furnishes fresh air for the operators. The
box arrangement enables the men to breathe
air at regular atmospheric pressure, which
cannot be done when diving-bells or armor
are used. There is also less liability to ac
cident than when the old methods are
adopted. A diver named Ramsay of "Port
Morris nearly lost bis eve-sight bv a sadden
rush of air into his diving-bell a few years
ago. The box with the glass windows is
furnished with an electric light, so that the
surrounding water can be illuminated, and
by this means objects seventy or eighty
feet beneath the surface of the water can
be easily examined. A telephone is used
to enable the men in the box to communi
cate with the workmen in the schooner on
the surface of the water. The old method
was to raise the mud and debris fiom the
bottom of the sea to the surface by means
of pumps and dippers and then have it car-
tied awav bv a lighter. By the new method
a powerful s-tream is sent down against the
debris and it is swept away. So powerful
is the jet thrown that an operator said that
he could go into a ten-foot ordinary earth
bank in a minute. It is another case of
placer' mining. The gentlemanly captain
who hat charge of the work stated that the
treasure was there, and if any one could
get it, they would. The 'original' party
might search the bow, but he thought he
would confine himself to the stern. Thev
had already male two dtscensions. He
stated that it would have been much better
if tbe previous explorers had confined them
relves to searching, and not to removing.
