Sunken Galleon Holds Treasure of Beeswax
An Unexpected Treasure
But the Gold Beach find is not gold; it's part of a galleon's beeswax cargo, rich only in history
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune (USA), 2/25/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/02/sunken-galleon-holds-treasure-of.html
GOLD BEACH - It was the luminescent glow that caught Loretta LeGuee's attention.
"The sun was shining through it - it kind of looked like a huge egg," said the Gold Beach resident who has been combing the local beach each morning for years.
The oval-shaped amber object resting on the storm-tossed log early that December morning was no egg.
Experts believe it's a chunk of beeswax from a Spanish trading vessel that sank off the coast of what is now Oregon more than 300 years ago...
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