SUNKEN GOLD RECOVERED

Описание: A private expedition has recovered a treasure trove of gold bars and coins worth more than a million dollars. It's from a steamship that sank off South Carolina more than 150 years ago.
A U.S. expedition group used a submersible to search the ship's wreckage at a depth of about 2,200 meters. The ship was the S.S. Central America. It was on its way to New York from San Francisco carrying a massive amount of gold, but it sank in a hurricane in 1857.
The expedition's crew says it took two hours to collect five gold bars and two 20 dollar gold coins. The gold weighs about 30 kilograms. It's worth an estimated 1.3 million dollars at today's prices.
A century and a half ago, there were many banks in New York that were waiting for the ship to bring them gold to ease a tight cash shortage. The ship's sinking is considered to be a factor leading to a depression in 1857, when lenders went bankrupt one after another. Further expeditions are likely as more gold is thought to remain inside what's left of the sunken ship.

May, 7 2014
quoted from NHK world news