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steyr_m
1st September 2010, 07:55 PM
Hmmm should I trade in those GML's?

A RUSSIAN mini-submarine may have found billions of pounds worth of lost gold in a Siberian lake, it was revealed yesterday.


Explorers have long searched for lost Tsarist treasures dating from the Bolshevik Revolution, when forces loyal to the deposed royal family fled the advancing Red Army.

Legend has it that 1,600 tons of gold – which could now be worth billions of pounds – was lost when anti-Communist commander Admiral Alexander Kolchak’s train plunged into Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake.

Last year, parts of a train and ammunition boxes were found.

And in recent days, the Mir-2 submersible has discovered “shiny metal objects” 1,200 feet below the surface at Cape Tolstoy. “Deep-sea vehicles found rectangular blocks with a metallic gleam, like gold,” said one source.

Explorers attempted to grab hold of the blocks with a manipulator arm but failed because of loose gravel on the bottom of the lake. Sources say that the submariners know the exact spot and are planning a new mission to determine if they have found the gold.

The Moscow News independent newspaper yesterday ran a story on the find, with the headline: “Lost gold of the Whites found in Baikal”. The story described the lost gold as “one of the great mysteries” of the Russian Revolution.

Kolchak, portrayed in the Russian blockbuster film Admiral in 2008, was a hero in the First World War. He later led the pro-Tsarist White Army against the Bolsheviks after the 1917 October Revolution. He had some early successes but was eventually arrested by Lenin’s henchmen.

They executed him by firing squad in January 1920, reneging on a promise to hand him over to the British military mission in Irkutsk. His body was hidden by revolutionaries under the ice of the Angara River, which flows out of the lake.

Had he escaped, it is likely he would have sought exile in London and brought the gold with him.

If the treasure has been found, it could spark an ugly scramble between the Russian state, descendents of the last tsar, Nicholas II, and nations – possibly including Britain – that could argue they are owed outstanding debts by the fallen Romanov throne.

The submarine team, who are currently conducting a mapping exercise in the lake, have not said when they will return to the scene.

Gold was trading at £917 an ounce yesterday.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/196784/Lost-gold-of-Tsars-found-in-the-world-s-deepest-lake-

Glass
1st September 2010, 10:15 PM
yes it's all about money.. wars n such. Was probably killed because he wouldn't disclose where the gold was.

goldleaf
2nd September 2010, 11:16 AM
Now thats what you call a boating accident!! ;D ;D

Saul Mine
2nd September 2010, 06:44 PM
If the treasure has been found, it could spark an ugly scramble between the Russian state, descendents of the last tsar, Nicholas II, and nations – possibly including Britain – that could argue they are owed outstanding debts by the fallen Romanov throne.

If the descendants and the nations thought it was theirs, why didn't they go get it themselves?

Ragnarok
2nd September 2010, 07:03 PM
That is THE new definition of "train wreck"!

It does seem rather odd that so much "legendary" gold in a known location of limited area would go unexplored for so long. 1200 feet is a long way down though.

Fascinating story, thanks for sharing.

R.

MNeagle
2nd September 2010, 07:04 PM
Thriller of a story. Movie material!!

ShortJohnSilver
2nd September 2010, 07:24 PM
If the lake is "navigable" then the law of salvage might apply.