Evening journal., 1920-11-26
INVENTOR HAS
ship RAISER
Simon Lake Sees Millions in
Treasure Salvaged From
Ocean
TO START WORK
SAVING COAL OFF u. s.

NEW YORK. Nov. 26-Next year the
world will see the salvaging OF ocean
wrecks on a large scale. II the hopes
OF Simon Lake. inventor are justified.
He expects the lifting OF sunken treas
ure TO develop into a great and profit
able industry. His faith in a wreck
finding device, the secret OF which he
keeps, Is such that he anticipates the
recovery even OF the losses OF ancient
civilization in the Mediterranean and
the China sea.
But his prime interest viii be the
raising Of some OF The 100000 tons
OF coal lying at the bottom OF Long
Island Sound and along the coast be
/ tween Norfolk and Boston
Enough wrecks containing coal have
/ been located TO occupy Indefinitely
| the equipment which Mr. Lake has
ready, and he has confidence his Sc
cret finding device viii supply him
with more.
Experiments have proved mat the
/ Lake equipment will revOntOnlze
work under water. The men engaged
| IN recovering coal, for example. de-
scend through a tube from a surface
vessel 20 a submarine boat from
which they can operate apparatus
which pumps up the coal at a cost
under 30 cents a ton. To llft sunken
vessel they get the water out OF the
/ interior by means OF powerful air
pressure and then flll the ship with
a composition which is so light that
ihe vessel will rise 20 the surface.
This equipment is so complete that
from the submarine men can operate
air-presure tools, searchlights and 2
variety OF mechanical devices, au
without exposing themselves 20 the
water pressure outside or rising 10 the
surface for air and rest. Living con
ditlOns within the submarine boat arc
thc same as on the surface. The
divers ungainly dress Is superiluous
I'VE have a large amount OF dati
regarding sunken vessels, but we arr
keeping 10 10 ourselves Mr.. Lake
said yesterday. "yet there is enough
treasure In the sea for everybody whC
wants 20 60 after 10.
"All OF the ships that have beer
abandoned for six months by thei
owners, provided thy have not triet
10 recover them within that time, be
long 10 anyone who can salvage them
To protect his right 30 a wrecked oil
stranded vessel. the owner must leavl
, someone on board / know OF one cas-
in which The owner claimed title OF
/ the basis that a cat had been left OF
/ the ship In his name.
/ To Operate or Europe.
4 1--WE intend 20 operate on the coas
OF Europe. as well as along our oN-
I coasts. One equipment will WOr
: around the British Isles, where ther
b are war losses under the watg
amounting to many millions OF do
= lars"
a Mr.. Lake holds mat the Lusitan
m can be reached by his equipment.
y Is sunklin water 2i0 feet deep, but q
Is hull and decks tower nearly 100 fe
IS from her keel, so that much OF q
ship may be less than 200 feet fro
II On surface. Most wrecks are with
o 200 feet OF the surface, and on On
+ side OF the Atlantic work coniempla
cd will be limited 10 these, except
the case OF the Marada on Car
Charles. which went down With
n tons OF silver bullion
n Research work IN Libraries win be
a practical phase OF the new bushes
n Of recovering wrecks. 10 Is anticipated
on trade routes The bottom OF The sc
- Is strewn with valuable cargoes, Ger
a turtles old. 10. is recorded that ordinar
= divers located a sunken Roman gale
IN the Mediterranean and recovera
siatuary OF the time OF the Caesar
and that guns and relics were brougt
, ND from a vessel Of the Spanish Al
mada. wrecked in 1888 Museums WI