GOLD IN THE SEA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 22 September 1911, Page 7

GOLD IN THE SEA.

RESUMED SEARCH : FO Vt' £1,000,000 SUNKEN TREASURE. The romantic search f< r £1.000.000 of sunken treasure that has been goin» on for some months past off the coast of the island of Tersche.llin.g (Friesland, Holland), may result in success at any moment now. ■'"■:.•.• After a tedious period of over two months spent in waiting for favourable weather, the .salvage ship Lyons. was able to resume operations, ■ and it is confidently believed that, with a few more days of fine weather the long lost bars of gold and silver will be recovered. _''<..'' -••••:• The treasure lies, under the rotting hull of the old British man-o'-war Lutine, which was wrecked in 1799 while on a voyage from Yarmouth to Hamburg. The Lyons was able to get her huge 20in. vacuum pump to work again in ihe wreck. . This powerful engine can remove 1700 ton.«, of sand an. hour. The treasure lies 'under some fortyfoiu- feet of sand and water on a hard clay bottom-, through which it cannot sink any further, and the pump went down to a depth of forty-two feet before a sudden change of \veather caused a temporary cessation of work. The pump in the meanwhile, says- the skipper of the Lyons, brought up a number of cannon balls, some broken tdmbei's of. the Lutine, and a few other small relics. ' ' "Two of the Lyons' divers were down watching the effect of the pump." "and they report- that, though the' sand was very hard, the pump was bringing it up in enormous quantities: The Lyons has'returned to the wreck, and the prospects of favourable weather continue.