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fifc TIIE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OCTOBER V19CT SUNDAY MORNING 171 v x V J 4 vwA JtAi it V H " ( And the Curiously Veiled RomanceBehind the Discovery of Rare Gems and Virgin Gold in a Hidden Cavern in the Mountainous Regions of Abyssinia wr IJ A Copyright by Qora Bams Cavern Entrance in the Mountainous Region of Abyssinia It was m a Place of This hind That British Travelers Declare They Found the Jewela and Gold f' ruler in various settings some have painted her in the flowing costume of the Orient her dark-eye- d beauty and raven ti esses enhanced by abundant jewels while another Bchqol has created a queen in scanty raiment and given to her the appearance of one untouched even by the civilization of Africa as it existed a thousand year before the coming of Christ There is complete unanimity among them all that she was a magnificently seductive queen adored by her people and the possessor of riches beyond ail calculation The Bible story of the Queen of Sheba consists of eleven verses It has to do only with her visit to King V sylph-lik- e Map of the Western Part of Abum!a With Arrow showing the Ijoution ot the Reputed Treasure Cavern 320 Miles West of Abbaba It Is in Ihis Moun tainous Region lhat the Long Sought Cache Vhtrt the Queen of Sheba Gold and Rare Gems Stored Her Jewels Is Declared to Have Been Found Have Been Taken From the Place and Are to be Submitted to the F lamination of Experts The Mountains Are in the Watersheds Which Separates the Blue Nile from the White ISile bade him farewell went his way f Payter and the engineer meet a few days later Being fellow countrymen they spent an evening to- gether chatting about their experiences and the engineer exhibited the much worn map and told how it had come into his possession Spread out before them they studied it wondering who had made The map it and when waa of the part of Abyssinia far to the west of Addis 1 he Abbaba Certain directions appeared on the eba v v" Solomon “And wnen the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord she came to prove him with hard questions “And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train with camels that rare apices and very much gold and precious stones ana when sue was come to Solomon she communed with him of all that was m her heart “And Solomon told her all of her questions there was not anything hid fioni tho king which he told her not “ And when the Queen of Sheba had seen J1 Solomon’s wisdom and tho house that he had built and the meat of this table and the sitting of hia servants and the attendance of hia ministers and their apparel and his cupbearers and his ascent by which t he went up unto the house of the there was no more spirit in her “And she said to the king it was a true report I heard m mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom V'S s t - t hK : "5 Hi of the by the Queen From t'l ss i v ’ If V I Painting Celebrate 1 Artist margin The two J J Badm men decided to delay their return to England and undertake an exploration of the Opjrrlftit Sr region Aftpr a sort Bu-r- l Journey trying over the nearly obliterated trail they reached the mountain which was roughly 320 miles due west from Addis Abbaba and as desolate a place as even these experienced travellers In foreign lands had ever seen Guided by the notations on the margin of tho map they climbed over the rocks looking At last for an opening they found It Upheavals due presumably to early earthquakes had ripped open the rock mass and created a cavern Cautiously they entered at a narrow opening and with torches aglow made their way into the chamber There as the story is told discovered the evidence of riches samples of which ara now f j x a" ’ kVu!fJv i ) W-- ' HV f “ a A lrd nT 7'WV -- In London “1 “that am sure" said Payter I have discovered one of caverns from which the the Queen of Sheba drew her great w weird Such Is the narrative though it may appear The country described la about as wild and unattractive as any In all Abyssinia The inhabitant are few and the means of getting a living distressingly scanty Wild and dry the noil does not Not far respond to agriculture away le the Eastern frontier of the Sudan The Komo and Fgo Mountain rise to great heights forming the watershed between the Whit Nile and the Blue Nile These mountain! like all other In that vicinity show Indication that they were once volcanic Some of the richest mineral from the gulley created com by the outburst of internal fires For more than a century the belief has existed that the Aby The Queen of bheba Bringing Gifu ot Cold and bplrea lo King Solomon From the Painting by Julius kronberg Thia la Una of Many Conception of the Biblical Queen a INIn cleft of a mountain the remote Western part of cavern-lik- e Abyssinia which ages ago belched forth devastating volcanic fires there baa been discovered according to reto be port by cable what is claimed the long sought secret cache of the Cems of Queen of Sheba’a jewels nature great rarity in the setting which rubies and gavo to emeralds— and nuggets of virgin gold fresh from tho beds of ore and all from a common cavernous source have been taken to London where they are to be submitted lo the critical judgment of tho lapidaries and the appraising eyea of tho Jewel experts An expedition may be formed to further ex-tc claim plore tho tavern and layfound v ci y thing of value to bo 1 ho man who found his way to tho and manseirtt hiding place of ruhea across the aged to get them safely African waitphaml to England Is Frank Taytcr wmld traveller and big game hunter How ho tame to have a clew to guide him to the ruhes is a tale tho quite as strangely fantastic theas cenromance whid) throughout turies has enveloped the captivating olive skinned beauty herself bomething more than a year ago an to rernglish mining enguiter about turn to the t oast after a season of bard work In the mountainous region venerable of Ab) ssinia rame across Arab whose life hud taken him into often visited parts of the country not chance mcet- ly white men From a ealth” In This Famous Old Painting by Walpole the Wise King la V'dly rieiund Kin Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba and Rirhest In His Robes of Mato Tendering An Llaborate Reception to What Is Believed to Have Been the Most Beautiful Ruler of Her Day sinia are would some day astonish the world with its riches in minerals There have been many reference in literature to the supposedly virgin mines of gold and of rare jewel in Sir Rider Haggard these mountains laid plots of several of hia once popular books In this area notably “She and "King Solomon's Mines” The legend of the Immense wealth In jewels possessed by the Queen of Sheba and the n Bronte Tablet With Inscription Found Near the Place W here the Treasures W ere Discovered Sab-aoa- Ing there developed a degree of friendship between The aged Arab tlie was in need of assistance The engineer helped him When It came time for the engineer to continue his journey the old Arab gave him s crumpled map of the hill country which he said m'ght some day prove useful la his professional work biblical story of her display of gold and many costly baubles on her visit to King Solomon form another chanter which la naturally recalled at this time Of all the mysteriously engaging and alluring hgures which lo Types of Native In tha Abyssinian Country Wins the Hidden ( av erns Were Located Many of These Men Are Nomads Whins Sires Lived In the Tim of Solomon fcnrk ancient myths legend and a credited history have given to tho world the biblical Queen of Sheba la surrounded with the greatest glamor Who was she? hi re did she come from? What part VI -- play during her regal reign? What wa the source of her amazing from the Did they com nchea? the jewels where mountains Abyssinian and gold now in London were reported to have been discovered? For many centuries students of the Bible have turned to the tenth chapter of tha First Book of King to read of y this beautiful daughter of a land who travelled in state to Jerusalem accompanied by a great train with camels laden witn gold and precious atones to consult with wisp old King bolomon and “prove him with hard questions " Historical writers the most distinguished artiris and eminent computers have found in this fascinating queen a pleasing subject for pen brush and music but they are not in agreement “about her Among the siholaia who have sought to trace her to hor country wna group including Dr Ditloff and Dr Glaser men who have made extensive researches in Arabia are of tho belli f that she was of baba a kingdom lying perhaps 200 miles northwest of Aden They say her proper The other group name was Balkia Mull holds that she came from I thiopm but nono of them seems able to account for a kingdom of bheba from whnh i nines her name as recorded in the Bible Of the artists who have Idealized the did ah far-awa- 11H £? f'aSs i “Howbeit 1 believed not the words until I came and mine eyes had seen it and behold the half was not told me thy wisdom and prosperity the fame which I heard “And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spice? very great store and precious stones there came no more such abundance of spices as these which th Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon So she turned and went to her own country she and her servants” Wbs her own country Ethiopia or Saba? The word Balkis is Arabic Arabia has never been known as a’ place of mineral deposits It la different in Africa The hugest source of wealth of kings and queens of old Arabia In presumwas In the mines In ably richer In spires than Africa each country It was por lblo for a person of power to have vast herd1 of tamels and cattle Serfs were of eve animals A less value than queen could have a thousand of them to do her bidding All these things have been the subject of repeated speculation in an effort to determine i ver juit what land tho Queen of Sheba four-foote- d held nway Investig itions are even now about to It 1b believed be resumed in Anbia tbit further examination of the Baby- lonian inscriptions found on the tablets In baba will furnish tho solution |
