Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-02
THE GOLD MINES OF THE UPPER AMAZON


FROM THE NEW YORK COURIER
We translate the following from Lima paper o. JnID
18TH The contradictory accounts here presented ust
the caution We have given persons disposed hasy
to take time before embarkng in any enterprise which
may disappoin them. The following letter is pubssd
without any remarks appears be from some per-
SON confded in by the editor:
"TRuJILLo, JULY g.
- wrote You from Santiago, and hope you have re-
ceiyed my letter. afterwards proceeded to the Aazo
in company with several Americans but on reaching y
place beyond Cajamarca met other Americans fscxa
that place. who informed that they had been there
SIX months and examined various rivers and had gone
to Santiago de Bora, where they had been told WE'VE
gold and silver mines and found nothing except nj y
small stream where the Indians wash the sand and gea
about two or three reals (shings) per day. They gave
me abomnable description of the country: ana n
the climate is and unhealthy the roads very
rough and there is absolutely nothing eat so that tAs
herbs The Indians nhabiting the country are sayags
and badly disposed that nothing could be obtaine1
frsm them to live They added that all the expels
tons which have gone to those regions have suffered the
greatest misery, and some lives have been lost The
way, many drowned in the Maranon, and the rest n
turned most Of them sick, by the way of Brazil
Those who went out colonsts have returned through
Brazil because the Peruvian Government gave them
protection In word they said that report Of the
discovery of gold veins stupendous lie. ThE
despair OF our nfcrmants proved conagous and All ETY.
companions Immediately resolved to return aud VAS
obliged to come with them
While was in Ascapia ] had on opportunity 70 see
COL Reyna, who told me he the Governor OF the Up
per Amazon where the mines exist which have Attracted
so many foreigners to Perm and Gaayaqui He infoTa-
ed me that the accounts given the Americans
entirely false. He is his way to Lima to inform thu
Government and takes with him gold from that country
and pieces Of silver which he got Of the
ains He assured that he had seem on the banks cS
the Amazon about three hundred Indians who with CAIN
bashes or other rude implements, could wash
or eight ounces Of gold in day He said there
several Americans Santiago de Dorgia exploring n
very rich mne and they had sent four of their associnr
to purchase certain effects which they needed who fear
ing other Adventures would arrive before they could
make their fortunes had spread those false reports The
sub-Prefect Of Chachapayas, being unwilling to sell 10
those credit had required them pay, when they
produced several pounds Of gold and confessed that they
had told falsehoods.
" The subPrefect assured that the Indians nor
ldsposed and that the reported scarcity Of food is
founded the contrary, that there is abundance cf
every thing that the climate is healthful and free fan
disease and that gold and silver mines actually exist
and in prodigous richness.
!" The Americans who have passed through Chachapn-
yas within two months have committed crimes of all sorss
and made the Of foreigners deesabe the people
You may learn yourself the sub Project will give
to the President and send informa-
ton, for yet have some hopes Of making something