EL DORADO

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1922, Page 7

EL DORADO

SHIP’S GOLDEN QUEST. Since the moving days of Drake and Raleigh, the mythical golden legion El Dorado has been supposed t bidden in the inland South America. Even to-day tkei those who are willing to lead, ad ' c1 q 1 turous expeditions into t Brazil in the alluring quest for gold. A few weeks ago there sailed lion Liverpool, The Booth Line steamer Hildebrand, carrying an exped tion bound on a gold and diamond «>ekm o venture to the river Araguaya and som of its principal tributaries. Ihe party consist of Captain S. C. Bullock, Captain F- O. O’Brien, mining engineers, and Mr. A. S. Quaife, a former naval lieutenant. Their hope rests upon exoprionces in those parts of Captain

O’Brien. . • . . Before leaving Captain () Brien sard that the Aragitayian gravels would yield payable gold. lie was hopeful they would discover copper in commercial quantities. He had found diamonds in tributaries of the Araguaya, . and also discovered payable gold in the gravel of the river. His belief is that' Central Brazil is the coming gold .field of the world. The country is peopled with tribes of Bed Indians, whom Captain O’Brien spoke of as friendly. He also, hoped to locate a tribe reported to wear round .their necks strings of gold in rough nuggets. The adventure is on behalf of a- pri--1 vate syndicate. The party will leave * the Booth liner at Para and proceed by steam launch, which they are tak ■>g with them, up to Tocantins River o’f'which the Araguaya is an off-shoot They will enter country 300 miles. u] the river that has never been exploi ed. Their .food will consist main! of fish, bananas,wild duck,- and wil deer. The party expect to be awa nine months,.