Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1890 — Buried Japanese Treasure. [ARTICLE]

Buried Japanese Treasure.

The ha 9 long been a tradition in Japan that once a treasure of gold bars, worth now $800,000,000, was buried far beneath the earth somewhere in the inclosure of the castle of Yuki Harutomo. Three attempts to dig it out were abandoned on account of accidents to the work. Last May excavations were begun again, and the workmen hat(e come to pieces of boxes covered with plate-iron and other indications of what is believed to be approaching success. If a Hindoo or a Burmese makes a false . statement his friends and acquaintances will Be lowered into eighty / great hells and 120 small ones.