The Archive · 1939

Expedition to Search for Missing Jewels of Marie Antoinette

Trail Blazed by President Roosevelt in 1909 To Be Followed by American Party

New York May 27.

On a tiny island off the coast of Nova Scotia where President Roosevelt once searched for buried treasure, an expedition this summer wi use the latest machinery in an effo to solve the riddle of a mysterious "money pit"

For nearly a century and a half gold-hunters have dug near the flooded pit on Oak Island, seeking heavy wooden fat forms. When the shaft had been stink to a depth of ninety-five feet, salt water poured into the pit and seriously hampered operations.

At the time of the 1909 expedition; Mr. Roosevelt and his companions in the venture believed the pit might contain the crown jewels of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI The

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