Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-06
AToJaH STORY, But BiLsEvsD ~ st
I. ForRr PEOPLE ALLIED led DISC, VERY
ia GEEAr siIvlE Mrr'7

The people in the southern portion
of Botetourt have been during the last
two weeks considerably excited by ap-
parently well authenticated reports Of
the4 discovery. by certain parties Of a
silver mine in Tinker Mountain said to
be,the~richest in Ataeris&
We give.s.fhe reports as we have
heard them, some a. WHICH we know to
be true:
Some months ago an old man, trav
cling on the. rad lsadng by Tinker
Mountain, was the recipient Of: MANY
attentions :trom''a soy, in return tor
which the trav=-ller told the boy. that
tmre was The ehsst sils err in the
mountain ttheh Il view that was ever
! known.
He said that over fifty years ago he
Ia d tvs: otA@r~ MEN fund the. miht.
=. go dgs saf'n wv.f Killed one 4
there number misasfight, pled= seer g.
Is i - niINllE;. e 1 pe'.s 8 the murdered
elnan ana his iri6idde5, and separated.
he boy rlreixeas, & .reetidns as T.
how he should End fhe exact spot, and
the old man weGl on his ,.Ya.y:~ After
TIC lap.e Of some tilis- the boy got
8 me -of >hislelatiyey sinterested ,in the
story, aud .tbssNi,' preceded stea the place
aud after searching found the surround
ii,ss Just as the 6Fd &snlan.. described
them-a stable, tools used in 'diggi' 6,
and a key Of silver Tle paHies, salts
i stied. the old man tsssttay @ss correct, re
turned, had FIVE acres of land surveyed
aud applied to- She S,ssee for a title,
the land being portion Of. unreclaimed
mo,mtaisf .teIritary. 2: = = IN s.
The county surveyor surveyed tAe
land, ard received in payment some Of
the silver found. K
The name Of the young man whose
mindne<s ard So herositjy led to the dis.
covery is - Black the names Of the
other parties we heard. but have for
gotten. -. ;. 80 =:
"A story has always been errtent in
the neighbofhood that there was sil-
yer mine in this mountain, and several
years 60 a gentltm man who came flcn'
the West to fnd it, was unsuccessful.
Tie same paper has the following
statement in detail from correspond
~ent, who writes from Mill Creek, and
signs himself "a Believer:
Some time ago an old man was trav-
cling through the Carvins Cove Val
ley afoot, c:nring quite a heavy carpet:
sack He came up with a small boy:
who, seeing himto be avery old and
feeble man proteresl to+cary his bund e
which the old man accepted thankfully
So they travelled until they came to the
boys home, He inNited the old gen
tleman to stop and get some dinner
which the old man accepted, and stayed
with the family several days When
| about tolease the ola gentleman prof
cred to pay the bill, which was peremp
torially declined; at, Which, for a few
moments, the old gentleman seemed te
be absorbed in deep thought; a1tel
which he turned .toa the boy the, ons
who carried his carpet-sack) and the
following dialogue ensned:,g a.
Old Nan: 'My .kind.lad have a Sc
cret which had thought / would ,nevsl
divulge to any one, and have kept il
.sacredty up to the present time; but. VOL
have been so kind to me, and decline
all compensation therefor. and.at my ag.
| shall hever@receiye any further bene
fit from my secret; so | am inclined t
give it to you (m hitting to tile noun
tain) That is Tinker Mountain, is il
not?" = ..4e
':Boy: eyes, sir"
Old Man: os'Do you see that cliff o
rocks on the pelnt of that rid gel"
Boy: YES, Sir"
| Old Man. Swell, sir more than hal
a century age myself and two o:he'
young men found silver mine there
and under that rock we melted ant
moulded our silver into coin. We got
a large amount Of it as much for eacl
as we could carry One Of our part,
got mad at. somethihg, and for revenge
threatened to dfvulge our secret. We
killed him, and buried him with his sad
dle-bags full of coined silver in the same
grave. We also buried two bags O
coined silver belonging to him not fal
from that rock We had as much O.
our own as we could carry. You viii
. also find sledge5 and crowbar close
about that rock: also, we had stable
not far away. After we-killed our com
: ion one day thunder-cloud passet
over lis, aud a powerful thunderbol1
struck in our .rock-house, shiyering it.
and filling up giir mining cavity so mucl
that it would cost aaigood deal of labor
to clear it. out, Also, thinking that
this thunderboHthe. vengenance of God
upon Our evil deed, we left. the%place il
a hurry, and left things in the precise
condition, that + haye- Described to You
You can easls,fndsthe place with the
signs 1 haye,giyehs. Go and get !,
and"fnay the lord prosper you with it
Farewell, my kind nttle Tad. Z F
| Now, Mr.. Eaitooffs a,;,t this. looks. q
good IDEAL rlik e'1'onance,. but hear the
sequel, This kid little lad associated
Witt himself .twso4ao ther older. heads.
They Went, ffoahd the ridge, found. the
rock. found 4he.nsledges and crowbar,
although seaten up With. ..r,st. Better
than ALL found one M,thes bags Of c,in-
ed money-aa faet i am. told outside
parties have seen and handled the coin
ed money, ~ s-s:s~.ss:9.
This thing is in Botetourt county,
three OF. four miles south from Amster-
dem, south side of Tinker Mountain, On
land that has never been taken up. But
am told the three .discovelers. have
laid azwaIrent Oh FIVE acres, and had it
surveyed by1t county surveyor, who,
| am told, received part of his pay in
the actual found coin itself There,
| Mr. Editor are the 1antarnislied facts as