The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-10

GN@lJ found and taeu 10 O. aud treasure.
ships sunk 600 shallow waters
Little of Il has ever been recovered: the average
mnn prefers 70 work Tor few dollars Wcu,
hut the history of the hundreds of treasures some
Of them We'll known and rich 100 narrative some of
them but vaguely chrouciod. d. something Of absorb
Ing Interest 90 the man with the 600" spirit oi ad
venture iu Ibis blood
More gold and silver was produced from the new.
ly discovered Western Hemisphere hy the early
Spanish aud Portuguese pdycuturcrs than the world
had ever known IN its history. The Spanish Main
reckod with II The Indians from Mexico 10 Peru
had 80 much that they had no use for 10 Shipoad
after shIpoad went 10 England. Spain ana Portugal
Pirates and pryntccrs ruidod the ports and the gal
Icons. Governors often cached tho treasures OF "a
city to them from the raiders bishops aud
priests hid the wonderful solid gold affairs ratings,
vessels aud 30 forth. 10 keep them safe. often the
governor WAS slain or captured perhaps removed.
and In many cases the ccrics suffered simiar iatcs
hundreds Of millions have been recovered, the
sums remaining unbound 20 vast ns to be stag
gerlng
II II Of those untccoyorcd or only partially rcooy.
cred that write, giving all the facts that nave been
able 70 find, hoping to start the seekers ON to the
quests Some OF II seems easily recoverable that
one could 20 and almost lay ones hands on Il: more
OF II would require patient effort, digging draining
diving searching still other portions win be found
only by the purest chance the clues vague
There Is one astounding store Of gold the history
Of which Is clear and definite and the obstacles
TO recovery slight, that will state It's claims FIRST
ON the Cundinamarca plateau In the Republic OF
Colombia Ii little pond quarter OF mile across.
In the exact center OF this pond supersous Indians
dumped gold In fiber bags IN such quantities that
the bottom lie hundreds OF millions perhaps
several billion dollars worth one chief dropped
In 5000 pounds In day TO save tho life OF
sick daughter and the yotiye process went on un'
interruptedly for hundreds OF II IL easy TO
see how stupcndous the treasure must be and how
difficult TO estimate accurately.
The bulk OF the definite Information concerning
the lake comes from tho journal OF Fray Pedro
Simon, W no ~ tha
Chibcha Indians near the lake for many years and
witnessed the one incident cited.
Al the time OF the conquest the live was called
Guntavitn, "Caretaker OF Life" The Indians be.
hcved that In the lakes and springs dwclt the sub.
detes and all the tribes In northern South Amer.
lea believed that In this wonderful little pool.
with It's clear cold springs and beautiful shores
dwelt the deity, who had power to save and heal
Gold was 10 be found everywhere Its sole use
was for decoration and religious superstitious
offerings
Even today they still hide the secrets OF the
deposits, appearing In the towns with little leaf
baskets the bottoms Of which are covered with
gold. which they use to buy all the print.cloths.
arms, food aud baubles that make up their sim.
pie needs; then they 10 away to their huts In the
mountains. When the Spaniards hrst came the
Indians laughed TO find the white men so eager
for what they deemed OF little value Hut
when they saw the white men killing and tortur-
ing their brothers, wives and children they grew
silent and ever since have hidden all their knowl
edge OF gold among themselves. An indian VINO
leads the way to an Indian mine signs his own
dcath.warrant.
Fray Pedro simons account Of the lake says
that II was one OF "A chain that II was 40 small
that two fiber ropes could be stretched across II,
marking II into quarters. They crossed In the
exact center Rats moored on.shOre ana
the Indians coming from afar laden with gold
would heap II these RATS In fiber and skin
bags, use the ropes to guide the RATS to the cen.
ter and then throw In the gold. an old and sacred
man of the tribe or family reciting invocations TO
the spirit OF the lake.
What have related has been common property
among men interested in treasure-seeking. and
parts OF the facts have been printed both In Amer
lea and England but this In the first time that all
the known facts have been given There is today
ON the plateau n lake called Guaayita but II does
not answer Fray Pedro smon's description.
On the 18th OF April l643. there set sail from
what Is Colon the Spanish galleon Santa
Marta commanded by masteratarms called M
Tyre de Joasco, and bearing vice governor Her
nkndo Arojas Aencon with considerable com
psny OF wounded and fever.broken Spanish sol
dhrs, scattering OF priests and some business
travellers
She was headed for Cadiz and yigo. Her cargo
WAS almost entirely gold to the value OF about
S2500OO00.
II was not supposed that any aboard
aware that there was anything extraordinarily
valuable aboard, except the master, Governor
Aroas and two priests Of the ships company.
Some one organized mutny among the return
ing soldiers and sailors and, while the ship was
heavily armed to defend herself against pirates
or pryateers. she was very easily taken over by
her own crew time during the first week
out
Two boatloads OF prisoners were abandoned on
the sandy shore Of the PALISADES on the harbor
OF Kingston. Jamaica but FL Ilgre de Joasco ana
Governor Arojas not among them ana
somewhere I'm the chinks OF history their fate has
slipped through and been lost
The mnrooned people were very quickly picked