Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-16
FOR SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD.
A Party Of Pacific Coast Miners Or.
ganIls for the Dark Continent.
rhoy VIII LooE for Cold on she Dr.
Iivinrstonc Route North snd
West Of Matabsietand.

The desire for gold leads men 70 en-
ter upon the most perilous and ur'
certain expeditions, sometimes produce
tive OF great results and somttlmes
ending In dismal failure. The failures
II not forgotten are given little heed 70
and The successes are held ~ o. bcacoa
lights TO encourage the wealth soekers
to further efforts. The most recent
mining expedition Of magnitude IL
that which IL now iormi Ing on the Pc.
ciho coast to penetrate for the precious
metal that region Of which Dr. Living
stone nrst brought news 10 the OWL
ICED world. IL il now announced that
on the let Of June party Of forty
miners, pf0spuctJfs, metallutglstA aud
assayers, with an artist, photographer,
correspondent, typewriter aud other
attaches, viii leave for Central Africa
on a mining expedition, ttartlng from
san EfanciscJ, and going via this city
10 New York, where they viii embark
for Europe. The members Of the party
propose TO unearth enough Of tue
hidden treasure which u reported o.
abound In the DARK Continent 10 make
them all Independently rich Tor liti
but In the event that II may take some
little prospecting, time anu hard wofk
10 accomplish their purpose they have
laid their plans iot n Tip which Will
cover three years.
A. X. Hammond, = mining man
who had been prospecting through thu
Pacific states and territories for
twenty-five years, " the head Of tho
expedition. lie had a1vioca from n
friend In Africa, which, he thinksi
need only to be followed 90 net him
and all VINO accompany him more gold
than they can carry Oh. During the
past few weeks hu has been busy or.
ganiEing an African expedition aud 10
IL now complete aud ready % start,
Mt. Hammond has named his com.
pany tho South African Prospecting
aud Exploring Expedition. Until H.
departure, on the lst Of next mouth,
headquarters will be- ut 2lS Leavon.
worth street, San FfaucIAoJ.
GAN Of tho party are practical
miners and mining men, with the eK.
ccptlon Of few young San Francisco
men who have been permitted ~
Join the expedition" says Mr.
Hammond. $50 you can SEQ that
We are going Oh no FOOLS ortand.
IL will be tue best equipped OK.
petition that ever went into Africa.
Every member VI the party must have !
nj least $500 alter his fare Il paid with |
which 10 provide his own equipments |
aud implements, and one member Of |
the party has A. much ~ $4,000 10 !
back the enterprise. We arc going 10
Africa TO engage In mining on a large
scale, and We are going 10 make no
fiEzlu Of the enterprise. We will carry
all our saddles ami mining implements
with u from San Francisco, together
with fiiteen-ton mill, which we pro-
pose 10 oct up at whatever place we
md profitable mining. Our animals
aud all The appuTtenanoes VI the eKpo.
ditlon will be In waiting for us on our
arrival, and a. soon as we strike the
soil OF the big continent We will start
cut without delay.
1--WE will fret proceed 10 Bahfa, 800
miles north VI Cape Town on the east
coast, and then 10 Fort Salisbury, 800
miles In tho Interior on tho edge of
Matabelc, The Richest ore the world
has ever known has been recently dis.
covered there, and we will do n little |
prospecting In that neighborhood. Tho |
king Of Matabele In now dead, aud Dir |
John WillOughby holds the natives In
aublugalion, 90 that We fear no trouble.
However, We shall 90 heavily armed,
ior We propose TO explore region
where no white man has ever troll.
That ~ the district to the north aud
west Of Matabele. We will 10 ut least
600 miles unless some unforeseen Incl.
dent prevents us.D j. G.. slssona will
DO the aSsayer OF the party aud Richard
Lewis will bo the goologist. They will
Join tho party In New YORK.