The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
"DIAMONDF|ELD"
JACK DREAMS
OF RICHES

An armed expedition into the wilds
of South America in search of gold viii
be led from San Francisco mex May
by "Diamondfield' Jack Davis of Ne.
vada, Mexico and the world, and his
partner, j. d. Mitchell, says the San
Francisco Call. Davis is at the Palace
hotel making preparations for the in
%vasion, and he intends to head a force
of so white men and 200 or more Soatn
American Indian scouts. With the
cavalcade will go ample provisions,
mining machinery, rifles, machine guns
and ammunition. Davis says that near
ly 1000 mules will be required to carry
in the materials.
"The country is richer than the
Klondike, and / know how rich the
Klondike was. 1t is richer than Gold
field or any part of Nevada. We are
backed by $4,000 of Philadelphia
capital, and we are going to win a ire
mendous fortune and open up the
greatest gold fields in the world
The region to be invaded is in the
eastern part of Brazil on the middle
fork of the Amazon river, and about
$50 miles inland from the Pacific coast.
1t first became known in 1906, when j.
D. Mitchell and several adventurous
companions went into the country, and
came out after innumerable hardships
minus two of the men. One had sue
cumbed to a fever and the other hal
been killed by the poisoned arrows OF
the Indians. Little was said about the
venture, but gradually word crept
around that the country had been found
rich in gold. Many prospectors left
the United States from time to time
and disappeared into the interior after
the tabled riches. None returned.
Now Mitchell and his partner are
going back, and this time with a force
that is expected to prove equal to any
emergency.
eve cannot approach the district
from the Atlantic side, because it
would be too long a journey, and be-
cause all of us would die of fever be
fore we got half way up the swamps
and jungles," Davis explained.
eve must go in from the nearer Pa
cifc side. At first we will be able to
take a railroad, and this will transport
us back into the mountains of northern
Peru. After that the cavalcade will be
assembled and started.
"'The journey will be like the ad-
vance of an army, for we will have a
great number of pack animals and of
men. The whites will be armed, but
for all that | do not expect much trou-
BILE. The INDIANS viii treat us well, /
firmly believe, if we do not annoy
them.
1--WE do not mind telling at this
time-though we have not talked about
it in the %past-that Mitchell and his
mates got 100000 in that country n
tine 81 days of mining they put III
there. And they did not have the
proper machinery or materials to do IF
fective work. When Mitchell and his
outfit were driven out by the Indians
Mitchell vowed that he would return
with a force large enough to insure hlpi
protection. That force we are now
gathering. We have the money AMI
want no more of it, for I believe that
$4,000 will be enough to finance the
whole expedition. ] estimate that we
will start for the field about May 10
next
Though Davis expresses sueh an OPP
timistic view of the situation, among
the wild Indians of the region, friends
OF his declare that every man of the
50 whites who goes with the party will
be armed and will know how to use his
rife TO effect.
Mitchell. who made the 1906 advance
into the threatening territory, is now
in Sonora. Mexico, where he and DAVIS
have mining properties. Both men
have made considerable money there.