Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-11
Novel South American Gold
Diggings. ~

Diggfnss. -
The Panama correspondent of the N. Y.
Tfs6aae write5ahat the announcement Of
the disooves7 yin he northern part of New
Grenada of another novel description Of
gold diRgings, has excited considerable in
tesest Is that city. Some Of the metal has
found its way to Panama, andsp ecimens
have been sent to New York to have its
value tested. The writer says:
1aIn the department or Chifiqui, and in
deed throughout all the interior of this
State and in Central America, exist vast
numbers OF the burial places Of the Indians,
knownbythe nsme of "Huucas;P they con-
sist generally Of 8 circle Of stones set close.
ly together like pavement, shout six OF
seFen feet in diameter, and from two to
four feet high, beneath which, at depth
of SIX TO eight feet, the remains of the de-
ceased are deposited In these graves are
always found earthenware, jars, vases, DC,
and in few, golden ornaments had been
discovered, but it now appears that they all
contain greater or less quantities of pre-
cious metal, deposited in certain locality
in regard to the position of the corpse
Already over 100000 worth has on the
most reliable authority been ootained, con-
sisting Of wrought gold in various forms,
such as, human figures, animals, lizards,
frogs, suns, SCORPIONS, &c.; these yary in
size from one to five inches in length lat
least such as I have seen) and in weight
from, two to eight ounces; the workman
ship of some exhibits very great skill while
others are of the very rudest kind. The
whole population of the district where the
discovery was made have turned out to the
diggings; the entire country is, covered
with millions. of. these graves, and if they
all contain gold, there is work enough fer
large number of persons for many years.
Already two or three little coasting vessels
have started with provisions, tools de-, to
the locality, and propably some Of our idle
residents may be .tembted to try their luck
in these new 'placers.' - $50
Nine ofthe golden images dug from the
Indian tombs Of Chiriqui, Central Ameri
ca, are in the possession Of Messrs. Ball.
Black & Co., New York. The Tribune
remarks: - 3. -----7,.-...... i =.
"Among them are representations of the
bat, the eagle, the peccary, the frog, and
other animals. The largest, representing
a bat, is about FIVE inches long by three
and half inches in width, and weighs six
ounces. The gold is generally about
twenty carats fine-some of it slightly al
loyod with copper-and is worth as mer-
chandise about sl7 the ounce; but as OBJ
jects of curiosity, the images are sold on
the spot for $40 the ounce. The images
are cast and polished, and exhibit much
ingenuity in the moulding. The people
by whom such objects were made, must
have been considerably advanced in civiliz-
alton. The study of American antiquities
will doubtless be advanced by the discov-
cry of theseremarkable images.
The Panama Star and Herald publish
the following extracts from two private
letters, which ind cate an immense amount
of buried treasure: ,.,--.s.--sf. ~.
"The principal event here is the ,discov-
cry of great riches in the sepulehres of the
original inhabitants of Chiriqui. At pres
in ibe district of Rooperon q, tba nioces
called Mannndo and Ruaali,a in onen;na
the .sHuaeas' lIudian grayes) there, and it
is calculated Mat at least nine arrobas
(e225) of fine gold of the best lei and of
f,f,3ab1Uu have been cyl rapted
s.,rLo.. !. : ,..d;,;sr H., 8, eo.
- I SS:.. oL,a SI,:oas ,l'l, = =. .,'. ''n'eI
o,r ,,orts f,o,,i stress of uo.tber Ca ,aa,,.;ss
t ~, ~, s @ Sor o - - a.r,b s.en ~ az pL.s,
I III. III c., S.a,,.as =, 80 Ia - az - se s.o,I
~ ~. houa @ ~ sa,nol;nS, 'ta Lor th;a aaa, aata
az @ a aold ,as ~ aS.ors5a ~ a. tb ~ ho4ta,n Mn uaA
- :, a ,ho o;sonros,au.o @ o.Ta s;;sa 'J.. ,a., :,
ar,;ors,;on @ - sha ;s,tyot .nJ ,S AZ. ~ ~, TO- -
IL Est,aJ,. u,as foandad wtara ths saLo0i ~
se. ;nDs ha4 80 vs. sOna - and So &C. Mas, r.. neness
~ e,- n,.n - 80 ~orlaa ~. I .ha M - j.. w..
, -, E 'fS ~ gts ~ e S.f, us,eu
.,ons :, sne nll.ous,.,J alu .n1 nOs'y "
.,le inu'"ns tei'eU 'ne inn''o''an.s -
ao1nuon lle spo'' & anu sney ie,i'eu s 70 Oos,
1 "a is'0.'' WEI. ny .uunueu 'ne ol.y u
0,n & sas "ahs d;aoa,.as .hs n;an a; s'.tep.s
w., m - ~ aod n;nss !. @ TN ,;rI unno =, ro esy
I aut !, I : thSnnb, % ,hasa dssora.;a @ nnny" ,.;Il
1u. :, . tHouus ieso uls.1'e''es h.ep WIN ~.
uuo1 ,esh eNP.o.a.'G' @n.ln iuay a. ie.ls'
.euo s;, ~ Va. a,so.e,i.o l =. 'ne .'.i au.ier
ous uoPIs''s TI I Aup"n - IS ms. ~ .ne prov.
,h ee. .onn.r ne nuusi ne1s una s'o.IaGu' aa
mense treasures" !.
The other letter to which we allude
says:
Il saw $4,000 in the hands Of one
alone-and there are millions Of these
o,r,ro. oil oror tha o<,,pfry n, hi, nro,-;,oo.