Brownwood Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1894 Page: 2 of 8
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NEW MINE DISCOVERY.
There Is Riches Galore In menard
County
J. K. Patterson interested in the
""San Saba silver and gold mine of
Menard count? is in the city. He
was seen by a reporter yesterday
3 XI i 11 . a i!.. .
auu gave ine lonowing interesting
story regarding the history of the
supposed rich find:
"Three years ago an old gentle
man by the name of Short first
called my attention to the matter
He said he was at San Saba Mis
sion (sometimes called San Saba
Fort) in 1874 and there saw the
old smelter used during the days
of the historical mine in melting
the ore and said he pursued ex-
actly the same direction as was
given to Jim Bowie m the early
history of Texas when he started
to the place of the mine. He gave
the direction as follows: Go up
Celery creek until you come to the
big spring then go to the west
three miles and there will be
found the mine.'
'I took Mr. Short with me in a
vehicle and we proceeded toward
the place according to his direc-
tion. Reaching the big spring al-
ludejltp we learned that it was
called Bowie spring which gave
proof to Short's statement that he
possessed the same direction as
Jim Bowie there we turned to
westward and traveled three miles
and at the point designated found
what was called the Gooch mine
which we thought amounted to
nothing being only a hole in the
top of a hill however I continued
to investigate and make inquiries
as I knew from the information I
had gathered that a rich mine ex-
isted somewhere in that vicinity.
Finally I came across a Mr. Hun-
ter editor of the Mason County
Herald who said at Monclova
Mexico he had learned the history
of a mint; supposed to be the one
for which I was searching and;
gave me some valuable informa-
tion. He said that the mine was
iilled up in early days by an
. agreement between the Spaniards
and the Indians that it is said to
be exceedingly rich and gave the
assay to be $1680 to the ton.
"Next I came across a man by
the name of Johns who possessed
a map of the direction and read as
follows: Start from the Foit and
go up the river in a northwesterly
direction until you come to the
first dry creek and follow that
creek to the extreme head.'
"Three parties of men all pos
sessing the same chart of direction
started in search of the lost mine.
Mr. Johns accompanied one of the
other partit s. I followed the di
rection to the notcn in company
with one of Johns' men and others.
r We went up the river as directed
until we struck what is now known
.is Bradford's branch. It being
the first dry creek we followed it
to the extieme head where we
came across the same Gooch mine
.designated Uy the hole dug in the
top of a small hill. This we were
'now convinced was beyond a doubt
the long lost Bowie mine.
"The other parties both missed
it by four miles;. They went due
Inbrthwest headed Bradford's
branch and struck the next dry
creek which they followed to the
head and consequently missed the
mine."
Hunter in his history of Texas
'mentions th mine and the fact of
its being filled up in days of hostil-
ities between the early settlers an(J
Indians: The following is taken
from Thralls History of Texas.
See pago 100: "This Mission
(San Saba) located in Menard
county on the river to which it
gives its name was founded in
1734 by a company of settlers from
ffanfa PVn The mission .WIS do
ing well and the settlers were en
couraged to hope for the speedy
christianization of the numerous
and war like tribes of Comanches
who maintained friendly relations
with the ecclesiastics. But in 1752
a silver mine called Las Almagris
was discovered in the neighbor-
hood of the Fort. This drew to
the place a number of miners and
adventurers some of whom quar
relied with the Indians and at a
time when the few soldiers were
absent from the Fort the exr.sper
ated savages fell upon the defense
less missionaries and put them all
to death not sparing even the do
mestics. This was a sad blow and
an ungrateful return for the self-
sacrificing labor of the fathers."
Page 452 says: 1830 the cele
brated James Bowie became a citi
zeh of San Antonio and imirried
the daughter of Don Veramuda the
vice governor. On the second day
of November 1831 he and his
brother Ruen P. Bowie seven oth
er Americans and two negro serv
ants started to hunt for the San
Saba river mines. When in the
neighborhood of the old mission
on me oan aaoa river tney were
attacked by 161 Helmcana and
Caddo Indians. The Bowies threw
up temporary breast works which
the Indians repeatedly and vigor
ously charged. Failing in their
assaultsthe Indians next attempted
to burn them out by setting fire to
the long prairie grass. The Ameri
cans however sternly held their
ground.
The fight lasted from sunrise un
til dark when the savages sullen
ly retired having lost nearly one
half of their .number. One of
Bowie's men was killed and three
wounded.
J. K. Store of Corsicana claims
to have a chart which locates the
mine in exactly the same place as
Mr. Patterson found it also a Mr.
Culberson has a like chart.
Two gentlemen by the name of
Gooch and Cabinis located the
mine in the same place as Mr.
Patterson 18 years ago.
All this evidences the fact that
there once existed a rich mifte at
this place Mr. Patterson has
found and that now a rich mine of
valuable ore lies buried beneath
the debris.
Work has now been going on in
the mine under the 'supervision of
Mr Patterson for almost a month.
They have dug about forty feet
and he says he receives additional
strong evidence daily of its being
the lost mine. It shows unmis-
takable evidences of having been
filled up having taken from it
large quantities of massive rotten
timbers huge logs etc. .
He says all about in the neigh-
borhood of the mine they have as-
says of outcropping gold and silver
in abundance. Gazette.
Postal Changes.
On the first day of July next a
new money order system will go
into effect and the rates materially
reduced
The postal note will be abolished
and instead of the present very
ordinary looking money order
there will be an artistic and beau-
tiful one engrrved on steel and
much more convenient to fold and
handle than the existing form.
The schedule of fees to be
charged for the new money orders
has been reduced to the basis now
charged by the various express
companies for transmitting money
and will be as follows:
For $2ro0 or less 3 cents.
$2.50 to $5.00 5 cents.
$5 to $10 8 c.ents.
$10 to $20 10 cents.
$20 to $30 12 cents.
$30 to $40; 15 cents.
$10 to $50 18 cents.
$50 to $00 20 cents.
$00 to $75 25 ceuts.
$75 to $100 3Q cents. -
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Mayes, Will H. Brownwood Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1894, newspaper, May 31, 1894; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth343458/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.