Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1919 — GOLD IN GRIP OF NEPTUNE [ARTICLE]

GOLD IN GRIP OF NEPTUNE

Hope Renewed That Millions Lost In Treasure Ships May Be Brought to the Surface. Somewhere.. Jun the sea jaff the coast ’of zululand lies the snip Dorornea, which went down on Tenedos reef, carrying with her, so some people believe, part of the fortune of Oom Paul Kruger, once president of the Transvaal, and rumor has it that Dians are_ afoot to fit out a British expedition in the hope of salvaging her. The war has improved Methods of salvagreally carried it, the- gold cemented into the hold of the vessel has been estimated at over 83,000,000. Before the war a syndicate was organized to attempt recovery of the vessel, and unsuccessful efforts' were—made to locate her; now the project is again possible—perhaps ail the more so, because time has nccumulated so many treasure ships vvhlch areagalDUnder discussion. A list recently published includes : The Grosvenor, lost on the Pendoland coast, with $8,750,000; the Ariston, in Marcus bay, with $4,005,000; the Birkenhead, bn Birkenhead reef, with $3,900,000; the Dorothea, on Tenedos reef, with- $3,250,000; the Abercrombie, with $900,000; the stein, with $700,000. and the Thunderbolt, with $2,750,000. If a sunken treasure enterprise falls of one treasure ship, perhaps it can find another. So far, however, the sea has proved a miser with the gold it has acquired; may the modern Improvements in salvaging equipment change the habit.