LOST TREASURE.
THE GENERAL GRANT’S GOLD,
Dunedin, July 10
Captain Calling, who left Dunedin on 9th February in the cutter Enterprise to endeavour to secure the g.dd from the General Grant, returned on Sunday night. Captain Calling is perfectly satisfic'd that he located the scene of the wreck in a large cavern, but after repeatedly diving' for (wo days they could only discover two pieces of limber jammed beneath some large boulders. The rest of the wreck had entirely disappeared. He had no doubt whatever that tin 1 seas which come in with (he north-west gales would smash any ship to fragments in a short lime. They closely examined the bottom of Ihe cavern, searching for crevices between the boulders for any sign of gold. Captain Calling says that if the General Grant’s gold was in bars he is satisfied it; must still have been there, that is, if it had not been removed. He was also salislied that the cavern which he searched was the scene of the wreck. There was no sign of sand or silt on the bottom, and even one gold coin could easily be seen. He concludes that the gold had been secured by the Dephne in .18(19, and that the boat in which the crew rowed oft; with it was swamped and lost.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1576, 13 July 1916, Page 3
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219LOST TREASURE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1576, 13 July 1916, Page 3
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