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Jeff Hummel has been searching for clues to the SS Pacific since he was a high school student in Washington State.
On Nov. 4, 1875, the SS Pacific departed Victoria Harbor, B.C. and about 12 hours later, it was on the bottom. It had collided with a ship called the Orpheus, on its way to Nanaimo sinking in the first few hours of a 100-year storm.
Newspaper accounts at the time reported as much as 200 pounds of gold were onboard the SS Victoria.
In 2022 after a dozen offshore expeditions, the wreck has been found and Hummel含羞草研究社檚 company Rockfish Inc. has been granted salvage rights by U.S. Courts. Much of the technology required to find the wreck was built by Hummel and his team including the robotic dive vehicles.
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A group of 45 subscribers has financed the project to date.
Hummel says they have spent about $2.1 million getting to this point and expects to spend $6-8 million to finish the project.
Once the recovery of the SS Pacific is complete, the Northwest Shipwreck Alliance, of which Hummel is a founder, hopes to create a museum dedicated to the SS Pacific.
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