Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-15
Tho ChiriQui Gold Excitement

Tho ChiYiqui Gold Excitement
GRsAr SrAnPEbE FoR THE GRAVE DIGaISos-OsE
THOUSAND DOLLARS OFT OF One GRAvE.--The
Chiriqui gold discoveries form the topic OF discus
sion in the Panama papers. The schooner euro
lima hai sailed for the region with hfty pa.sen'
leave.
The Panama Star and Herald says:
Letters received in this city from David. dated
July llth state that the peope from all directions
continue to flock TO tha gold dizgings and that the
yield # gold obtained from the 'baucas' continues
undiminished
A letter received Mt this Office yesterday, from
Sir Carlos wegener, dated June OATH though ra-
Their nut of date contains n few items worth tran
scrhGg:
An old hafcast Indian. who lives in Dologa.
Roberto Delsi, whom you probably know and
who has been 10 the habit of digging up Indian
grnyc- for the sake of the carthenwars and pie.
dras lie moler generally found therein. took 1t into
his head TO olga little deeper, which brought him
to the real grave, where the body is deposited IN
n c fia Of rudcly-fxcd stones and there he found
the skeleton of the deceased t,Ceiher with beau
tifuly worked ''bat" in gold. Since then it has
been n-crr,ntned that every "hunca' contains gold
ilnages in more lcss number, tho earthcnware
and other articles having been buried only hali
way down and this explains whv,up to the pres.
cnt timr ~ few Of the remains Of tho bodies had
been found IN the graves
One man took cut Of one grave IN one day
81 900 worth of things, nmons which were three
z III plates Of the size Of dessert plates, and the
thickness Of stout tin plate. an eagle OF the SIZE
II span and many other aninnls ana insects
beautifully manufa tnred This is the richest
grave thai has l.. cu l,and ns vet, but none have
been orcncd thu, hl. MT produced something
The ii runn who made the discovery kept his Sc
cc lnr .,iuc TIM, aud it il reported that he sue
ccedcl in orcumula'i1g about $1,000. The lace
where til" first rc"vrry was MAZE Is called Bn-
gnba, situated On the other sile Ut the river Pie
drn. on The rund toward the Costa ltlrn frontier,
but ns no Whole # the foot of the Cordilicras, in
thiripu, il full Of "hancas. 1t will take many
thousand people many years before the wh,ll will
Lc du. az. The finding Of much worked M
gold IN rhe "hnara,' "A positive pto"l that the
country NUT he We f,e' in = ! |. and havc No
doubt HAT soon n the above !arts become
known l,l,r real mining public. rich aud extern
silr deposits IF the orr will be discovered
4 espondcnt Of the same raper who is,v
idrntly inmiiar with the locality in which tho
discoveries have been nude, writes as follows:
The discovery is u very interesting one in ma
ny points ol view. The possession of such guam
tity of the precious metal must inevitably tend TO
improve the industrial prosperity Of that province
populate the country. and eventually lead to the
discovery Of thcmincs from which the gold has
been. Originally olined,and which can only be in
the adjacent Corlillera-.
They further show the universally of that be-
lief in Immortality which. like geological strata,
We fin. in tie INV world ~ Wi ~ in tho old
From III nn'lns which eGa.a.ned tic war .ur,
his house and his drinking cup, tolc used again
III the balls If Oln oi our Scandinavian nucrs-
tors. tn the rlaythings ii the Indian children,
now brought Ia light in the 'hnacas' oI Chjiiqu
the carthcrn harr1ws "t nncicut Troy, brrrr" and
Srythia III the StcrreS Tnriary, (~hrtc two
corps's were found wrapped la -hcct> Of gold
weighing tnty pounds, the ,"Bnnl, of the valley
of the Mississippi and the taile ,auds of Novice
all speak the same sentiment and il is To he
regretted that intelligent artist and corrcspon
dcut il present mt Chiriqul t. depict aud record
the nature aud form of these interesting relies Of
tho lost tribes, modern ayarice shall have dcS-
troycl the only hicroSlyphcs that remain to Us Of
their industry. their hopes and fears about future
existence.
The ancient burying-grounlS are indicated in
various ways-somc have a heap of stones piled
mp rUdcly over the grave; others are shown by
piece "i the column 81 iAsatic rock placed in the
centre; me have circle of stones enclosing the
grave. They ire found everywhere throug hout
the province, from the shores Of tho Lagoon of
thiriqni t, the islands Of tho Pacific. They ex-
isl IN b." deepest valleys and along the highest
recess "' ia" Cord,lleras. Such have been
o0cuc hrtcrio in the unwoodcd plains pr duccd
hui luN' = Ill., They were probably an ngrcul
tural ,ate. ni the utensils If the dead were in re-
Ia'' II ta,r eto. The present discovery has taken
piare near two Villages called B,queron and Blu
iahl. Westward towards punta Burca and Golo
l'Ilcr. The plains thence become heavily wood
81. Tree, of large firth are found over the 'hua-
ca. Rae latcHs to Their nscis by no means
rt"'is". That they wers there before the CON
quest :, r'l'o oa"u,,h. srrng that the conquerors
c>,'y'rl hcthcr the iealrles OF God nor the re
lo," Vi TIE ',ral, il COLL was 10 be gained
These tribes then were all acquainted with the
lSl,n, -
y and as'" in the working of it into favorite ina
crS and figures of reptiles and tigers | have my
sell traced these graves iii happy ignorance some
yeas ago to the shores of Gniu Dulce and il the
s'il mines are found they will probably DO about
the head waters # the Chrilni Viejo or the nbau-
d'nrl gold mines of Tisinsal which used to give
the haG OF = lin an annual ii.th of 2j0,0o) cas-
tclllnuS Of gold. These mines were located some
where between Bacus del roro and Colo Dulcc.-
| The cnmtv OF the buccaneers combined with the
Mesquite lndalns is said 10 have caused their aban
| donmcnt.
| "Chriqui, Judging from its dead must have been
! nm oxrcrdm, Fly populous country and while the
present few inhabitants rejoicing over the spois
OF aboriginal industry aud superstition is to be ho-
ped that the discovery may lead To better knuwl-
edge OF the resources Of the country and the lcve-
| opmcnt thereof"
QUEER LAKE IN J,vA-There isa queer lake
! IN java which traveller thus describe, 1t
was, nerhapS, hardly half mile in circumference
situated IN dense forest, and surrounded by tees
| ct Il grant growth, whose shade il was. most like
| ~. that impaired to its waters IL tint almost deep
or dian that ot the sky, and at the depth Of six or
seven tathoms, or e,enmore, every object to the
| smallest particle Of weed was seen u. distinctly
| as though held IN the hand. II had, however, an
other popularity that probably did not apply to
the ATMOSPHERE OF the crater that the rays Of light
struck 1t IN sucha way as to give false position