FOR HIDDEN GOLD.
SEARCH AT THE AUCKLAND ISLES [Per Prlbs Association.] TNVERCARGILL, September 28. The cutter Enterprise returned to the Bluff yesterday, aft or a .search for gold on the General Grant wreck at the Auckland Islands. For three months Captain Catling and his party explored the coast line, using a centreboard canoe iu hazardous work, and located the cavern where it is supposed the General Grant sank. On several occasions the partv had narrow escapes, and tho canoe was wrecked. The. party returned for provisions and a new launch. The Enterprise is fitted out with tho most complete diving, electrical and observation equipment south of tho line. The equipment includes air compressors, which supply the diver with air for two hours without pumping. Captain Catling leaves again in a few weeks, and is sanguine of success
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11505, 29 September 1915, Page 5
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137FOR HIDDEN GOLD. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11505, 29 September 1915, Page 5
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