The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-14
.PHANTOMS| fascinating ..
 Tales of ed,,h. n ws,ss,
 Lost Mines c~.x.u.
THE HILL OF SILVER

silver mine. This mine was posed 'tO be near the old f0l San Luis de las Amarlllas, or San Saba river. It was know legend as the Hill of Silver.
 It-or something like It. been found" many times bt The Indians knew about 1t, an mors of It's wonders had res the Spaniards of Mexico as as the Eighteenth century. Apaches indicated its direction Lipans brought silver from It's to San Antonio; the Comal knew It's location, and the dos, Wacos, and Tehuacanas, survive only by their name maps of the South, fought of white men who travelled ne1 Don Fernando de Miranda, lie ant general of the proving Texas, found a mine whicl claimed was of vast extent, from which he brought sampl ore. and reported that he had told of even richer mines ia on.
 The little group of eleven from San Antonio were not ing blIndly. Their leaders were1 and Rezin Bowie, who were| posed to have seen with thei4 eyes the fabulous wealth od hidden mine to which they wei ing. James Bowie, who Yas 1 come one of the martyre8 herr the Alamo, was said to have ] the tribe of Lipans who gu the mine, for the express pr of learning It's location. H succeeded, he organized the pany to go back, fight off u dians, and secure as much as could of the rich ore.
 The old fort was only 15O from San Antonio; both I had been at the mine. Putting facts together. one might s, that the travellers would straight for the source of the ure. But for some obscure r they wandered about for weeks, following James Bowie was Hooking over the lay land," and finally wound up six miles east of the fort they were attacked by a larg, of hostile Indians. A day or fore, a friendly Comanche warned them of the projecte, so they were prepared to figl one man was killed and thre, wounded, and there was no of caring for the injured. soon as they could move ther took their casualties back [ Antonio, making the trip. crippled and halting, in ten d
 Perhaps reasoning that If gone straight on to his ob the expedition would have m cess, James Bowie Organiz other party, of thirty men thi and started out again for the s' treasure. This time he led t the right location. but leg agrees as to whether he feu mine or not.
 That there actually is a Silver in that region Is S tiated by records in the arch | Mexico. According tot the ords, the mine was worked early days of the San Sal sion. When the local Indis rose and killed everyone mine, 1t was considered DO abandon the place for a until 1t should be safe to and continue operations: B E ing the years after this m: so many things of great imp occurred to the Spaniards, Io many of those who knew u b ton of the mine were kille, turned to Mexico, that the Silver became actually Host l
 Severalyears ago silver bull J. found M the bottom of ,Ss springs, and this find SC z bring the lost site to nohS, It Is said that treasure-seel now hunting over an area than 2,5O0 square miles, h, find the wonderful silver h
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 Other lost and hidden t of Texas include the famO, gerhead," in the wild count the Rio Grande bordeI :. he not much of a story to g n the search for this mine, l said that a negro who wo a ranch below SandersOn f. tt ore and brought specimen ' into camp. He disappeared afterward, and ever since hunt has been keen, but
 results. Then there Is u spring one hundred mile D west of San Antonio, whelk I jacklOads of silver" were