A Contractor in Rio Janerio Makes a Haul
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A Contractor in Rio Janerio Makes a HaulSeventy million dollars in gold and millions
of dollars worth of gold dust, ornaments and
precious stones, is the comfortable find which
which a contractor of Rio Janeiro is reported to
have made. He was engaged in tearing down
the old castle of San Antonio and there he dis-
covered this gold mine, where it had been
hidden since some time in the last century.
Carreo D. Caracas, published at Caracas Vene-
zuela, in its issue of July 1st, gives a detailed
report of this discovery in an article which
occupies almost the entire front page of the
newspaper. According to this account the
find was made by an engineer who was tearing
down the castle of San Antonio. Before it was
converted into a castle San Antonio was a
monastery under the control of the Jesuits. It
was during this period of its history that the
treasure is supposed to have been hidden.
Underneath the castle are vaults built like the
corridors of a mine and in one of these a large
number of chests and bundles were discovered.
The contract for the demolition of the castle
stipulated that in the event of a discovery of
any precious metals half of the treasure should
belong to the state. The engineer promptly noti-
fied the Brazilian government, making a state-
ment of the find and soliciting official advice
and assistance.
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he demolition of the castle
stipulated that in the event of a discovery of
any precious metals half of the treasure should
belong to the state. The engineer promptly noti-
fied the Brazilian government, making a state-
ment of the find and soliciting official advice
and assistance. His memorandum enumerates
the following as taken from the vaults. One
hundred and twelve wooden boxes with iron
clasps and three locks on each, weight 850 kilo-
gram, about two pounds each. Four cast iron
chests weighing 615 kilograms each, sixteen
leather sacks sewed, weighing 95 kilograms
each, 806 packages of parchment with a total
weight of 1457 kilograms. The boxes containing
papers, 26 packages slightly damaged. At the
examination of the contents of these chests and
packages resulted in a most astonishing find.