a distance of a hundred feet.

Experiments have been made in the Great Lakes with this bell, and its
first practical work has been to locate the exact position of the
steamer _Pewabic_, which was wrecked in Lake Michigan thirty-two years
ago.

Many attempts have been made to find this steamer because she was laden
with a cargo of copper ingots, and had besides a large sum of money on
board, the two together amounting to about $140,000.

All attempts had, however, been unsuccessful until the Smith bell was
used. The steamer was found lying in one hundred and sixty feet of
water.

To prove the truth of the find, portions of the wreck were brought to
the surface.

The success in Lake Michigan has determined the owner of the diving-bell
to try and raise the North German Lloyd steamer _Elbe_, which was
wrecked off the coast of England in 1895.

The owners of the _Elbe_ have already spent about fifty thousand dollars
in efforts to recover their vessel.

The position of the ship was located by divers, who, at a depth of one
hundred and seventy-one feet, found the upper works of the steamer.
These men, however, declare that it is utterly impossible to raise the
ship.