Show ADDITIONAL MINING NEWS Still Seek King Solomons Solomon's Fabulously Rich Gold Mine I 11 1 There Is Is nothing more mora Interesting than the thol search earch of modern for mines the History of which dates back hack to o earliest Biblical 11 times umes There Is nothing that will cause a camp to 10 boom as quickly as all the finding of Jold gold which will attract men from front all nil parts of the world E Everybody cr knows something about abou the th- I King Solomon's Solomons mines which were lost t hi n n the lie mazes of oC history The Thc world for bc over years ars has hal brooded on the tho enig cuiK enigma ma of or Ophir whereabouts of this lost t Eldorado has hIlS tantalized men of science once ence for or generations Columbus UJ was convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that he had rediscovered crell these mines In the West Indies Indle lI He TIC wrote role this to the king o of Spain Some people have located tho the mines s at t hit mouth of the tho Indus In India Others Other have slated that II they were situated on the Island of Co CC- Cey- Cey Ion lon Others have havo placed d them theta In the I Malayan lall peninsula It I Is stated that hat Cecil Ce Cecil Ce- Ce cil dl Rhodes some years before h his s death was wa fl fascinated with the tho Idea that this most moat famous of all gold old mines was vas located located ed cd somewhere somewhere- In the heart of tho Darl Dara continent Kin King Solomons Solomon's mines mine The Tho gold Jold of Ophir overlaid the walls of King ing Solomons Solomon's temple worth at tt the lowest modern scholars calculations o of This took no account of f the Immense amount of or silver liver that adorned the theof w T of build building I rt King ICing Solomon in his glory Wl was the tho most magnificent monarch monarch monarch mon mon- arch In all history HI Ills navy made a trip every three years coming coating lad laden n with tho the gold Jold of Ophir All AU the drinking vessels els of hi his palace were made of gold old fn Tn his summer palace In the forests forNI o of II I I Lebanon n he Ito sat at on n a throne thron-o of gold sold and amI andI I V ivory vory On either either cither side ildr of tho the golden throne wOre were six golden irons IrOnA the symbol m ol of or the tribe of which stood on Dm tIm steps md supported th the arms arnis of tho tIm throne chair When hen Kill King Solomon went from rain his hall h of judgment nt to lila Ills temple he marched between two lines of soldiers with a a. burnished shield o nf of gold When hen ho went on his royal roat Journey to 10 his royal roal paradise paradiso at al Etham h hi was clothed In snow white M raiment and rode rodo in a stately ll chariot charlot of cedar decked with silver cr and l gold old nm and purple He wi was was' attended by hy a a. bodyguard of or sixty men their hair sprinkled freshly every lay day Ia with gold dust Gold ornaments orna orna- ments shone thone on the tho walls o of his palaces Ills His golden glittering in the morning morn morn- i ing sun like nothing which hi ha been heen S soon Seen in the world Tho rho wealth of KineS King ICing S Solomon lomon Is IR not a matter of I legend or myth but hut has been brou brought ht down lawn through thi tho ages I b by the oldest of fraternal fr orders Tho The account of Solomons Solomon's reign W was R compiled by the historians and sta sta- from the tato annals 15 The These annals contained documentary p reports which were made up soon after aCter tho the kin s death At the beginning of the Christian era scholars and treasure hunters he began an to seek tho land Janel of Ophir where ICing Ins Ins- Solomons Solomon's mines arc to b M be found nW This quest t hate lias turned to Africa and Is BUM stihi going on At one time It was thought that these mines were to be bo found In Peru CrU after the thC conquest of ot ofA the tho Incas Inca there A well known literary man man the son Bon of ot a literary man even more moro famous turned promoter and wrote a masterpiece on Kin King Solomons Solomon's mines which was printed d i In I Inn tho most liv form |