The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
GOLD LURES PARTY
TO BRAZIL WILDS
'DianondfieId Jack" Davis Pre-
pares for Invasion of Anna
zon River Region
Exploration of Country in 1906
by j. D. Mitchell to Be
Resumed

An armed expedition into the wilds
of South America in search of gold will
be led from San Francisco next May
by "Diamondfeld jack Davis of Ne
vada. Mexico, and the world, and his
partner, J. ID. Mitchell. Davis is at the
Palace hotel making preparations for
the invasion, and he intends to head a
force of so white men and 200 or more
South American Indian scouts. With
the calvacade will go ample provisions.
mining machinery rifles, machine guns
and ammunition Davis says that nearly
1000 mules will be required to carry
in the materials.
The country is richer than the Klon-
dyke, and I know how rich the Klon-
dyke was 1t is richer than Golddeld
or any part of Nevada. We are backed
by $3.50, 900 of Philadelphia capital and
we are going to win tremendous for
tune, and open up the greatest gold
fields in the world"
That is how 4.Diamond1eld Jack"
talks of the venture.
EASTERN PART OF BRAZIL
The region to be invaded is in the
eastern part of Brazil, on the middle
fork of the Amazon river, and about
450 miles inland from the Pacific coast
It 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 one had been
killed by the poisoned arrows of the
Indians Little was said about the ven-
ture, but gradually word crept around
that the region had been found rich In
gold. Many prospectors left the United
States from time to time, and disap-
peared into the interior after the tabled
riches None returned.
Now Mitchell and his partner are go
ing back, and this time with force
that is expected to prove equal to any
emergency.
we can not approach the district
from the Atlantic side, because it would
be too long a journey, and because all
of US would die of fever before we got
half way up the swamps and jungle
Davis explained yesterday.
RAILROAD PART OF THE WAY
I'VE must go in from the nearer
Pacific side. At first we will be able
to take a railroad, and this will trans
port US back into the mountains of
northern Peru. After that the calva-
cade will be assembled and started.
The journey will be like the advance
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 I do not expect much trouble. The
Indians will treat us well, I firmly be-
lieve, if we do not annoy them.
I'VE do not mind telling at this time
though we have not talked about it
in the past-that Mitchell and his mates
got S22O,o00 in that country in the 81
days of mining they put in there And
they did not have the proper machinery
or materials to do effective work When
Mitchell and his outfit were driven out
by the Indians Mitchell vowed that
some day he would return with force
large enough to insure him protection.
That force we are now gathering. We
have the money, and want no more of
1t, for 1 believe that $4,000 will be
enough to finance the whole expedition.
I estimate that we will start for the
field about May Is next"
TO BE ARMED
Though Davis expresses such an. op-
timistic view of the situation among the
wild Indians of the region, friends of
his declare that every man of the 90
whites who goes with the party viii be
armed and will know how to use his
rifle to effect.
Mitchell, who made the 1906 advance.
into the threatening territory, is now
in Sonora, Mex, where he and Davis
have mining properties. Both men have
made considerable money there.