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

ships sunk I'm shallow water.
Little OF Ct has ever been recovered; the average
man prefers 10 work tor few dollars % wcpk
But the history ui the hundreds OF treasures some
Of them We'll known and rich To narrative some OF
them but vaguely chronclod. is something NJ absorb
Ing Interest 10 the man with the true spirit 90 adj
venture In hs blood
More gold aud silver WIS produced from the new.
y discovered Western Hemisphere by the early
Spanish aud Portuguese adventures than the world
had ever known ~ its history. The Spanish Main
reokcd with r. The Indians from Mexico 10 Peru
had 80 much that they had no use for t Shipoad
after shipload went to England. Spain ana Portugal
Pirates and priyntcers uidcd the ports and the gal
Icons. Governors often cached the treasures OF %
city TO save them from the raiders, bishops aud
priests hid the wonderful solid gold affairs ratings.
vessels ana forth. 10 keep them safe. often the
governor was slain captured perhaps removed,
and In many the ccrics suffered similar tatcs
hundreds Of millions have been recovered hut the
sums remaining unbound are 80 vast 10 be stag
gering
II II Of those uncovered only partially rcoov-
cred that write. giving all the facts that nave been
able 20 find. hoping to start the seekers ON 10 the
quests. Some OF It seems easily recoverable that
could 20 aud almost lay ones hands on II: more
Of It would require patient effort. digging draining.
diving searching still other portions viii be found
only by the purest chance the clues too vague
There is one astounding store Of gold the history
Of which is so clear and definite ana the obstacles
to recovery slight. that will state It's claims FIRST
on the Cundlnamarca plateau In the Republic OF
Colombia is little pond quarter OF mile across.
In the center OF this pond superstous Indians
dumped gold in fiber bags In such quantities that
on the bottom lie hundreds OF millions perhaps
several billion dollars worth. one chief dropped
In $500 pounds In day to save the life OF
sick daughter ana the yotive process went
interruptedly for hundreds OF years. II IL easy
see how stupcndous the treasure must be and how
difficult 10 estimate accurately
The bulk OF the definite information concerning
the lake comes from the Journal OF Fray Pedro
simon, Jesuit missionary who dwet among the
Indians yparg nd
witnessed the incident cited
Al the time OF the conquest the live was called
Guntavita. "Caretaker OF Life" The Indians be.
heved that In the lakes and springs dwct the sub.
deities and all the tribes In northern South Amer.
lea believed that In this wonderful little pool,
with Its clear cold springs and beautiful shores.
dwelt the deity, who had power TO save and heal
Gold was TO be found everywhere Its sole use
WIS for decoration and religious or superstitious
offerings
Even today they st hide the secrets OF the
deposits, appearing In the towns with little leaf
baskets the bottoms OF which are covered with
gold, which they to buy all the print.cloths,
arms food aud baubles that make up their sim.
pie needs; then they away TO their huts In the
mountains. When the Spaniards hrst came tho
Indians laughed to hnd the white men so eager
Tor 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
death.wRrrant.
Fray Pedro Simon's account OF the lake says
that II was one OF "A chain hat II was so small
that two hber ropes could he stretched across II,
marking II into quarters They crossed In the
exact center Rats moored on-shore and
the Indians coming from altar laden with gold
would heap It these RATS in fiber and skin
bags. use the ropes TO guide the RATS to the cen.
ter and then throw In the gold 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 treasureseeking, 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 Smons description.
on the 18th OF April l6i3. there set sail from
what II Colon the Spanish galleon Santa
Marta, commanded by master.atarms called III
Tyre de Joasoo, and bearing vice governor Her
nAndo AroJas Aencon, with a considerable com.
psny OF wounded and fever'broken Spanish sol
di'rs scattering OF priests and some business
travellers.
She was headed for Cadiz and vigo Her cargo
WAS almost entirely gold to the value OF about
s25.0O00OO
II was not supposed that any one aboard was
aware that there anything extraordinarily
valuable aboard, except the master, Governor
Arojas and two priests OF the ships company,
Some one organized a muny among the return.
ing soldiers and sailors and while the ship was
heavily armed to defend herself against pirates
or priyateers, she was very easily taken over by
her own crew some time during the hrst week
out
Two boatloads OF prisoners were abandoned on
the sandy shore OF the PALISADES on the harbor
OF Kingston. Jamaica but E Tigre de Joasco and
Governor Arojas were not among them, and
somewhere in the chinks OF history their rate mas
slipped through and been lost.
The mnrooned people were very quickly picked