undertaking has won the 9sunnnrt nf
number Of hard headed men Of busi-y
ngss III England and of several retire1
rn,aa OF the British navy These
d.,,s nave formed 4 prosaic cyery-
o' ~; company to realize a fairy story
p ,'ioVins spirit In the Sea Salvage
e",npahy' as the new undcrtnl,inr L.
i,niS, Is Dr. Carlo Lorenzo Iberti nm
,ha "t uut'ior and man Of affairs. ana
in,,o, n.'ei prise is made feasible byf tho
c, ,.nis Of another Italian, Cavaliers
nari Ipht emo, whose wonderful sub
o,it NO. noat ana other appliances hold
-sut IlOpt of ''T'N,
uese IS the hydroscope. which Is n 'snrt
Hnptnaflne observation chumbar A.
Wan WI telescopes, and the elevators
trnn. M''i.h ~ Is hoped to- bring the
catoI no 70 the surface when ii IL 10
dcrf,n lie submarine boat is a won
tSa III invention. 1t can crawl along
,,,o,, po.toin of the sea and IT,, 100 is
occ r" Win windows from which ,ho
thns ""N" can mark out their course,
arms NUMBER OF marvellous graphing
wlicb u"htrolled from the inside bv
moved, e''i DC lifted and
,rn among the directors OF tho emma, !,
rsor, ,caf admirals, Sir Adolphns Ei l
Cha1,eo u cousin of King George ma
A. = C,n lhaham, the earl Of Oxford.
salvaeaa aeH, consulting engineer to the
anS r's'' hssocation. j, Barr Rohinsnn
NJ NMWu eorN the intcroccpnic Rnilwn,.
b,sinns"eo Y. Fl. Hayward, a London
ljer., pI, man, and DR.. Ibertl Cnvn.
'''' is the consulting engineer.
4 TREASURE aAAssUtRE or. vIGo BAY.
bcsm n company has made On excellent
III sn'. IN obtaining from the SPAN
.unttl gsI,og,rrh,nent The solo right to s.ayci:
is i tna r,io for the great treasure WIS,
baS ""o w, TO lie at the bottom OF Wan
drSs,c nv already by the use Of the nv
loeat toPt :, and submarine. boat III has
lain ~ me sunken galleons which con-
nou ~ treasure. The engineers are
anna ~ ~ ,, work on pcrfecting the drifting
Ibert, ' We 70, Tor It is the desire OF Dr..
ga liu ana his associates 10 bring Ia
linn eo1 49, TO the surface whole rather
weo,,b break them up to secure the
long. @'''e' 'ileE nave guarded 80
n hav Y !. story Of the treasure Of yigo
wh MI = o. one Of the romances OF tho DAYS
en- pun was supreme in the West
Il nies nrs,lln,ls.phere and exploited her colo
nj MY M,,nereilessly for tho benehtiof those
n peri itD'h g I sfestimated that at this
ps''ou she she drew from her west indian