The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-26
BURTON AND rnE LAND or INDIAN
rho Great Mineral wealth OF the Country
Enst Of the Read Sea.


tho expedition wns to examine into the mineral
wealth OF tho country. which hitherto has boon
very little visited by travellers. and ia only i'm
perfectly known TO gcographcrs. Y; the min
crns of INDIAN were known both In biblical and |
classical times. Moses. when he fed from the |
faco of Pharaoh. dwelt in the land Of INDIAN |
and married the priests daughter: and. |
Notwithstanding this alliance. tho children |
of Israel. inter the Exodus. vcxcd by the |
wilcs Of the Mdianites. made war upon them |
and slew their kings. and burnt their cities |
and their goodly castles. and spoiled them OF
" gold silver. brass. iron. tin. and lead" and
jewels Of gold, chains and bracelets, rings.
earrings. and tablets" and Moses ordered tho
wrought jewels Of gold to be brought into the
Tabernacle us memorial. II is equally well
known, too. how the Romans long nttrrward
again worked the mines whencc these metals
were dug. and many nre the traces OF their
work which Capt. Burton has recently found
Yet next 70 nothing is,now, known OF the cnun-
and PERCEPTIONS mountains its vnst half-wOrked
savngc population. That it lies TO the east Of
the Red sen. that II belongs for some myste-
rious reason to Egypt. Is about MI people know
about it, Capt Burton's two expeditions will at
Thc ,e'xptSditon len 'Sucz Doc. 10. 1877 and re-
turned thcre on April 20. 1873; During four
who dicd Of fever They brought home some
iwcn'y-nyc tons of geological specimens to T.
lusrato the general geological formation of tho
land; six casrs of Colorado and Negro orc; five
cases OF cthnoogcal and anthropooGcal col
lcc,ions-such us Midianite coins, inscriptions
in Nabuthcan and Cutie, remains Of worked
stones. fragments Of smeited metals. glass, and
pottery; upward " 200 sketches in oil and
water colors, photographs OF the chief ruins,
including catacomhs. and ot classical temple,
apparently Of Greek art : and, finally. maps and
plans Of the whole country including thirty
two ruined cities. some Of whose names can be
restored 10y consulting Strhho and Ptoleiny. be-
4. . lftr
hulnting bands like the gyIlsies Of ancient and
modern times seem 10 have carried on simple
mining operations.
Among the specimens ore nrgentiierous and
cupriicrous ores from Northern INDIAN. ana
collections from three turquoise mines tho
northern. near Aynuneh. already worked; the
southern. nenr Iihn rtill scratched hythc Arai,s'
and the centlnl, until now unknown save 10 inc
Beduuius. There are. moreover three great
sulphur h"ds. the northern mud the southern.
I belonging to the secondary formation now in
Vaded 10y the trap granted. and the central. near
the port OF MoWilah. OF pyrotic origin. Nock
salt acrompanies the birthstone and there are
secondary formation supplies fine gypsum. aud
in parts Of II are quarries Of alahaster, which
served 10 build the ruins OF Nlaghnir, Shroavb.
Madiama tot Ptolcmy) and cl.Ilaural L"uke
komcl the southernnost part OF western Naba-
thea.
Tie term INDIAN, popularity derived from Me-
/ dan. the Hebrew T. really the Old Egyptian
/ Madi." u word which occurs ~ manX papyri.
] whose plural h. Madam, or Maiina. TIE mod;
| crn tribes that hold the land conilnc Mdlyan'
! 10 the strip of maritime country between the
| hah tlai. % soto Mowiiai dat. % 82l Capt
/ Burton calls this country Northern INDIAN. ana
ne hppiiee inc term SouihorI MlIluh 70 l .n
/ from Mowilah 70 the great Wady Hamz llat. 20
- 10 B. where Egypt ends, aud the Hedlz, the
/ Holy Land II the VI lslcm- tho capiiu Is Of which
arc Mecca and Medina. hcsins. He also divides
/ the country into two mineral districts: the
mmWussh wnrkcd; Tho "s s"uthern Win Wcd AS lis
harbor shows ext"nsiv traces Of ancient sclen-
tfc labor. But he describes the whole as az
] ioriiug ErHat mining capHhlhtoS 10 IioleTh
sriencc. These conclusions ne arrived ut hy di-
. viding his four months exploration into three
several cNeursions-northern. central. ana
The caravan concatcd Of eight Europeans,
Tho line twenty-five soldiers and thirty minors.
ten mules. and about hundred cnmels. The
/ northern excursion commenced at Mowiah. tho
/ mort of arrival in INDIAN. They revisited the
country covered hy Capt. Burtons expedition
last year. Ai,er reinspedlon Of the ancient
traditional sight ~ Moses Well, they marchod
upon Makua. the port. and spent week dig
which thread the quartz. cnrolessly cupeled
specimens X!eldiug fifteen to twenty per cent,
90 silver The hill j. within q few minutes
walk Of the coast. and 10y means OF iramways II
would benaSN T. snip the ore IN me harhor
Of Allnhnh. and the in'orrccn"ss Of the British
hydrographic chart very nearly shipwrccked
reArhed Mowlah again ON Feb. 3.
The second expedition was directed TO tho in
M,.s Tho
itr,,rTr'. the hrealtb ~ no ua;a'ilfarous
c,,,trv dnnhla chain ~ chants s,,it"nds tie
go, an 1 "a ~, .,,.-.i,n If lni,vs emf tl,rniigh
+ ,l".,. L.'i ms p.vont tho rhnnfs n rou,,h mud
nr,n,,itn1,s nnss terrb,, fnr loaded cainrls
bsts't, M. lima n rlatnau sNu. 4 600 ft@t
birT - n",v rnd snn'isinWn hieh il In raaiit,
! ,i'- ,ynstern van ~ thn N.id or grant centra
Wrlnnis II tTn Arahian n,ninsu'n and il re-.
4 ~'tnrtoilo f.r Inc h"outv II ifs hri@i rod nrnri
ni@as md sns,ellatinns Fast of tho Hi-ma Ii,
/ he Isrt Inr. II tLe NInrreh thH Lnsnltir nm,
I"uiti,e. ,X,.aani, re,,inns ,yi1nce IN" miner,
~ Iii irnu,ht tho rHn,,h n,lilstnnos Tint served
I ,rrtLrtr Ur-t ~rin1tuts Am hare th~ az nn,i l.
I iir r."kers1 ,ri,GHuf liz hosts tLn NnNinh +
son,i r.svr,inn triha who ree.iVHI ilnn anna
r.itiv ,,i,h irinni illness lint nil M, while iy,r,
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