TREASURE HUNTING.
AN AUCKLAND ISLANDS EXPEDITION.
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AUCKLAND, Fridav. Captain N. C. Sorensen, formerly'employed as diver by thy Auckland' Harbour Bojjrd', proposes in conjunction -with a partner in Duueclin i:w fit out. an expedition lo cost £IO.OOO to proceed from Dunedin to the Auckland 1 Islands and to endeavour to recover the bullion, believed to have been lost in th*i ■ General ®rant, which was wrecked in 1866. Four previous attempts have been made to recover the treasure, audi have proved iui-su-ccessfml. Captain. Soreinsen oeiievts that this is due to attempting- :to work from the seaward side. His idea is to land the expedition on the- leeward. sidle, cut a road acrus ri!o the wreck, and to opt-rafe by means of derricks--erected' on tin; cliff., 'Die marine- growth on. the mast, reported iby the Naviia, precludes it. from ibelonsrinir to the Mary Isabel, as it \v:.'iiikl take longer than 42 days to accumulate.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 21 October 1911, Page 5
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154TREASURE HUNTING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 21 October 1911, Page 5
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