Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-13

Croyland abby among them; and, val
liable as these things were at that
time-as John knew so well-how
much more so, magnificent. relics Of
the thirteenth century. would they be
today! What scene Of strife and
excitement would there be at Chris
ties auction rooms could but one Of
them be put up for sale there in these
times! And 1t is considered proba-
BILE, also, that some pieces Of the an
cient regalia of. England were lost
with all the rest.
Now, salvage Of all this, If It were
still in the quicksands of the Wash,
would seem but. a poor thought; but
| the truth is that what was the Wash
In those days Is now good solid Lin
colnshire, all that part having long
since been reclaimed by diking and
draining. The line of the old passage
from Cross Keys to Long Sutton is
now as firm as street in London or
Edinburgh, and the treasure, Is in the
ground below. 1t Is said that the
kings wagon train stretched at least
two miles; and 1t has. been suggested
that If trench some ten yards, deep
were cut transversely across this line
IT must surely be struck. "'
There, then, is q great treasure
waiting for recovery; and In this case
there is no diving under water to be
done, but simply digging IN the light
of day. Railway trains constantly run
across from Cross Keys to Long SUIT
ton on the exact route that Johns
baggage train took; but how many of
the passengers know or think Of that
awful tragedy of history that took
place there, the evidence Of which Is
surely in the ground below them?
There is plenty more treasure be-
sides all this. There Is much Of 1t in
South Africa. "Lobengula's, millions"
That is how they speak Of the treas
ure which was hidden and buried by
the famous king Of the Matabele.
There were only five men who knew
where the treasure was deposited, and
of those five there Is only one still
living, this being John Jacobs. ma
tive minister who was at one time
private secretary to the king. This
man says that the treasure consists of
2,S0O,00O pounds in gold coin, thirty
six bars of raw gold. ten wagon loads
of ivory. and 400 diamonds. Some two
or three years ago Jacobs was taken
with an = expedition that set out In
search Of the place, and trekked along
the Zambesi to Sesheke, and then to
Lealui, the capital Of the king Of Ba-
rotseland, meeting with much hard
ship and adventure all the way. From
there they tried to get to the head of
the Kori river, which was understood
to be the wanted place; but they were
misdirected by the natives, and, get
ting long way out Of their course,
and suffering from lack Of food and
desertions, had to give up and turn
back. .,. ,a ...s,.f,i|
Then there are also ''Kruger's mil
lions" which are understood to be ly-
ing at the bottom of the sea in the
wreck of a ship called the Dorothea,
off Cape Vidal People whose author
ity in the matter has to be respected.
however, declare that, though the
gold is there, it was never Kruger's,
and. that, indeed he knew nothing OF
its being on this ship. The alterna-
tive and probably true story is that
certain officials connected with the
government Of the transvaal. seeing
the way In which things were going
shortly before the outbreak Of the war
issued authority to several individuals
permitting them to engage in Illicit
gold buying. Having authority to buy
gold from mine managers at their own
price with view to getting it out Of
the country, they looked to make a
good profit on 1t between the purchase
price and what they would get for 1t
in Europe. It ia confidently believed
that as the result Of this arrangement
| e 100000 worth Of gold in bars was
placed on the sailing ship Ernestine
at Delagoa bay, the name Of the ship
being then changed to Dorothea. This
vessel had been condemned as unsea-
worthy on account of some acid hav-
ing been spilled in her lower hold; but
she was put to rights and the twelve
big boxes of gold bars were placed in
the hold abaft the foremast, cement
ed over, and 200 tons Of sand ballast
| were tumbled into the ship on top Of
| them. ... '...- ..'-
Then the Dorothea set sail, and It
was given out that she was bound for
Monte Video. which, Of course. she
was not; and a few days afterward
she was wrecked. It Is believed that,
despite the failure Of some very thor
ough expeditions, this treasure will
yet be secured; and it is said that, on
one of the earliest expeditions that set
out in quest Of 1t, diver named Kra-
mer brought up from the wreck three
pieces of cement which plainly show
ed the impression Of the cases, and
also about one and a quarter ounces
| of gold from a bar which was protrud-
ing.
| Captain Gardiner, who has been
commanding the exploring ship Alfred
Nobel, and making a great speciality
of hunting for sunken treasure-being
certain, as he says, that there Is
money in this class Of adventure"-
has expressed himself with much con-
fidence about getting the gold out Of
the wrecked Dorothea; and he re-
minds us also Of more treasure Of the
deep-that which is in the wreck Of
H. M. S. Grosvenor, a transport which
was lost coming home from India at
the time of the Mutiny. She had on
board a cargo. including precious
stones, gold and silver, bars and tin,
valued at more than e1,700,00O. The
wreck took place off the Pondoland
coast, in from five and a half to six
fathoms of water, and is completely
covered with sand. Recently it was
announced that a salvage company
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