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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/archive-free/pdf?res=9501EFDE163DE433A2575BC2A9639C94669ED7CF
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/archive-free/pdf?res=9501EFDE163DE433A2575BC2A9639C94669ED7CF