SPANISH AMERICA.
The liquidator of the Panama Canal Company said on June 1 that work on the Isthmian Canal would be resumed at the end of the year. Already 50,000,000fr had been raised to continue operations. He thinks hydraulic force may be used in the Calebra cut. Old documents were discovered in the city of Mexico on the 7th of June by which it was learned a treasure amounting in value to £2,000,000 was buried in Perpetui street in that city. The documents bear official marks and state that the wealth was secreted by orders of Emperor Maximilian. The discovery of these documents produced a sensation and preparations were at once made for unearthing the treasure. Only a small portion was recovered when work was temporarily interrupted by a flow of water in the cavity.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 14
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135SPANISH AMERICA. Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 14
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