The Book of Buried Treasure: Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this dayPaine, Ralph Delahaye
History
The Book of Buried Treasure: Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day
Paine, Ralph Delahaye
Treasure troves
_Lake Guatavita_. Near Bogotá. Republic of Colombia. The treasure of
El Dorado, the Gilded Man. To find this gold involves driving a tunnel
through the side of a mountain and draining the lake. This is such a
formidable undertaking that it will not appeal to the average treasure
seeker unless, perchance, he might pick up a second hand tunnel
somewhere at a bargain price. Even then, transportation from the sea
coast to Bogotá is so difficult and costly that it would hardly be
practicable to saw the tunnel into sections and have it carried over
the mountains on mule-back.
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