The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-24

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Millions OF dollars in al oney. gold,
tsilyer. Jewels and Ealuab1es Or nanS
other kinds lie scattered upon the
bottom Of the ocean. The loss OF this
VAST treasure has cupied centuries
during which the sea has never failed
to take heavy annual toll in storm
and battle; but 1T Is Just beginning
TO be recovered. Modern methods Of
salvage have converted treasure
hunting from q visfonary's dream or
easy money, a subject for romance.
into successful and highly organ
lied business.
The most important salvage under
taking ever attem pied In the world
is now in progress just outside OF the
sZuJder4 Zee OF Holland 1t is for the.
trecoyery OF over s 6, 900. 900 worth or
lcoin, and gold and silver bars. " hicn
has lain on the bottom or the ocen
/ for oVersa century. This treasure
was a part or the cargo or the good
fship I.utine which left England for.
"a. IL Wdsa w TGChEA
Il october 10 OF that year, and most OF
Its cargo has never been recovered.
Several attempts have been made
to recover this. treasure with scantl
4 success. although its location has al
ways been we'll known. In an oper.
Fition conducted in 185T-5S. nearly
Il half a million dollars were brought
iup by divers, and then a storm turned
the Vessel upon its side and piled
lsand around it SO thtat the operate on
Twas abandoned. At that time a hole.
in the side. or the ship enable a diver
Ito thrust his arm UP to the shoulder
lin pure gold coin, but the changed
position of the vessel closed the hole.
Recently the National Salvage
Company. Of London decided to re-.
new the effort. The work is in
charge Of Captain c. a.. p. Gardl-
I ner. who has the most elaborate
tequipmentser provided for such an
undertaking Operations are con-
Quoted from the Lyons. a boat 200
4 feet long and thirty feet broad, with
a water displacement Of ST. tons
H This boat has mmodations forts
crew OF fortv-seyen men. including
| divers. blacksmith shop completely
equipped also for all sorts of car
nentry and en- gineer work. and, a re-
liable telephone system to- connect
the divers under. water with the7men IN
on deck. Specially designed electric
lights AXE 1t easy to work at nlpht-
as BIZ daylight. but DESPITE this, the
i bad .sWea Their permitted work only
4 2TS hours in eight months last year.
/ The work had to be suspended dur
ling the winter on account Of freezing
4 but is .noWsbeing resumed
The most4inlportant Of the special
equipment provided for this opera
ton includes a sand-pumpingsa ppar-i
atus and a Il strong e1ectro-magnet;
! The sand-pumps have three pipes,
/, one with ascapacity OF 1900 tons Of
sand an hour. and two others, each
With capacity of 8 so tons. These
/ pipes draw up the sand by means Of
air pumps in order to clearsa space
4 around the ship for the divers to,
! work
The treasure was all packed in the
! hold OF thetyessel with shot and other
ballast. The action of the water
i during these years has tended to
unite the metals so that a solid pave
ilmentY twelve feet square and four
i feet thick has been formed of silver
dollars 1nassed with old iron. It is
1 INTENDED to break up this mass by
means of compressed tai force under
water, and raise it to the surface al
IEsections by means OF powerful
electro-magnet This method is now
|beinE frequently employed to recov-
Ter su bmerged metal. The magnet
\ now IN use upon the Lyons is the,
largest Of its kind ever manufactured.
4 A large crane on the boat rasises and
flowers the magnet, and also the iron
Treasure box, into which loose
pieces. Of gold and silver are being
lsgathered. Part Of this cargo in:
scluded 1. 900 bars Of gold Ia Ia;
Inches long, 1 IL inches thic ~ and l
sof gold has been in the Amsterdam
linus scum for over fifty years, and the
$otd Dutch diver who recoy red 1t IL
nov working with Captain Gardiner
1t is believed. that the treasure VIII
lssoon be reached. 4--s}s
No other wreck in the world has
itreceiYed quite SO much attention az
thatsof the Lutine; unless lit is that
\ ofathe Maine, VIII III attracted interest
for 4 very different reas on After
the Lutine found cred with the its
scre,w.sit became Dutch property be 4
IScausesit was in Dulcn waters; and the
\ by salvage companies OF the Dutcn
1 nation. In 1852 the Dutch
\ presented the wreck TO King George
i#of England He ira nsferred the
\ ownership 10 L1oyd,s Marine Insur-
tance Company OF London. because
I that company had paid out S4,o0 0;-
100 o insurance upon it. a Dutcn COM
II panya4is now cooperating with the
Il English comp any in the present oper-,
alton, and will receive fifteen per
Il cent9of the results. Lloyd's will res
Eceive fifteen per cent also. but the
4 Largest part. seventy per cent Wilt
The FIJI IS 1a va ri ~ ~ the en- lr<rrf COM