The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
GOLD IN REMOTE TICKETS
). a. MAC NAHON BACk FROM
THE WHO'S OF COLOMBIA.
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Ne Arrives he and nh Partners
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James A. MacMah0n landed from the
Atlas liner Allegheny yesterday morning.
drove up tO the Imperial. deposited
some heavy luggage, and then inquired
the way 10 the nearest United States
mint. When told that the nearest was
Philadelphia he said tho assay Office
would do. and was soon heading for Wall
street
Mr.. MAcMAhon did not say whether
he had brought a lot Of gold nuggets with
him. but he did say that he had been
working for three years with two other
Americans In jungle IN the United States
q Colombia and that they had eventually
been successful He 10 on his way 10
his home In California
we have been most of the time In
the G,amoco district. In what ia called
the AntiOqIna mining country said
Mr.. MaoMahon To get there you
have 20 take a five days voyage up the
MAgdalsna River 10 a little place ca lied
Bsdillo. Thsn you embark in a canoe
and paddle 70 Semisi. an ancient Spanish
settlement % 1000 inhabitants. whose
boast is a church $50 years old. Then
you start out on tho trail and you hooE
II for 100 miles before you get into the
mining country.
We went down hunting for mining
property and We have started 20 develop
what wO have found. My two partners
are still down there The country il
rough, Wild and practically uninhabited.
II IL mountainous. and the reason you
see ~ few Indians 10 that most o. the
region 10 covered with dense Jungle.
We prospected for n year over a country
100 miles long and about forty miles
wide. During this time we had 20 live
on game. for there ars plenty Of Wild
bears. bears and little deer. Then Wild
turkeys and other birds are plentiful
~ course the anteater abounds. but
believe me. he does not make good food
Il was within nine le0t Of my FIRST bear
before | raw him. ] was not looking
for him. ] had a rife In one hand and
a machsts In the other and WaS hacking
away trying 10 make a path Whsn hap
pon0d 20 look up and there not over
three yards away was the biggest black
bear I ever saw. He was eating palm
leaves. and ! Jaw him AZ he aroGs upon
hia hind legs. Before | got a chance 10
pull my trigger he had fallen upon all
fOurs again.
I took q shot through the bushes and
hit him In the neck. Az be reared up again
shot him IN the other side Heimmediately
got busy in my direction. but had IN
creased the distance bstWDsn IN and az
be- came on ! fred again and bic him on
the Jaw. He kept on. ] little Ia advances.
and be- waa only within fifteen feet %
me when he dropped. Thereafter never
allowed myself 10 got 20 near live baar.
We came across other Americans In
the country who were upon tho same
GRAND as ourselves. and some Of them
have been successful When We built
our palm hut the nearest Americans
we're about eighty miles from a. Our
outfit In prospecting consisted only Of
q little mortar Tor crushing rock, pick,
a pan and a shovel. The region Il going
10 b. q good mining country. We are
putting up a mill on our property. The
gold u IN quarts and runs about go
or SIS 70 the ton, though In aome places
you ind much ricner ore. The only an
uroach % q village Of any tInd anywhere
noar no "a a hauilst Of about twenty-five
natives about siK miles aWRP. fh9re
a q monthly mail that CONES fhFsurh.
u taSos from eight 70 ten days - cover
the trail from Hemiii. and there are two
anEes Of mountains between 10 and the
Pacific coast
since / have been down there have