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Word: rossport (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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Silver & Jewels. Coghlan also covets Standard Oil Heir William L. Harkness's 2O5-ft. yacht Gunilda, which sank in 200 ft. of water off Rossport on Aug. 31, 1911. Coghlan has researched the Gunilda's last hours, is convinced that $250,000 in silverware and jewels are inside the yacht's rotting hulk. After that he hopes to investigate a promising underwater copper deposit off Rossport. He also thinks he can make money retrieving pulpwood "worth at least $2,000,000" that lines the harbor bottom at Thunder Bay (about one pulpwood log in 20 sinks during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Diving for Treasure | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

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