The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-14
D|AMONDF|ELD JACK
TAKES SMALL ARMY
To Land of the lncaS on
Headwaters of the
Amazon River.

Known probably best as the man
whom Judge Powers of this city res
cued from the gallOws a few years ago
for which the grateful miner present
ed his lawyer with mining stocks
worth a small fortune, the career OF
"Diamondfield" Jack Davis OF Nevada
Is always interesting. The Reno Ca
zette says he has planned TO invade the
lands of the Auricanians in South
America and attempt to discover the
lost treasures of the Ineas. He is now
forming a big expedition and intends
10 leave southern Nevada next May for
the headwaters of the Amazon in South
America. He states that he has a man
raising money 10 finance this eXpedi
ton and that he has a number or path
finders associated with him in the pro-
posed trip of discovery and conquest.
Wild Indian Tribes.
J. d. Mitchell. who has been in the
Cerro De PascO mines and who also
visited the lands around the headwa-
tiers OF the Amazon. viii be one mem
Der of the party. The land where Jack
Davis intends TO lead his band OF al
venturers is Inhabited by wild indian
tribes, reputed 10 be the most hostile
and vicious Indians in the world. No
man has ever lived to invade their DO
main to any extent and two whole ex-
peditions have been wiped out, but still
JACK Davis thinks that he can invade
the country and conquer the wild in
blow guns, from which they shoot lit
Tie arrows tipped with a poison that
does not Kill, but paralyzes the body
and thus leaves the victim helpless be-
fore his enemies, 10 do as they please
with.
a Small Army.
'Diamondfield" Jack viii equip his
party a small army is equipped. He
will have pack animals. guns and am
munitiOn, a surgeon and full supply or
medicine ana surgical necessities. He
will first go to CallaO. Peru, by steam
er, and from there TO Lima by trail. He
VIII then load a portion OF his pack
train with a saw mill and will leave
for the interior. He says that it Will
take about 700 pack animals TO carry
the outfit. He Will carry supplies for
year and will arrange TO build a big
boat and gold dredger after getting
into the promised land. Diamond
field" Jack says that he expects 70 take
three months getting into the country
from Lima and TO have his camp IN
place for two months.
Land of the Incas.
The leader of the proposed expedi-
ton also says that he Will swear every
man to obey the laws of the land, II
there are any laws, and that he Will
protect all of the Inhabitants as far as
possible when they are not warlike. In
order TO protect his men from the
deadly mosquito he viii carry plenty
OF netting and all members of the
party Will sleep under this netting AZ
all times The man of adventure says
that he believes there are buried
treasures in the lands of the Incas
which will make every man OF the
party richer by far than Rockefeller.
and that they will also find wonder
fully rich placer and quartz mines,
which they viii arrange 10 work in
accordance with the American system
of mining. This adventurer has inYit-
ed Colonel a. V. Buel, who has been in
some OF the greatest mining camps or
the world. TO go with him on his
search for these treasures.