KING SOLOMON’S GOLD MINES
DISCOVERY IN ABYSSINIA. PARIS. July 5. A claim to have identified Ophir, the mysterious country from which King Solomon procured gold tor the temple of Jerusalem, is made by Count Byron de Prorok. the Polish explorer. In an interview with Miroir du Monde,' he says the Ophir of the Bible was the modern Werka Wetka. in the unknown mountains of Western Abyssinia. Werka Werka. in Abyssinian, im .ms ''th" valley ol gold." ('out;! do I‘roroK found that mines which furnished gold lor the tombs of the Kings ol Egypt thousands of \, ;u s before < 'hl 1-1 are b<-im: wot k- , d to day lot uat ir e i ulei>. It was only with the greatest diili cult), and after the per.-mial interveiit i<m of Lord [ y rre!l. • •x-Bii’i-h Am! assmlor in Pari-. that he obtained [s t mi—ton trom tio- Emperor of Ahv-sinia to visit Wmkti Werka Evett th<-ii he ami tits party had to travel at night and by sei ret pas-es to avoid capturi- Near the -pot he cairn- on hundreds of slaves seeking gold Nearby wen- stem- pyramids, raid to lie tombs o! slav.-- o' l!o--’in- o’ iKe> pt ;ao K 'n('(Hint <i> iie.l a ban to eitt.-r o!i(> of ‘hem. It'- noticed a p>(ailiar < hemti-al odour. < hara< teri-t!< of .an rieiit embalmim:. ho b 1 " !n ! h‘ him tha! he!'-, -..-xcral weeks' pair i-,,w trom Egypt. !md !>etm ,i: i.-.. ■. pt ; .i:i !> tm-tit Solonmn - Dm.- li-nt'-:
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 August 1935, Page 4
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