BURIED TREASURE FOUND BY YOUTHS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 253, 23 February 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

BURIED TREASURE FOUND BY YOUTHS.

TAMONDS, EMERALDS, RUBIES AND GOLD. Treasure of enormous value has «en unearthed by two youths named i>renzo Gonsalez and Inccent Barrial Mala Habit.icion, near Havana. The locality, which a hundred years r 0 was a favourite resort of smug'erg was lons ago believed to conin hidden wealth, and since ISbO , e different search parties have been , n t from H.avana and other parts of ü ba to dig for the buried heard, i however, without success. TIIP two voung men. after digging , r several days and reaching a depth t 40ft discovered a heavy wooden In'sid" was a case of zinc. This a3 forced open, and was found to he ,11 of «narkling jewels, uncut diar„ds emeralds, and sapphires, and large number of gold coins. No reoise estimate of the value of the . ons „re has vet been made, but exarts declare that it is not less than 1 oon.non. The field in which the discovery • l 3 made is Covernment property. dd the authorities have placed an rmfi ,l giard there. Gons.alez and arrlal have each been presented by ie authorities with C 230 as a proisjoaa' gratuity.