Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-08-12
rhe Cold Discoveries in Central
America.

The Cold Discoveries in Central
America.
Extras from d private letter from B1asiei TaIo. dated
July 3, 1853
Ihas'en % inform you Of a momsutous event
which has lust occurred inthis country. With
in the last three weeks a new FL Dorado has
been discovered For many years the Indian
cemeteries have been ansackelfor Erindstones
and sarhem jars but now it has been found
that By digging down -four or five feet, golden
hgures and images in large numbers can be OBJ
tanned, such as sap0s, caima-es. clmarones
bougneros, aguilas, p1lomas, plasosy-oifas,
q uras De 0rc. so that IN three weeks time I'D
wards & $4,000 in vslueJ # pure gold has been
extracted. David has remained deserted, and
an our friends have gone 10 the plaeers.
Among the curiosities already taken out from
the sepulchres. I have lust seen a snake, with
a s5p0 IN the mouth, q figure Of a man aud
one Of a boy riding a mGchc De monte. All
that remains now is 10 find the source from
whence all this gold was originally obtained.
Already several parties have sent for miners to
20 in search Of the original gold diggiuCs. /
hope your health is good, and that you may be
among the first 10 take advantage Of this bless
Ing which Providence has reserved FOR us.
Many letters couoborate the details Of this
astonishing wealth. Even Senior B has
gone of with ten men, 70 whom he pays a dol
lar RI udN dul 4rlA LoaluB ur7ANes a auiiaI Eua
each image they find for him. Up 10 now all
are hock-n NC 10 this one cemetery, which Ishalf
a mile from Bugaba. c.. who lives al Do
lega, writes ne fully about the prodigious rich
ness Of these discoveries, and urges lac 20 come
az once. One man, who formerly lived with
N found in one day elk gold plates, weighing
each about Lalf a pound. Another found a
shark, twelve inches long, and other relics Of
solid gold, such as Tigers, hats, butterflies, deer
AM numerous objects, such as B sent you
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same size and some smaller. II is not in the
collins, made Of rough stone, that he things
are found, excepting, perhaps, the few orna-
ments placed on the Indians bod az the time
Of death, but it is under the bot ON Of The stone
where the worldly treasure Of the Indian at
the time Of his death is buried. This fact,
now proven, explains why hitherto, in The i'm
meHse cemetery Of BeguelO, which covers al
the savannah, nothing bus stone figures and
curious vases and other stone implements have
been found These objects were always placed
alongside the coffin, according TO Indian GUS
tom, and this ! have seen done myself at Indian
funerals when / have been smong them IN these
very mountains. Was this simply a funeral
ceremony, or for the purpose Of hiding their
wealth from the greedy Spaniard? B-toli
me that when be slowed the gold images be
sent you to the Indian Of the Blsncos it caused
him great emotion, and the cacique was thrown
ALHN "a" o. NNN A"NA 90 Aa 1H.ANHNHA NH NAAA
snme Italian hadibetrayed the secret bu',his
was allayed when be heard that it was only
by accident thev were found.
The mail carrier tells me that az D1lcga
alone the people have got already about one
and a half quintals Of gold To- these images
O5O lbs.)
The source from whence came this gold is
now what all viii seek, and California miners
viii soon find &c our. In The meantime these
: golden figures, which have a. an times been
discovered in smaller quantities, offer p com
parative'y iHeXhaustibie field for working, and
much easier q be extracted th7n California or
A strali'n goli. Not only the Cemetery Of Bu-
gaba, bat also the extensive ones OK The Boz
Eueto and The Huaccss, i've OF six mles from
there, but hunlrsis Of other ones, 20 this d7y
untouched and scattered all over this extensive
and unknown region, bo-h On the north and
south side Of ne Corillera, are fun o. such re-
lies. Borari, Changuinoia and other points,
are foil Of such toubs. I have been through
them an.
This viii beyond doubt lead to The discovery
e The famous and renowned gold workings OF
rs ngaL- Il Is very certain that they were
reached through this lagoon. The best route
for emigration is by Panama, but directly
through Bocas del Ioro; this is the shortest
and cheapest route By far 20 the new Fl Dora
DO. Whatever may be said 70 the contrary the
source Of these immense quantities Of gold or
nameuts Is IN these mountains; the gold found
iu al the streams proves this fact The il
trepid California miners viii soon find this in
exhausthle supply. The Mount Tisingal, so
celebrated IN the Spanish history Of this coun-
Try, and the other mines surrounding the Vol
can Of Chiuqui VIII soon open their treasures
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