Good post oRo . Here is some more info from the New York Times dated 19 August 1919 .:
Seek Krugers treasure . Wealth laden ships sunk off South Africa may be salvaged . LONDON Aug 2 ( Associated Press ) ;
To recover more than $3.000.000 in gold , part of the fortune of the late Oom Paul Kruger , once President of the Transvaal , which is believed to be cemented in the hold of the bark Dorothea , sunk on Tenedos Reef , off the coast of Zululand , is one of the projects which may be revived as a result of improvement in the science of salvaging sunken ships .
The Dorothea in named among the list of wrecks of eirht treasure ships located off the African coast which are regarded by one leading expert as most likelyfor salvage . It is believed that Kruger's fortune still lies in the bottom of the Dorothea among the jagged rocks of Tenedos Reef .
The gold is reported to have been shipped some time prior to 1904 by Kruger , who was once credited with a fortune of $ 3.750.000 . Some years ago a syndicate was organized to attempt its recovery and a Gouvernment steamer , the Alfred Noble , was sent to do the work of salvage , but failed .
Now that the war is over ( 1914-1918 ) , men not content with the ordinary rewards of peace time industry are planning to renew the great adventure of seeking to salvage gold from the wrecks of treasure ships long since lost . The science of salvaging sunken vessels has reached the point where some experts believe the next few years will see much of the fabled wealth of the ocean's bed brought to the surface . Wrecks of treasure ships lost more than 100 years ago are being located and preparations are being made to bring ingots of precious metal to the surface .
Captain A.P.Gardinier , a salvage expert , has located 38 hulls of sunken vessels off the coast of South Africa and believes that one-quarter of them may be redeemed . Eight of the ships selected as susceptible of salvage , with their location and value of contents , are given as follows :
The Grosvenor , on the Pondoland Coast $ 8.750.000
The Ariston , Marcus Bay $ 4.000.000
The Birkenhead , Birkenhead Reef $ 3.900.000
The Atlas , East Coast $ 3.500.000
The Dorothea , Tenedos Reef $ 3.250.000
The Thunderbolt , Thunderbolt Reef $ 2.750.000
The Abercrombie , Black Rock $ 900.000
The Merestein , Jutten Island $ 700.000 ( salvaged to date )
A second list of ships still luring the treasure hunters to the African Coast includes 7 wrecked in 1802 , among them being H.M.S. Candos with $ 200.000 in gold coins and the troopship Addison with $ 100.000 . Others carried copper, a hold full of ivory or silveringots . Ten other vessels lost between 1737 and 1893 have been definitely located along the African sands , with the following wealth : Five thousand bars of silver and copper ; thirty boxes of gold and silver ; 3.700 bars of silver ; 200 tons of copper ; 4.500 bars of copper ; 4.500 bars of tin ; and still some more . Cornelius
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