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Lost Treasure-General Grant's Gold

2014-05-27T09:01:00.000-07:00

General Grant's Gold

Some 300 miles south of New Zealand, in a coastal cave of a sub-antarctic island, lay millions in gold bullion. The islands are called the Auckland Islands. They are bleak and foreboding little islands, somewhere between civilization and Antarctica, lost in the expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

The Island

For centuries the very few visitors were seals, castaways and the occasional ship wreck. A forlorn and desolate place of windswept grass and forbidding coastal cliffs. Unimpeded Pacific waves crash against sheer cliffs of the Auckland Islands. It's the end of the line for sailing ships that found themselves in these currents, with their last stop: the towering cliffs that guard the coast like natural sentinels. Even the Pacific Ocean is rebuffed and refused entry there, with only seabirds, nesting in the crags, as disinterested witnesses, to the sea's attempts.

The Ship

Built in Maine, in 1864, the General Grant, named after President Ulysses S. Grant, was a 1,005 ton 3 masted barque type sailing ship. The General Grant's dimensions were 179.5 feet, by 34.5 feet and had a depth of 21.5 ft. When the the General Grant left Melbourne, Australia on the 4th of May she had a total of 83 lives aboard, 25 crew members and 58 passengers. Various sources seem to differ on how many escaped the wreck alive, but approximately fifteen people escaped the sinking ship.

The Cargo

The cargo of the General Grant consisted of 9 tons of zinc for ballast and 2,576 ounces of gold bullion. That amount of gold at today's prices is over 4 million. Many of the General Grant's passengers were thought to be gold miners from Australia's gold fields that had done well for themselves and were traveling to London. The General Grant's voyage was intended to start out from Australia and then on to London, England, by going around the Cape Horn of South America. There have been rumors that there was much more gold on board.

The Wreck

Late at night on the 13th of May, 1866, The General Grant's date with destiny had arrived. She was headed directly into the cliffs, on the west side of Auckland Islands. According to the story, the General Grant was driven into a cave about 200 to 250 feet into the cliffs. With waves crashing about and the tides rising, the ship inside eventually succumbed by having its own main mast impaling her own hull by the rising and pitching sea and the top or roof of the cave above.

Survivors

The fifteen that escaped the ship made their way to a nearby island in small boats. They barely survived on this smaller, desolate island for months. A few attempted to escape the island in one of the small boats, but were never heard from again. Eventually the remaining survivors were rescued by a passing ship.

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Alice In Chains Playlist

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Worst Tattoos Ever

2013-04-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

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2012-06-22T16:05:00.001-07:00

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Funny Best Friend Quotes

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Worst Tattoo Spelling Mistakes

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Funny Tattoo Spelling Mistakes

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Niagara Falls

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2012-06-07T08:19:00.000-07:00

Where You Can Submit Your Site Links

2012-06-07T08:13:00.002-07:00

There are a few site and feed submission places that I like to utilize, at least once. You can submit your sites, blogs, lenses, RedGage blogs, links or just about anything you have created on the internet. Some will allow you to also submit your RSS feeds as well as the link to your site.

There are some great bookmarking sites like Digg, Delicious and StumbleUpon that I bookmark some of my online items, usually by using Add This. Add This, is a bookmarking tool that you sometimes see around sites. You can also find an Add This bookmarking addon for Firefox and I highly recommend it.

But url and RSS feed submission sites can't be ignored and are fairly convenient to use. All I suggest is to consider submitting the url or feed url of your material, like your blogs or your RSS feeds, at least once to each site and let it go at that.

Submit Your Url To Google

Submit Your Url To Bing

Submit Your Url To Yahoo

How To Stay Cool In The Summer

2012-06-07T08:11:00.006-07:00

How To Stay Cool In The Summer

Your Home:

1. Get Plantation blinds for your windows. They are very attractive and reasonably priced at the larger department stores.

2. Use a 2-ply aluminum foil product called radiant barrier for your attic or on your windows. It can be found at stores like Home Depot or building material places.

3. Get ceiling fans or install an attic fan.

4. Reduce the temperature on your hot water tank and consider using more insulation for it.

5. Use your microwave or toaster oven, instead of your stove or range.

Personal:

1. Take frequent, quick showers

2. Wear light clothing (shorts, tank tops) and sandals or flip flops

3. Keep hydrated with iced drinks

Some Cool Websites

2012-06-07T08:11:00.002-07:00

The internet has many cool sites. Whether you want to watch videos or listen to music you can usually find a site for that. But what about the more unusual sites? I have found a few sites that are flash sites that you can interact with and even some where you can create your own stuff.

What I am hoping for is perhaps maybe you have a really cool site you have found or created that you would share in a comment. I would love to see these sites and possibly include them here in this blog. Just leave a link in the comment area and I will check it out.Without further adieu and in no particular order here are a few sites that you might enjoy!

Monoface - an interactive flash site
xtranormal - make your own animated movie
Benettonplay - really fun animation site
Infinite Oz - a flash site