Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19
KING SOLOMON'S MINES.
Cecil Rhodes Believes the Mines OF ophlr Have Been
Discovered In the znmbesi Country OF Africa.


And King Solomon made a navy OF
ships In Ezlon-Gcber. which "a beside
Eloth, on the shores OF the Red Sea,
IN the land Of Edom.
And Hiram sent In the navy his ser
wants, shpmen that had knowledge u
the sea, with the servants Of solomon.
And they came TO Ophlr and fetched
from thence gold. go talents, and
brought II TO Klng Solomon,
And II II said further that this navy
OF Hiram came once In three years
with gold and silver, apes and ivory
and peacockH
And ever since then men have
dreamed OF the Lost mines Of Ophir.
Gold and silver, Ivory and apes and
pcacocks can be found In India and In
Africa. SO most students have settled
on one Of these two lands as contain
ing the lost treasure houses OF the
earth. Others maintain that the land
OF Ophlr was In Arabia. hut Africa Is
tho favorlte place now, and 10 hard
headed and unylalonary a man Ms Cecil
Rhodes believes not only that the mines
arc on that continent, but that he has
reason 10 feel assured that their lOcit-
ton has been established almost eN-
actly, at least exactly enough TO make
u possible TO find them. In a commu-
nlcation which he has Just made 20 the
shareholders OF the Chartered company
he asserts that the ancient mines are
situated on the southern afiluonts OF
the Zambesl river ana that thoir redis-
covcry ia under way OF being made a
fact.
Now there has Just come news from
the Interior uf Africa about strange
discoveries that at least point To CONF
Ing revelations uf vast interest The
report comes from an exploring party
D.. NH g.. NHaa
yurut that lu MaCpmble's country,
which iH la South Zambcslu-that part
Of British South Africa known under
the general title OF RhodCsiu-hc has
discovered 3D. huge mountn, ON which
thHro stand mighty ana ancient ruins
/ of character Identical with those dis
covered lu Elmhnhyo. All the iudicu-
I lions, according TO the short IMPORT are
TINT they belonged 20 "a settlement Of
! miners and 1ssaycrs, there having been
found enough evidences ~ their work
/ 90 warrant such conclusion as 20 the
| profession Of these forgotten inhubi-
] taut8 vi Inner Africa. Now 70 has boon
| fairly well established, "a far a. theory
] aided by careful study ana knowledge
/ could do 10, that the Inhabitants OF
| Zamhnbyc were miners who worked for
| solomon, and as these newly found
| ruins are identical with them IN char
act'r, thny furnish additional testimony
! ga support OF the belief that the world
n IN the track Of King solomons ia
| nous mines at last,
| In his report Dr. Peters refers 70 tho
Old tradition that half a days Jour
| uey from the river Mnnsorp "a "a fort
| named MDEalpu, and that near this Ia
the great mountain OF Fu.a, very rich
In gold and there arr people Who say
that this name OF "Fura" Is a corrup-
ton OF tho name Ophir,' 10 ls this
! mountain in which are CyclOpeun ruins,
according 20 tho story, II was TO IND
these ruins that Dr., Peters made his
Journey from the Znnbcsi' he cOn-
cludod that tho Mulra Is the Mansoro Of
tho old maps, and he investigated that
territory,
lie found ruins there. OF which no
says. The ruin IL about two miles dis
tnut from lnia-ka-Furn. went To
! this ruin IN the afternoon with Herr