GOLD ON LAKE SHORE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 210, 18 August 1934, Page 7

GOLD ON LAKE SHORE

Central Asia Discovery RUSSIAN ENGINEER'S FIND By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright CALCUTTA, August 17. Quantities of gold on the sandy shores of a vast lake at the foot of the Karakoram Mountains are reported by N. Yurieff, a Russian mining engineer who reached India after amazing adventures. Yurieff is a White Russian and fought against the Bolsheviks under Kolchak in 1923. When the latter’s army was routed he and three others fled to India and hid in the Pamir Mountains, suffering from intense cold, hunger and thirst. They eventually reached a frozen lake and were amazed to find that the sand contained a large proportion of gold dust, so they staked claims. After many days’ trek over the icy wastes they met a Chinese shepherd, who betrayed them to Soviet agents They wero imprisoned for 10 years, but twice escaped only to be recaptured. On the third occasion they evaded the guards and escaped to Afghanistan The Karakoram Mountains, in Central Asia, connect the Hinialyas to Ilie Hindu Kush. They contain some of tho highest summits in the world, Mt. Godwin Austen (28,250 ft. being the peak. The range, which extends south-east for 400 miles, contains sev era] high but easy passes.