[KIRO7|VIDEO] Two hundred and seventy-three people went down with the ship when it collided with another ship after it left B.C. near Cape Flattery while sailing to San Francisco.
Here’s what’s intriguing about this history lesson: if you can prove you’re related to one of the people on board the Pacific, you could have a claim to part of $10 million in gold.
A Seattle-based company, Rockfish Incorporated, won exclusive rights to dive and salvage the ship in a recent U.S. District federal court case.
Because there were so many wealthy gold miners onboard, there was also reportedly $10 million worth of gold stowed in the boat, which is now broken into scattered pieces on the seafloor. [FULLSTORY]
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