The RMS Niagara's Gold
The RMS Niagara's Gold: still unexplained.
Gold bars salvaged from the deep
A German mine sank the liner Niagara off New Zealand in 1940 with eight tons of gold aboard; divers in a daring salvage raised most of it, but a few bars are still down there.
- After a mine sank the Niagara off New Zealand in 1940 with eight tons of gold, divers ran a daring 1941 salvage in a cramped diving bell at 121 meters and brought up nearly all of it, a wartime feat. A few bars are still down there.
What remains open
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.
- Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
- Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
- Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.
Have a source, a map, or a clipping? Add a lead and it enters the record with its citation.
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