History of Vetas

The conquistadors came to this territory in his feverish search for gold route. In 1530 Ambrose Alfinger, crossed the mountains from the Catatumbo river and arrived at San turban knot, gold expropriating indigenous people and subject them to the mission. The expedition descended the river courses and Lebrija Surata until the Magdalena. There he learned that the expedition had already passed Quesada Plateau Bacatá, so he and his men started back with the famous treasure of 12,000 castellanos of gold (120) pounds, transported by Indian prisoners, chained to the neck . The expedition descended the river current to reach Pamplona and the region Chinácota, a surprise attack by the Indians left Chitareros result Alfinger Ambrose's death, with a poisoned arrow pierced his throat. The soldiers continued to the Catatumbo River. Treasure greed were determined to be killing each other, at last a small group of them decided to bury the treasure somewhere in the jungles of Catatumbo. Pedro De Velasco Ortún Orzúa and brought his people from the provinces of Navarra and Vizcaya, idiosyncratic basis of this town. if you look closely a map of the kingdom of Granada is not difficult to locate veins Pamplona was because they share more than a common history. Veins was the economic base of New Pamplona, ​​that early seventeenth century was known as La Loca Pamplonilla since riches were streaks leading from festejadas with eccentricities like wearing gold in canopy through the streets of the town, the horses used also gold shoes. The only survivor who managed to get to Puerto de Coro, place from where they had made the story of this legendary treasure ever found. Twenty years later, the Basques and Pedro De Velasco Ortún Orzúa roamed the gold route from Bacata (Today Bogotá) through Hunza (Tunja Today) reaching