IN QUEST OF BULLION.
(Per Press Association)
Auckland, October'-20.• - Captain N. P. Sorensen, formerly niployod as a diver by the Auckland Harbour Board, and now of this city, noposes, in conjunction with adpantacr in Dunedin, to fit out an expedition at a cost of about £IO,OOO to proceed fipm Dunedin to the Auckland Islands to endeavour to recover the bullion believed to have boon lost in the • General Grant, which was wrecked in 18(5(5. Four previous attempts to recover this treasure have been unsuccessful, Captain Sorenson believes through attempting to work from, the'seaward side. His idea is to land an expedition on the leeward side, cut a road across to the wreck, and operate by means of derricks erected on the cliff.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 20 October 1911, Page 6
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