The San Francisco call., 1897-04-01

jillo buy gold annually to the amount of
$50, GOO from the natives. | believe firmly
that one good hydraulic in operation
would take. out more gold in one week
than is now taken out of the province in
one yearly the present primitive methods
of mining.
81 have ordered in San Fran cisco two
hydraulic machines" said Mr.. Silver,
land am having them constructed so that
/ can take them into the country in pieces
by pack-train. l have grants ana con-
cessionso from the Government sufficient
to keep me working for the remainder Of
my natural life, so that l am willing that
the world should know of this rich gold
bearing district. There are millions and
millions of easily mined gold there. l
believe it is the richest spot in the world.
/ do not want money from anybody, and
have nothing TO sell. / expect to return
to Peru IN four or six weeks, OF as SOON as
| can get things ready l expect to have
all the gold / want i'll twosor three years. "
AS to the ruins OF the Incas Mr.. Silver
said "On a tabieland in the locality |
have been telling you about are some
ancient ruins covering ten miles square.
Tradition says they were the site OF d
great city of the ancient Incas. Two stone
columns still stan ding are fully eighty
feet high. They appear to be the front
pillars of a temnle. John w Palmer OF
Og0enSDQTg, N. l., WHO went lHiO tuc
country with me from the coast, made the
trip for the purpose OF exploring these
ruins. he took out $4,000 worth or
ancient solid gold, silver and copper
plate and altar ornaments. The vasaS, In
fact all the relics. were richly carved and
very beautiful. He left me at Panama
and went across the isthmus to take the
steamer for New York. He is going to
return TO the ruins and resume excavation
on larger scale. He will join me in San
Francisco.
History says the ancient Incas before
the Spanish conquest of Peru were the
highest and purest race CT people the
world has ever known. is matter OF
| history / believe that PiZarro took eight
| shiploads of gold in money and orna-
menis $500, 600, 600 worth OF which came
| out OF the great temple of Cuzco. be took
the old Inca king prisoner, you know.
and demanded a ransom OF -$AO0o,uOO
The king sent his subjects up into the
mountains and in three days they brought
| back that amount of gold. Pizarro then
| demanded of the king to reveal the place
| where the gold came from. The King re-
| fused and was put TO death. Those an
| cient mines are still undiscovered. Iney
were hidden by the faithful lncas. but re-
main hidden 20 this day. Traces OF an
| cent high ways may still be seen running
along and over the mountains. believe
| th al those ancient mines are in PataZ or
vicinity. Some body Will find them some
day. May be Palmer will"
| Mr.. Silver can quote cords OF Black
stoae and yards of Shakespeare and other
| poetry. He put in his nights in. the will
derness of Peru reading. he is gradu-
ale Of the law school of Michigan Univer-
sity at Ann Arbor, class of "a. He was
one of the party OF students which forcibly
put Victoria Woodruff on the train and
Sent her out of town in February. 1874
for delivering the distasteful speech in
Ann Arbor which gave Victoria, in con-
neclion with her. sudden hegira, so much
advertising at that time.