Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-09
PLANS TO SEARCH FOR
BURIED PIRATE GOLD
From the New York Times.

When Commander Stephen Allen
Reynolds of the Sunke Treasurer ex-
petition slammed down the OF
his desk at the expeditions mobiliza-
ton base at % West Twenty sixth
street last evening, he had more than
$50 applications from persons Of both
sexes who wanted to enroll themselves
as members and accompany his down
to the Spanish Main. Commander Rey-
nolds is the man who, as told in yes
terday's Times, has assembled a staff
of %scienticts, explorers. adventurous
and hardy marines to sail shortly for
the Caribbean sea, to Uncover three
boards of buried pirate gold which he
believes have been rcposing there since
the days of Pizarro. h South Ameri-
cans lncas and Captain Kidd.
Unless complications develop with
two friendly Latin American republics
Commander Reynolds and his chief
electrical engineer, G. Van Antwerp
Clarke OF Boston. will try for the first
time OF an island in the Caribbean the
experiment of locating, through high
frequency radio waves the doubloOns
and pieces Of eight which they seek.
They estimate the value of he treas
ure they expect to get at more than
$40, 600, 600.
lit liz difficult to explain 10 the lay
man just how we intend to locate this
buried treasure" said Mr.. Clarke. who
is the inventor Of the floating peri
scope for submarine craft. ut may be
said. however, that the principles Of
conductivity, polarization, and wave
reflection are involved. particularly In
their modern application. In our
search for the best instruments to use
we have had the cooperation of h
commissioner Of patents, and advice Of
Commander Reynolds himself. who
formerly was connected with the coast
and geodetic survey in Washington.
Here. in brief. are two methods
we're going to USE" said Engineer
Clarke. Every electrical engineer
knows what it meant. and the mode Of
procedure, but as far AZ I've learned
it will be the first time they will be
applied to the search n location of
buried treasure.
18th first method consists of sAc-
cessively causing electrical impulses to
travel definite lengths Of earth, form
ing part Of a circuit superimposed upon
an electrically energized closed circuit:
measuring the resistance thereof, then
repeating the measurements at differ
ent angles. Finally we shall compare
the resistance. This is what may be
called a 'conductivity' method. The
figures will prove absolutely the lOca-
ton OF definite bodies OF gold. silver. or
other valuable metals.
THE second method is a wave re-
Election method. and brings into play
the most modern concepts OF electrical
science. by means OF
waves of known length between sta
lions at points o the supposed To-
cation OF treasure, at a known distance
apart, and varying transmission
conditions until the existence Of inter
! ferences with waves transmitted di-
rectly between the stations by waves
reflected upwardly from such easur
is ascertained, and then further vary
ing such transmission conditions until
. a definite relation is established be-
r tween the directly transmitted and the
reflected waves, the maximum posi-
BILE depth of the rejecting surface OF
> the treasure can be determined"
With these two methods backed W
: by sluicing and coupious applications Of
) n~itroglycerine under the direction OF
e Chief Engineer II. de VAUDEVILLE
Se;,itha of the expedition. Commando.
t Reynolds hopes to lay bare millions Of
> buried treasures before he returns.