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Hmmm? Acrhived Newspaper Article- February 4, 1933 [have pdf copy if interested]
"EXPEDITION WILL SEEK INCA WEALTH
Modern Methods to Be Used on Oak Island.
Montreal.—Lured by visions of fabulous wealth, a small band of treasure hunters, headed by Thomas N. Nixon, British Columbian engineer, will gather on Oak Island, Mahone bay, Nova Scotia, early next spring to stage one of the greatest treasure quests in Canadian history. Equipped with the latest engineering apparatus the expedition will excavate the island in an attempt to settle once and for all the old question of whether there is a fortune in gems and precious metals buried there.
According to a nearly forgotten legend, a tribe of Indians, known as the Incas, fled from Mexico hundreds of years ago, carrying with them Jewels and precious metals. The legend says that the Indians landed on Oak island and buried their riches in a deep tunnel running from the Atlantic ocean to the center of the Island, and then vanished.
The first traces of the treasure were uncovered in 1795, by three men who came upon a depression near a huge oak tree on the island and started to dig. They unearthed what appeared to he a huge pit constructed of logs. Inadequate equipment forced them to quit. Since then six different treasurehunting companies have sunk shafts and dug in the vicinity of the oak tree, but misfortune dogged their steps and all were forced to abandon the quest because of lack of financial backing and sea water which flooded the shafts. Nixon bases his belief that there is treasure in the discoveries made by these expeditions and his own observations. From time to time since 1795 signs tending to prove that a strange race of people once inhabited the island have been unearthed. The discoveries included a whistle of pure ivory, a flat stone, Mexican oak trees and a piece of parchment inscribed with so far undecipherable characters." [end of article]
Never heard this slant before!
All for now,
Voice of Reason
"EXPEDITION WILL SEEK INCA WEALTH
Modern Methods to Be Used on Oak Island.
Montreal.—Lured by visions of fabulous wealth, a small band of treasure hunters, headed by Thomas N. Nixon, British Columbian engineer, will gather on Oak Island, Mahone bay, Nova Scotia, early next spring to stage one of the greatest treasure quests in Canadian history. Equipped with the latest engineering apparatus the expedition will excavate the island in an attempt to settle once and for all the old question of whether there is a fortune in gems and precious metals buried there.
According to a nearly forgotten legend, a tribe of Indians, known as the Incas, fled from Mexico hundreds of years ago, carrying with them Jewels and precious metals. The legend says that the Indians landed on Oak island and buried their riches in a deep tunnel running from the Atlantic ocean to the center of the Island, and then vanished.
The first traces of the treasure were uncovered in 1795, by three men who came upon a depression near a huge oak tree on the island and started to dig. They unearthed what appeared to he a huge pit constructed of logs. Inadequate equipment forced them to quit. Since then six different treasurehunting companies have sunk shafts and dug in the vicinity of the oak tree, but misfortune dogged their steps and all were forced to abandon the quest because of lack of financial backing and sea water which flooded the shafts. Nixon bases his belief that there is treasure in the discoveries made by these expeditions and his own observations. From time to time since 1795 signs tending to prove that a strange race of people once inhabited the island have been unearthed. The discoveries included a whistle of pure ivory, a flat stone, Mexican oak trees and a piece of parchment inscribed with so far undecipherable characters." [end of article]
Never heard this slant before!
All for now,
Voice of Reason
