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In 1937 there was curious claim. The following newspaper story below reported a story below.
Mystery And Tragedy Grip Scene of Great Gold Find
PANAMA, July 23. An atmosphere of mystery and tragedy enveloping a reported find of $3,000,000 in gold bars in remote Chiriqui province was deepened today and President Jose Arosemena ordered a thorough investigation. National police operatives sent to Piedra Candeals, where the gold was reported found, sent word by courier through the jungle that they had reached the scene. They were met by Johannes Van Steck, a French citizen, one of three prospectors said to have found the gold. Van Steck, the police said, conducted them to the ancient mine tunnel in which the gold was supposed to be hidden. “I’ll go in first,” they quoted Van Steck as saying. They said Van Steck thrust his matchete, a sword-like, heavy knife, into the block mouth of the tunnel and then entered himself. There was the sound of a shot, the police said,
and, following Van Steck into the tunel, they found him shot through the right side of the head and bleeding from the mouth. First reports were that Van Steck was dead. Later police rethough desperately wounded. For reasons unstated, the police seemed to believe that Van Steck shot himself. That accounetd for one of the three prospectors. Van Steck, in his first stories to police, asserted that Antonio Hill, German, another of the three, fled to the hills and tried to shoot him from ambush after telling natives that he was trying to cheat them. There has been no further word of Hill. The third prospector was Arring Thorpe, an American. He was found yesterday at La Concepcion, the nearest outpost of civilization to the mine tunnel—three days afoot through the jungle from the scene. Thorpe denied any connection with the treasure or any knowledge of it.


Now speculate 3 such scenarios.
1. Story was a hoax created by the reporter?
2. Story was an actual event but the local authorities got greedy?
3. Story was partly true but no gold was found?
Interesting as you see the area of this discovery of alleged gold bars in a mine tunnel was in an area on the border with Panama and Costa Rica ?

Was this mine tunnel of this alleged discovery of 3 milllion in gold bars minas del Tisingal y la Estrella?
Kanacki
In 1937 there was curious claim. The following newspaper story below reported a story below.
Mystery And Tragedy Grip Scene of Great Gold Find
PANAMA, July 23. An atmosphere of mystery and tragedy enveloping a reported find of $3,000,000 in gold bars in remote Chiriqui province was deepened today and President Jose Arosemena ordered a thorough investigation. National police operatives sent to Piedra Candeals, where the gold was reported found, sent word by courier through the jungle that they had reached the scene. They were met by Johannes Van Steck, a French citizen, one of three prospectors said to have found the gold. Van Steck, the police said, conducted them to the ancient mine tunnel in which the gold was supposed to be hidden. “I’ll go in first,” they quoted Van Steck as saying. They said Van Steck thrust his matchete, a sword-like, heavy knife, into the block mouth of the tunnel and then entered himself. There was the sound of a shot, the police said,
and, following Van Steck into the tunel, they found him shot through the right side of the head and bleeding from the mouth. First reports were that Van Steck was dead. Later police rethough desperately wounded. For reasons unstated, the police seemed to believe that Van Steck shot himself. That accounetd for one of the three prospectors. Van Steck, in his first stories to police, asserted that Antonio Hill, German, another of the three, fled to the hills and tried to shoot him from ambush after telling natives that he was trying to cheat them. There has been no further word of Hill. The third prospector was Arring Thorpe, an American. He was found yesterday at La Concepcion, the nearest outpost of civilization to the mine tunnel—three days afoot through the jungle from the scene. Thorpe denied any connection with the treasure or any knowledge of it.


Now speculate 3 such scenarios.
1. Story was a hoax created by the reporter?
2. Story was an actual event but the local authorities got greedy?
3. Story was partly true but no gold was found?
Interesting as you see the area of this discovery of alleged gold bars in a mine tunnel was in an area on the border with Panama and Costa Rica ?

Was this mine tunnel of this alleged discovery of 3 milllion in gold bars minas del Tisingal y la Estrella?
Kanacki
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