The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-12
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His Visits TO Egypt.

country one OF the richest nations in the
/ world
His Visits TO Egypt
When he returned he said nothing about
/ his trip but from time to time since then
/ be has paid mysterious visits TO Egypt and
I il has been known that he was in diplO-
/ matte communication with the govern
| ment Now that his secret Is out he ad-
/ mits that be was successful in finding the
mines on the occasion OF his first trip, that
/ they were within a stones throw of one Of
the largest OF the ancient Roman barracks
and that he has kept this secret all these
years simply because he has been unable
TO make advantageous arrangements with
the government. For nearly a quarter or
2 century he has known where these mines
so rich in precious stones. we're located
but he has been unsuccessful in securing
the grant that would enable him to oper-
ate them.
Once during this long period of waiting
At almost seemed as If the treasure was
within his grasp. He had laid the matter
before Nubar Pasha and he was so favor
ably impressed by the scheme that he
promised VI. StTeeteT a company Of sol
diers to guard his property. but he did
ana as the new government was not friend
" to the idea another failure was scored.
About a year ago Air. Streeter made an
other effort to secure his grant OF land
from the authorities, and. finally, much TO
his surprise. he was successful HIS con
cession gives him the right to carry ON his
mining operation within an area of about
40 square miles on condition that the gov
eminent be taken into partnership in the
scheme and that at the end Of FIVE years
ne shall withdraw from the company en-
tirely- Hard as these conditions were Mr.
Streeter was very glad to accept them as
he expected to be able TO mine a vast guam
uty Of the gems during the years in which
his concession is in force
Where Search viii be Made.
The land where these unique mining op-
eratiOns will be pursued lies in she centre
OF vast depression in a long range Of
mountains which runs all along The Red
Sea coast In this territory there are at
least two mines that will be worked. One
is about l4S miles from Edfu on the Nile.
and the other is about 100 miles overland
from the same point To reach either Of
these mines il will be necessary TO travel
Dy camel and the stone mined will have
TO be brought to the Nile by the same
means Up to the present time this por-
ton OF the Arabian desert is practically
uneXplored and Mr. Streeter expects to
uiosNS sumo important discoveries during
the next FIVE years In February he will
visit Zebara where he discovered the ru-
ms OF The Roman barracks more than TWEEN
ty years ago.
TO archaeologists this discovery was a
most interesting one as there are few ru-
ms IN that part of the country that are
as well preserved. In their day these bar
racks we're able to accommodate q. 600
men and even today those who visit the
spot are able to obtain an excellent idea
OF the ancient Roman architecture Time
has entirely demolished the roof il is
true, but in other respects the ruins as
well as those OF the Roman oven and the
various temples are in a wonderfully fine
state Of preservation.
II is remarkable. however. when one re-
members that when the Roman soldiers /
we're eneamped n this spot they were with /
IN short distance of the vast mines for /
which the authorities had been searching