The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-24
Rich Copper Cargo Now Being Recovered From the Pswabis, Sunk In Lake Huron In 1865.
 Many Skeletons h Hold

| After lying for more than half cen tury on the rocks and clay that form the bottom of Lake Huron oH Thunder Bay island, south and east Of Alpena, the treasure stored tn the hold of the steamer Pewabic, sunk Aug. @, 1ssS, in waters far beyond the depth at which the diver hitherto has been able to work, is now being brought to the surface safely and without trouble, says the Detroit Free Press.
 With the raising of a 'clam" load of relies from the long sunken steamer, came at once the breaking of a worlds record in deep sea salvage, the fruition of the three years efforts of small party of Toiedoans and Detroiters to prove deep sea salvage possible and the end of a story that was already reading on the border land Of inland seas legend
 1 Lives Given Tn Search.
 For the Pew6bic is a treasure ship in truth. Men have given their lives to reach her treasure fn vain. For tunes have been wasted in the efforts to reach the prize cargo IsO feet under the surface of the water. Now her treasure-pure copper-is coming up. Some of 1t passed Detroit recently on the way to Toledo, together with mass of other relics from the long lost vessel. ....-.
 In the hold of the Pewshic lie nearly 800 tons of copper, worth S2oO,00o or more at the present market Besides 1 the copper, there are several hundred tons of pig Iron. What else Of value lies beneath Thunder bay waters is conjectural. There was $ story that there was SSOOOO or $4G0Oo or specie in the boats express safe, but this is denied by Captain George ?. Mckay of Cleveland, now treasurer Of the Lake Carriers association, who was master of the vessel when she sank
 There is also a story of belt owned by a woman passenger, which was said to contain large diamond and c large sum of money.
 Divers Find Skeletons,
 It Is a fact that one of the passen- gers, who was saved, offered a reward of Sl, 900 for inc recovery of his trunk. His name has been long since forgot l ten.
 In the hold of the vessel divers found a number of skeletons
 The successful attack upon the most powerful of all barriers to deep ses work water pressure - has been brought about by the "srmored diving suit" constructed on novel lines by B. F. Leavitt of Toledo, Leayitt made his "suit" more than a divers suit
 It is in reality almost 6 ''submarine." ] Constructed of phosphor bronze, it car ries its own air supply, condensed, sufficient for a four hour stay under water. What this means in divers work may be best understood by ex- plaining that at seventy-fve feet, the limit for practical work by the pres ent day diver, 6 human being can stand the pressure for about fifteen | minutes.
 Up on Thunder bay the men going down to the Pewabic descend nearly three times the hitherto practical depth and remain four hours. At seventy Eve feet the diver heretofore could move about very little. In the new armored incasement the diver can scarcely move at seventy-hve feet The pressure Is insufficient to counter balance the great weight of his suit
 At 1JO feet he begins to move freely. Projecting from the Leavitt suit and working in water tight sockets are two steel fingers, manipulated by the hand, which is free in the big sleeve, com posed of flexible copper bands covered with heavy rubber.