“BEESWAX STORY”
This piece of beeswax was found in the sand dunes on
the spit, by a 11 year old girl on a family outing.
Patricia was just sitting and brushing the sand
around and uncovered the wax in 1940. Her short
life was cut off the next 4th of July when she drowned
in the ocean.
The beeswax is known to come on a Spanish sailing
‘ ship, the Santos Christa de Burgos coming from
Manila with Captain Don Bernardo Iniguez del Bayo
The ship was loaded with approximately 75,000 lbs of
beeswax being used for ballast in the bottom of the
ship, to be as candles in the Missions in Mexico. It
started out in 1692, but hit a tremendous storm and
. the mast was broken off. The ship limped back to
Manila and repairs were made.
The Santo Christo De Burgos again set sail on July 1,
19%, never to be heard from again. It presumably
it hit Neahkahnie Mountain and broke in half. At '
least part of the ship drifted south onto the spit. Wax
has been found and salvaged ever since the
shipwreck
On January 25th 1700, a tidal Wave hit the coast and the
the beeswax was scattered up and down the beachs.
, Catalog Number: 2021.0243, OCR Text: “BEESWAX STORY”
This piece of beeswax was found in the sand dunes on
the spit, by a 11 year old girl on a family outing.
Patricia was just sitting and brushing the sand
around and uncovered the wax in 1940. Her short
life was cut off the next 4th of July when she drowned
in the ocean.
The beeswax is known to come on a Spanish sailing
‘ ship, the Santos Christa de Burgos coming from
Manila with Captain Don Bernardo Iniguez del Bayo
The ship was loaded with approximately 75,000 lbs of
beeswax being used for ballast in the bottom of the
ship, to be as candles in the Missions in Mexico. It
started out in 1692, but hit a tremendous storm and
. the mast was broken off. The ship limped back to
Manila and repairs were made.
The Santo Christo De Burgos again set sail on July 1,
19%, never to be heard from again. It presumably
it hit Neahkahnie Mountain and broke in half. At '
least part of the ship drifted south onto the spit. Wax
has been found and salvaged ever since the
shipwreck
On January 25th 1700, a tidal Wave hit the coast and the
the beeswax was scattered up and down the beachs.
, Nehalem Valley Historical Society,Under Construction,August 2026 Shipment Scans,Beeswax Santo Cristo De Burgos,Beeswax Santo Cristo De Burgos,P01.tif, P01.tif
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