Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1912 — $150,000 FOUND BY BOYS [ARTICLE]

$150,000 FOUND BY BOYS

Spanish Treasure Is Unearthed In Florida Ruins—Chest Contains Gold, Silver and Copper Coins. Jacksonville, Fla.—Guided by ancient charts found in the ruins of a Spanish shell house on Fort George Island, two boys of this city say they have unearthed Spanish treasure worth about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. .They say the gold, silver and copper coins were found in a strong box about one cubic foot In else, burled about six foot deep. The boys are Loring M. Hewen, seventeen years old, son of Prof. Sheleral manager of a local business college, and John F. Cling, aged eightsen. son of a pilot at Mayport .