The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-02

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command Cd, the
vessel claims TO be- the only man I'm
I'll 10" world who know. 'hr .'rr"r of
ho buried treasure OF rucne island.
Zee plans uH this expedition iu u'f The
vast wealth pluUicr"i by sea- ruy',s
th" early part " m" last century
and hidden on the island .u q cave,
the exact location of which has hc"n
lost aud for which adventures have
sought iu vain for many years
lie Is equipped with hydruIis min.
Ing machinery and has sufficient pro
visions 10 remain for gear # nee.
essary on the island. which lies 800
miles m the western coast Of Central
America That score of former cX-
petitions have proved failures does
not discourage him. The treasure
hunters who have gone before have
depended upon pick and shovel lie
Will be the frst prepared 10 use
hydraulic mining methods Earth.
Iuak"E, he says. have shaken down
.andslides upon the treasure cave and
hanged The topography Of the island
lie will wash the earth away with
streams Of water powerful enough to
lprOot trees and burst rocks asunder.
lie is confident OF success
when return TO the United
States says Captain liackett, Il shall
have the entire CUcos island treasure
battened down beneath the matches Of
the Hcspcrus"
The story of CocoR island makes
Robert Louis Stcvcnson's Treasure
island" seem true In comparison 80
much stranger are the facts Of this
real romance Of buried treasure than
tho drcamHdyonturcs, highly cOlorod
AZ they are wrought by the imagna.
don Of the novelist The marvellous
tale has It's beginning In the days
when savage buccaneers. flying skull.
and-crOsshOncs NJ their mast heads,
harried the Spanish main and plum.
dcred tall galleUns on the high seas.
Il fairly gliItcrs from beginning TO
end with a fairy wealth OF doubloOns,
pleces-of.eight, louis d'ors, moidores,
sequins and double guncas In IT'S
crowded episodes blirdfoIded victims
walk the plank, bronzed and turbaned
cutthroats swarm over the bulwarks
of captured ships and lay about them
w!.h cutlass and dragon pistol, sea
Iogues are strung up at yard.arms,
towns are sacked and looted, vessels
are left 10 weller TO their ruin in fame
and smoke. It ccnters about a lonely
island. palm-shadOUcd In trOpic seas,
Wherein lies buried treasure beyond
the dreams Of Monte Cristo It rings
with the clash Of battle on the island
beaches and with the death cries Of the
men murdered that they might never
betray the treasures secret hiding
place Finally It hands down from the
taT-off time Of romance TO prosaic
modern days great golden mystery
which, like siren reckoning through
the years from purple southern seas,
has lured men 10 ruin and death.
According 10 well.authenticated &C
counts. s23,oO0OO0 in pirate treasure
Is buried on Cocos island OF this sum
sl2,000,OO0 In money, bullion ana
plate Is supposed 10 have been hidden
In 1921 by Henito Bonlto. the last Of
the great pirates who, even after La
atte had passed away, kept alive upon
the ocean the lawicss traditions OF
LOllonois. Pierre lie Grand, Roche
Braziliano England, Hawkins and Sir
Henry Morgan.
The remaining sll,OOO,OOO is said