The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-26
FIND IN PANAMA
GOLD DEPOSITS
pich Finds in Colombian
Jungles But Refused
Concession.
PLAY HIDE AND SEEK
Returns to Panama to Find
Wife and Obtain Cmces-
sion From Republic.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.--After
,orty.tbree years OK prospecting. and
.i,S the lure of gold still running
VIZ wiz" ~ in his s3-year-old veins, Sim
sboo has lust arrived here from
,he troplcal jungles OF Colombia ana
panoma with the light OF success "a
his eyes.
Aner months OF lonely struggling
through the jungles OF Centra,
america. after being thwarted from
stalking out a rich claim IN COON
SJa and with his hands and body
s,Ii swollen from the bites OF tropi-
s,1 insects, Sim Shea, Of Norfolk.
"a arrived here on the steamship
psstorcs carrying in his pocket the
roncess.on from the republic of Pan
e,na for what he claims is one OF
o." most valuable gold deposits ne
"" Nany months ago Shea felt the
cal of gold. Leaving his wife IN
Caliuro county. Texas. he set iorth
Sor Central America. At Colon
p,,ama. he purchased seagoing
launch, went through the Panama
raral and sailed down the coast 10
puenayentura. Here he announced
b,s Intrntion Of goinS into the COZ
III man iungles in search OF GOA
s"d platinum. Everyone told MIN
,hs, NO white man had ever pene'
,r"ted the jungles he proposed 10
snter, Shea, despite his " years
was undaunted.
He secured an Indian boatman to
accompany him and set sail UP the
San Juan river. Here he found set
tements and he sought q country
where there were no settlements. So
when the high tides flooded the Jun
gles he sailed his launch straigh. .
into tho jungles through trees and
underground, tying his boat up
when the tides went down.
After many months OF this lonely
fighting he finally discovered do
poslts Of gold and platinum. Then
he found more and more deposits
OF gold and platinum. Convinced
that the jungle was loaded with
metal Shea made his way haci
the coast to seek q claim. Here ne
was advised that his 81 year-old
wife had come seeking him and had
gone into the very Jungle where no
white woman had ever been before.
Shea set forth again In search OF
his wife. From the natives In the
interior he learned that she had
zone back to the coast Returning
10 the coast he learned that she had
again gone into the jungles, with a
negro packing her baggage. warned
that a woman might safely meet the
natives Of these jungles but that no
man could meet them and 1--we. Shea
plunged into the jungles again only
10 finally hear that his wife had re-
turned TO the coast again.
In Forbidden District.
Once more Shea went to the coast
hu, again his wife had gone into
further tungles to seek him. Shea
plunged into the interior again ana
his travels brought him into Pan-
ANA and the San Bias country
where II is said the San BIAS lnolahs
have allowed no white man 10 ga,
over night. Shea met the san bi"
Indians, he fought single hanosu
with them and he came out OF tne
San Bias country only 10 i'no 'na,
SOMA one had complained 10 ths
American authorities that Sneu ma me-.
been rough with the San nia'
Indians.
Tramping and boating on through
the Panaman!an jungles. almost
frantic IN his search fOr MS wire,
Shea found valuable gold and tim
Der land. He came out to the coast
and staked out his claim and finally
met his wife. His weary fight was
ended. lie had his wife and his
claim but being good prospector
he could not forget the rich deposits
OF Columbia. 30 he went to that
coptry seeking to file a claim. only
totind that his struggles had been
fw naught and that the laws OF
Colombia forbid fireigners from
mining concessions. and that TINS
law was most strictly enforced
against Americans. for whom Col
omb!ans have held no love since
Panama became republic.
With his Panamanian claim as MS
reward Shea is now here to arrange
for financing and working the claim,
When the claim Is worked out ne
has plans for moro jungle pros
pect.ng.
81 can't stay put, and expect 20
be prospecting for 20 years yet'
said the aged adventurer.