The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-12-16
SILVER IN TEXAS.
FABULOUS FIND oE A HUNTER IN THE
LIANO MOUNTAIN RANGE.

L
are CLEANED particulars of one of the
most remarkable treasures -troves
known in this country of surprises,
writes a San Antonio, Tex, cores
pondent of The st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. The facts, so far as they go,
are vouched for by people of unim-
peachable veracity, and the tale re
ceives implicit credence from them.
About ten days ago there appeared in
town an aged, straight, bronzed in
dividual, who wore the ordinary hun
ter's garb, and he was evidently a
man who had lived much in the open
air. He drove a good wagon and
slashing team Of horses He put up
unpretentiously in a local camping
yard, and slept In the open air, as be
had always done. He was first no
ticed making inquiries as to tie
terms and capabilities of resident as
sayists. He was directed to Kalteyer
& Co., among the largest druggists III
the firm, George Kalteyer, is an ana
lytical chemist The old hunter ap-
paoached him and asked the cost of a
mental assay. Fifteen dollars" was
the response.
Then" said he, diving into his
pockets and fishing out large, black
lump, ''go ahead and tell me what
that's made of"
When Kalteyer saw the metal he
laughed There is no use in assay
ing that, that has been smelted by
volcanic action"
wv ell said the hunter. there's
plenty more where that came FROM
and he turned on his heel and walked
out
Being interviewed by reporter he
seemed willing enough to talk, but at
the same time remarkably secretive
In the first place he refused to di-
vulge his name or place of residence.
1t is thought, however, that he is from
Llano county. He said that he was q
hunter by trade, had followed it for
number Of years. La the mountains
where he lived he had always beliey-
ed that there was silver. Some days
ago, on one of his hunts, he found a
whiterock trimmed square, and set flush
with the ground. It was about foot
and half way across and some five
inches in thickness. On the top end,
as he ascertained when he raised it,
also on the bottom, were words, or
rather letters, more than half of them
obliterated. As well as he could make
those letters which remained decipher-
able they spelled the word
R-E-U-K.
He dug down for some little dis
lance, believing that the rock marked
a treasure place, but found no yalu-
ables of any kind The finding of the
stone, however, had the effect Of soil
citing his curiosity and causing him
to keep his eyes open. Some days
afterward, about two miles from the
place of his first discovery he found
under live oak tree bar Of smelted
silver stamped with Spanish stamp
on both sides. 1t was about half the
length, width, and thickness of an or
binary brick. Then, quite recently.
he found the old, disused workings
Of what was once a large silver mine
From a ledge, which the hunter al
leges to be three feet in thickness, he
broke the humps of native silver which
he wished to have assayed. He left
town to-day in a northerly direction,
stating that he would return in
week.
His fabulous find has much excited
those people who know it. To the
last he refused to give any hint of the
location of his Golconda, He stated
that his object in visiting the city was
to interest people with money who
would assist him in working his ar
gent claim. He has succeeded in his
preliminary object of interesting both
people with money and those with
none. 1t has long been known that
the Llano range Of mountains con
tanned silver, and that they had been
many years ago worked by Spanish
Adventures from Mexico.