, 1859-08-15
The Chfaqu uf Gold Hunt.

The CbiriQui gold discoveries from, the topic
Of discussion in the Panama papers. The
schooner Carolina Ind smiled for the region with
lifty passengers on board, md another vessel
was shortly to leare.
The Panama SkdF and iieraA says:
Letters received in this city from Dayid, datcd
tions continued to flock 10 the gold diggangs.
aud that the yield Of guild obtained from tho
:huacas" continues undinnished.
A letter received ut this Office yesterday from
Sr. Carlos Wagner, contains few items worth
sranscribing:
An old Ralf.cast Indian who tisez in Dolega,
Roberto Dr1si, whom yeu probably know, and
who has been in the habit of~digging up Indian
graves. for the sake Of the eatahenware and
piedras de moler generally found therein, took
it into his head to dig. . little deeper, which
brought him to tue real grase, where tue body
and there found the skeleton Of tho deceased.
together with beautiful worked bat il gold.
| Since then it hns been ascenainea that cyeEy
huaca' contains gold images in more or less
l number, the carthenwarr aud other articles hay
| ing been buried only half why down, and this
l the remains Of the bodies had been found in the
| graves. One man took out OF onc graye in one
day 81 ono worth Of things, among which were
three guild plates, Of the size Of dessert plates
md the thickness Of stout tin Pla1c, hi eagle
"f The size Of q spnn. and many other animals
This is tho richest grave that has been
found as get, but none have been opeaed that
hare not produced something. The old man
xho made this discovery kcpt'his secret for
solnc time, and it is reported that he succeeded
in accumuiating about four thousand dollars"
4 correspondent Of the same paper, who il
cvidently familiar with The locality III which the
The discoveries hare been made, writes:
| ~The discovery Is .ery interesting ono in
many points Of Ticw. The possession Of such
| quaotity OF the precions metal must incsitab:
TINT province, populate the country, and event.
fualy lead to the discovery Of the mines from,
| which the gold has been originally obtained,
and which can ouly be in the adjacent Cordil
l iefas.
The ancient buzying- grounds are indicated il
various waye: some have heap Of stoues piled
uprudcly oter the grave, others are shown BY
niece Of the column Of basaltic rock, placed il
the eensEc sonae have circle Of stones enclosing
the grave. They arc found ererywhess
throughout t1e province from 1he shSres : Of th'
They exist in the deepest ralleyys and along tn.
| Highest recesses of the Corddleras. Such q
i hare been ouened hitherto in the unwoodet
Plains produced but Little gold. They wen
probably an agricultural 1aee, xud the utensils o
, The dead were in relation thereto. The present
discovery has taken place near two village
) called Boqucron and dBujaha-westw.rd, towas'
Punta Burica aud Colo Dulce: The plain
thence become heartily wooded. Trees Of laEg
: CRIB arc found over the "huseas' The data /
, 10 tbesz age is by no r,eans precise. That the.
we're there before the conquest is plain enough
seeing thatthe copquerers respected neither IL
: temples Of God, nor the rePose Of the dead,
gold wan 10 b. gained.
"These tribes, then, were well ncquainse
, with the precious metals, and show great dea
Of ingenuity and taste in tho working Of it int
fxyoEste images. and figures Of reptiles ~
tisers, have myself Traced .hsse tsa EsarSs ;;sr
Of G9lte Duicc, and il The gold mines are foun
they viii probably be about Tie head TsteIs
chqqi ylS or tbs abandoned oa 1 go1ke ~ ,n;Ds
Spsiu an xnnual fif,h Of $4,000 caste!lanos {
. gold. These mines were located sonewhs1 s
= between Bocas del Toro and Colo Dniee: tt
- ennaisy Of the bueaneers, Combined WIZ uaes
3 the Mosquito Indians, Is said to hare e<rse
thsir abandonment. 81