Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-08-05

INDIAN GOLD RELIcs.-The late new
| from Panama will be likely to start the
gold hunters on a new quarter. the explo-
alton Of old Indian tombs on the Isthmus for
images of gold buried there with the dead
generations ago. A correspondent of the n
Y Times gives the following account -
Panama, Tuesday, July 10, 1859
The principal topic of conversation in
Panama the past week has been the extraor-
binary gold discoveries Just made in the
Province of Chiriqui, in this state, about 900
miles from this Port An extensive Indian
burial ground, lying about four miles from
the city of David, has been Academia ly
discovered, and from almost every grave
many ornaments of either pure gold. or gold
and silver mixed, have been taken out. Last
week a man by the name of Fernando came
to Panama with fifteen pounds of these trink
cts, consisting of alligators, tigers, lizards,
birds and fishes, and some leaf or plate gold.
the latter very fine and pure. He says more
than $50, 900 worth Of this stuff has already
been found by the one thousand persons who
fastened to the "Huacas" Immediately on
their discovery, 1t was the custom of the
Indians of Spanish America to bury their
dead with all their personal ornaments and
keepsakes, and in some instances thousands
of dollars worth were buried with a chief.
Another letter published in the Star and
Herald says:
Il saw $4,000 worth in the hands of
one man alone, and there are others who
have still more. There are millions of these
graves all over the country in this Province
enough TO employ thousands of men for many
years. 1t is only three weeks since the dig
gings commenced, and the amount Of
wrough: gold is enormous.
Since writing the foregoing, German Jew
has arrived at Panama, with SOS, 900 worth
of these images. He will take them to Eu-
rope. Mr.. Halves, commission merchant,
has shipped some of the finest and most Gu
rious specimens to New York
Specimens of the images referred to are ex-
hibited in n. Y. by the jewellers, and we
presume any quantity of the real images, or
Of their mutations can be furnished on short
notice. A South American grave digging
mama is quite likely to follow this discovery.
GOLD N WuLIANsvuLE-About thirty
years since lump of gold was found in that
part of Newfane known as Williamsvllle, in
what is now called "School House Book
which weighed eight and one half ounces.
The man who found this nugget is now liv-
ing, as are many who saw it Immediately
after its discovery. Since that period gold
digging has been dormant in that vicinity
until stimulated by the frequent reports of
gold discoveries in corresponding formations
the State. Within few days
the fever has broken out in a violent and. we
fear, virulent form, promising well for an
epid'mic.
One day last week two of our villagers,
both of them returned Californians, wen TO
prospecting for gold, and it
was reported they found two or three small
specimens of the auriferous metal. Last
o. L. SHERMEN and o. L. LING In
found a very nice sample in the same locality,
in the first pan of dirt washed. The next day
Mr. SHERMAN and c. X. FIELD visited the
i'diggins, - and found three excellent speci-
mems. BY this time the news spread, and
the excitement in that little village rose at
once to fever heat. On Wednesday, the
WIN. II. WILLIAMS, (for whom the
village was named,J C. X. FIELD, o. L.
SHERMAN, and o. L. LINCOLN formed COM
pany, and are engaged in makin,; and putt
ing into operation a machine with which to
wash the ''golden sands" They are deter
mined to see whether gold can be obtained
in sufficient quantities to pay for digging and
washing it. We hope their enterprise will
be succesful.-BrattiebOro' Ph9nir'