The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-11
KING S0L0M0N'S MINES.
DIR. Peters to Head an Expedition to
the Supposed GoIdheId.

DIR. Peters to Head an Expedition to
the Supposed GoIdheId.
Berlin Gable in New York Times.
American capital is interesting itself
in the development of king solomon's
Mines"
A strong expedition of German min
ers and engineers, headed by DR.. Karl
Peters, Ex-Governor of German East
Africa, win start early next month for
Portuguese East Africa, in the extreme
northwest of which territory, DIR. Peters
declares, he was discovered unassail-
able archaeological proof of the sources
from whence King David and King
Solomon obtained the fabulous stores
of gold which were taken to Jerusalem.
DR.. Peters has tried for a long time
to interest German capitalists in his
enterprise to develop upon modern lines
this ancient gold field, but has final
~ decided to accept financial support
from America.
Attention was first called in 1899 to
the possibility that Ophir, whence King
Solomon obtained his gold, was in the
Zambesi region. In that year DR.. Peters
headed an expedition up the river
through Portuguese East Africa to
Northern Rhodesia, and in a report of
the journey he made known remark
able discoveries which seemed to prove
that miners who worked for Solomon
had established themselves at a point
near the border between British and
Portuguese territory.
DR.. Peters discovered a huge noun
tain, on which an ancient Cyclopean
ruins of an Identical character with
those in Zimbaye. 1t is not agreed
that the builders of the ruins at the
latter place were miners who worked
for Solomon, and the conclusion reach
ed is that the ruins in the Zambesi
region are of the same period, and
are the remains of buildings erected
for a similar purpose.
In his report DR.. Peters referred to
the old tradition that half a days
journey from the River Mansoro" is
fort named Masappa, and that near
this is the great mountain of Fura,
very rich in gold" DR.. Peters added
that "Fura" was possibly a corruption
CT the name "Ophir." 1t was to find
this mountain that DR.. Peters made his
journey in 1899. He worked on the
theory that the River Muira is the
Mansoro of the old maps. The ruins
he found in that territory are thus de-
scribed by him:
from Inja-ka-Fura. / went to this ruin
in the afternoon with Herr Gramann.
and we assembled it, being undoubtedly
the first whites who have done so for
centuries, as Mr.. Puzey had only look
ed at 1t from the bottom. =" We
stood I'm a courtyard before an ancient
Cyclopean wall, partly fallen to pieces,
partly rising up from II to Is feet IN
hight.
with feeling of awe I stood in
the midst of these remains of ancient,
very ancient, human activity. We
discovered toward the center of the
top (of the mountain) another ground
wall which had undoubtedly been
part of a building. maybe a temple.
maybe a storehouse. This wall had
been worked into the natural rock
The remains OF a ground wall along
the edge of the top lead me to believe
that a second wall formerly ran around
the platform itself.
why the old conquerors chose this
spot for their fort is easy to see. The
Muira touches the bottom of the hill
so water was handy. We have dis
covered a second river at the back of
the ruin. I am certain we shall find
still more of these Cyclopean build
ings."
The late Cecil Rhodes was one of
those who believed that Solomons
mines were in Southeast Africa and
that DR.. Peters had succeeded in To-
eating the region in which they were
situated.