Amelia Island Gold

[May 28, 1897, Wednesday -]

May 28, 1897, Wednesday  - BURIED GOLD IN FLORIDA; Alleged Recovery of $45,000 in Old Spanish Doubloons on Amelia Island, Near Fernandina. PROFITS OF A KEEN NEGRO Stole Charts and Money and Fled to New York, Followed by His White Partner -- A Local Lawyer Outwitted.

FERNANDINA, Fla., May 27. -- Within the past few months $45,000 have been unearthed on Amelia Island, near this city, consisting of two finds of gold doubloons of the Spanish Government. They have created a sensation. In both instances the searches were conducted very secretly and the money was taken away before the truth was made known. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archiv...FDE163DE433A2575BC2A9639C94669ED7CF

Thanks for the link. I enjoyed the article on several different levels.

Nothing politically correct about the article in today's terms, but historically amusing. Does it prove any gold was there? Possibly, but it shows that folks have been digging up Amelia for quite a while now.

Interesting to note, lawyers have not changed much over the years.

 

there be much treasure on Amelia Island that I know fer sure , but the finding of it and the "legally" getting to be two differant things indeed.