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

was sent by James H. OF England to effect recov
cry. lie found the treasure. removed only par
of H. and then sailed away owing TO the approach
Of two Spanish nen.ofwar, tie was about TO re-
turn. when the revolution Of 1858 broke out anc
he was deferred. In the admiralty archives AR,
all details OF this uncomplotod task What wAi
easy for Captain Phpps should be still cHsieI
with modern methods.
For the past twenty years Mexican antiquariani
have beea expecting the announcement OF IN,
finding Of a vast treasure In the state OF Pucbla
The third royal Spanish yiccroy after COrtcz sue
CcCded IN torturing from the chiefs Of tribe IL
Jalisco the secrets Of the hiding places OF all OF
the tribal store Of gold and silver ana by great
efforts brought II TO Tacuba whore u was con
coaod during period when the suzerainty OF
New Spain was more or less uncertain a dummy
treasurctrain WIS organized aud started Tor Vera
Cruz aud the word went forth that It carried IN,
treasure Some weeks later the real treasure
train Of one hundred and eighty mules set out
with only the usual small guard
In some way the word got abroad, and the trnit
was attacked by n mixed force Of Adventures
and Indians ~ II point within sight of the whit,
tops Of Popocatepetl and lNlacoihuatl the de
Tenders Of the treasure succeeded In osCapng
with the loss Of Ave mules and their burdens, hut
while passing through gorge on the route NJ IA,
old TRAIL now followed more or less closely by N,
Mexican railroad. they decided II WAS best tC
cache the treasure.
A cave In the gorge " M chosen and three hun
dred and twenty bags Of gold and silver. con
tanning several million dollars worth, depending
on how much more gold there was than silver
were stored away. while the train proceeded tC
Oriznba. Some fifteen miles from the site OF m,
present town the same band again attacked N,
train and killed nearly all the guard. since IA,
development OF the region In which the cave
must lie has begun. It's discovery In only a mattel
Of time, and II might be effected with compare
tive ease There cannot be many gorges anc
caves are not frequent. The chances Tor nndnI
the right one are rather strong. II has neyoI
been attempted
No small srot on the face Of the earth has beer
% productive Of treasure hunting adventure a.
Cocos Island on the coast Of Costa Rica
The west coast pirate bonita before his death
insisted that he had planted more than two mil
lion dollars IN gold, silver, Jewels and plate or
the island bat his specific directions we're los, by
his ignorant eNecutionerE
\ party 0 Mexican political refugees scvora.
Of them Of the famous Romero family or ~ con
nections, fleeing from the wrath Of Santa Anna II
lkis, planted under stone arch OF the island
more than ore million dollars. the revolutionary
fund with which they expected To gain control ol
the government
The third treasure f. the greatest and most mn
portant There Is a little doubt as 10 whether u
Is located ON Cocos or H. In the Galapagos group
on the coast oi Peru. The traditions all say tho
latter place. but after digest OF all sources OF
information ] am convinced that Cocos is m,
spot
Among the smaller treasures Of which there II
record II is well TO mention the seven large can
non filled with goldpeces by the pirate Villazor
and buried on an island az the very southernmost
part Of the BAY OF Campeachy, the reported cache
on the top OF the eminence Immediately north OF
the city Of Santiago de Cuba 10 be reached only
by a diicut uai starting In near Dos Caminos
the mysterious and probably nonexistent Havana
municipal treasure said TO have been assembled
at the time OF the English attack and concealed
within the ramparts OF Moro Castle so erectually
that II was never found again