The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-09-06


reamboot said TO have been the Car.
BILE J Harrison. with several hundred .
housaud dollars In gold to pay for .
oottou. was sunk In 1859 Nouc Of It .
has ever been recovered
There Ia fascinating story about /
on old barge that Is buried In the Mis- |
purt sand Hats near Fort Rice. North |
Dakota with II Is buried silver worth I.
bore than half a million dollars At
thc time when the unsuccessful pros.
Pectore were toillnE empty handed .
hack from the gold fields of California. /
. little band Of men struck a rich ind
scar what is now Virginia Guy. Mon
iana
The built rude camp and. with tho
/ poor Implements that they had work
cd fcvorishly fur many months until
they had taken out an that their
packs could carry across the miles Of
unciviliycd country they must cross TO
the navlrablo rivers Of the upper Mis-
souri, Toiling across the mountains.
always IN danger 81 massacre. faclng
starvation and priyatlons. breaking
roads In the frozen flats and blazing
trails through the forests. they finally
reached the river near Painted Woods.
Ind there built rude barge and load
ed II to the waters edge with tho rich
silver ore.
Travelling by night. In constant fear
OF Indian outbreaks. they wendell slow
ly down the partly frozen river know
Ing that soon they would reach tho
frontier town and safety II was In
"a and the few scattered settlements
had been deserted No Indians had
been seen for days and taking cour.
age. they Travelled faster and with less
caution. when they were near Fort
Rice they were attacked by the In.
dams and all Of the little band were
killed with the exception OF one man.
Pierre Iasclle
Ignorant ot the wealth aboard. tho
Redskins sunk tho float. and Pierre
Insellc escaped TO Fort Rice loayinR
behind him no trace OF tho expedition
the secret ~ tho hardships and toll
and wealth we're with tho river and
q with him lie told no one anything
q about II for some time-not until hc
had enlisted I'm tho army and manen
yorcd 20 ns 10 got back TO be near his
treasure. Then he took nm old Quak
or. named Richard Pope. into his con
; ildcncc and NJ tho urgent request ol
J the Quaker his son was also told the
. secret
n Three months later tho lltlo party
, well armed and well provlsionod, wen
, quietly to the spot that Iascllo rcmem
bcrod 80 we'll. only TO ind that thu
A liver course had changed and a bal
Of sand had formed over the barge
Not dismaycd. however. they dug nm
m they found the prov OF the OH
scow and on the very eve Of success
they too wore attacked by the Indian
and Iasolle was killed! Pope ana nj
con. too badly frightened to wor
again within the year. went back wit
the secret TO tho town and while Their
young Pope died,
Aftcr many years tho old Quake
took another man. named Emerson
and with the drawings that lasell
md no had made they went back I
the place Of troye and found that IN
sand bar had grown and that the rive
ran many hundreds NJ feet away tror
tho spot where the fortune lay burio
In gllstening sands. Where Pope sal
the old diggings would be found
young cottonwood tree was flourish
Ing. They spent weeks digging 10
many feet around the place, but foun
nothing. Some mistake had eyldcntl
been made In following out the formo
instructions, but tho barge was there
, because Pope and Insclle found II o
! their first visit Pope II dead. br
=. Emerson IL stlll alive and has the oil
D drawings, letters and records Mayh
! he can be Induced 10 part with II, an
maybe not. but somewhere In the fiat
near Fort Rice is snug little forum
awaiting somo finder.
Behind the city Of St Augustine,
4 some likely spot, another rich trohsuI
r II located. when II was n rich spal
y ish town n fnyorite putting.in port Il
|. the heavily laden Spanish galleor
that were coming through the Strait
\ Of Florida TO avoid sailing the watel
D made dangerous by Peter the Terrib
( and sir Henry Morgan, It's wealth a
n tractod tho attention Of the free'boo
K ers and word OF their preparations
/ attack md loot the city was carrie
o to tho oaptain.general.
For weeks the city was in n state
r great perturbation and whom son
r English ships. probably prlyateers. n
h penred off the coast, the public trea
Il ure, the church treasure and tho val
o ables OF the wealthy citizens were n
o sembled. removed inland and hide
!. For months the state OF suspense co
If tlnued until the Spanish Admiral Qul
d tana appeared with his feet The
s the ST. Augustinlans thought The
It could safely bring back their wealt
d To their horror tho three promlnol
II men entrusted with the secreting
A II. either could not find II or preten
Il ed they could not One fed 10 Spa
q before the anger Of his fellow-citlzei
X and his flight cost the lives Of the Of
@ or two They were assasslnated