Almagres Mines, Miranda’s reports on. Archives University of Texas. See
pp. 12–13, this volume, notes. See Bowie, Cerro de la Plata, San Saba,
and Llano.
Anna Cache Mountains, Kinney County, treasure in. San Antonio Express,
“Cattle Clatter,” January 5, 1924.
Bowie Mine. *Hunter, John Warren, Rise and Fall of the Mission San Saba
to which Is Appended a Brief History of the Bowie or Almagres Mine,
Mason, Texas [Austin, 1905], pp. 42–59. Pamphlet, 84 pages, very rare.
*Hunter, John Warren, “The Hunt for the Bowie Mine in Menard,” Frontier
Times, Bandera, Texas, Vol. I, No. 1, October, 1923, pp. 24–26. “Fight
by Bowie Brothers while in Search for Mine,” Dallas News, January 28,
1921, Pt. II, p. 7, col. 1. Stoddard, William O., The Lost Gold of the
Montezumas—A Story of the Alamo, Philadelphia, 1897. A highly
fictionized account of some of Bowie’s treasure hunting expeditions.
See also Almagres, Cerro de la Plata, San Saba, and Llano.
Brand Rock Water Hole, Dimmit County, treasure in. Honnoll, W. V.,
Galveston News, 1909.
Casa Blanca, Jim Wells County, legends of treasure at. Sutherland, Mary
A., The Story of Corpus Christi, Houston, 1916, pp. 2–3.
Cerro de la Plata. Bolton, H. E., Spanish Explorations in the
Southwest, pp. 283–284.
Coleman County, Dig for Treasure in. Dallas News, December 9, 1923.
Ebony Cross, legend of. Brown, Clinton G., Ramrod Jones, Akron, Ohio,
1905, pp. 316–317.
“Escondida” and “Big Rocks,” treasures of, Victoria County. Rose,
Victor M., Some Historical Facts in Regard to the Settlement of
Victoria Texas, Laredo [1883?], p. 9.
Franklin Mountains, Lost Mine in to be sighted from the tower of the
church in Juarez. Stevens, Walter B., Through Texas, St. Louis, 1892,
pp. 61–63.
Guadalupe Mountains, Lost Mine in. *Hunter, J. Marvin, “Mysterious Gold
Mine of El Paso County,” Hunter’s Frontier Magazine, Vol. I, No. 6,
October, 1916, pp. 177–179; reprinted in Frontier Times, Vol. I, No. 7,
April, 1924, pp. 24–26. “Lost Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains,”
Frontier Times, Vol. I, No. 6, March, 1924, pp. 1–3; reprinted from El
Paso Times.
Leander, old Spanish mine near. Fulcher, Henry C., “Corn Tassels Wave
over Spot where Legend Says Earth Gave up Fortune,” Austin American,
October 14, 1923; reprinted in Frontier Times, Vol. I, No. 4, January,
1924, pp. 16–17, under title of “Legend of the Old Spanish Mine.” A
variant of the same legend appeared in the Galveston News, March 8,
1906.
Leon County, treasure in a lake near Trinity, in. Wood, W. D., “History
of Leon County,” Texas State Historical Association Quarterly, Vol. IV,
p. 208.
Llano country, legends of rich minerals in. *“The Brook of Gold
Discovered by Lost Rangers,” and *“The Smelter on the Little Llano,”
both printed in this volume, were adapted from stories printed in the
Galveston News of uncertain date. “Llano Treasure Cave,” Naylor, Dick,
Texas Magazine, Houston, Vol. III, pp. 195–204; reprinted, under name
of T. B. Baldwin, in the Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm News, July 11 and July
14, 1922. See also Almagres, Bowie, Cerro de la Plata, San Saba.
Lometa (Lampasas County) Wakes up to Find Evidence that Landmark Held
$49,611 Treasure, San Antonio Express, March 1, 1923.
Mexican diggers for buried money follow white horse, San Antonio.
“Report of Mysterious Diggers Leads Police to Treasure Hunters,” San
Antonio Express, January 29, 1923.
Mexican Government gold dumped into Attoyaque Bayou, Nacogdoches
County. Fuller, Henry C., “Neutral Ground of Louisiana Line and Legend
of Buried Treasure,” Houston Chronicle, October 29, 1922. The legend
involves Aaron Burr, General Wilkinson, and the Mexican Army.
Moro’s Gold. Rose, Victor M., Some Historical Facts in Regard to the
Settlement of Victoria, Texas, pp. 36–37.
Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend. *Raht, Carl, The Romance of Davis
Mountains, El Paso, 1919, pp. 331–334.
Peak of Gold, The. Lummis, Charles F., The Enchanted Burro, Chicago,
1912. The “Peak of Gold” may be in New Mexico, but seems to be in
Texas.
*Realitos, six loads of treasure in a well below. In a news item
regarding the Texas Folk-Lore Society, Dallas Times-Herald, October 22,
1922; also in other Texas papers about the same date.
San Pedro treasure, the guarded. Barnes, Charles Merritt, Combats and
Conquests of Immortal Heroes, pp. 88–91.
San Saba Mines. Hornaday, William D., “The Lost Gold Mines of Texas May
Be Found,” Dallas News, January 7, 1923. Sturmberg, Robert, “The
Elusive City of Gold,” in History of San Antonio and of the Early Days
in Texas, San Antonio, 1920, Chap. III. Webber, Charles W., The Gold
Mines of the Gila, New York, 1849, pp. 190–191; 196–197. Webber makes
vague use of the legends in Old Hicks the Guide, 1848, to which The
Gold Mines of the Gila is a sequel. Bonner, J. S. (K. Lamity), in The
Three Adventurers, Austin (undated), elaborates the legend of the lost
mines. See Bowie, etc.
Snively (Schnively), Jacob, gold hunting expedition of. Hunter, John
Warren, “The Schnively Expedition,” Hunter’s Magazine, January, 1911,
p. 5. Whitehurst, A., “Reminiscences of the Schnively Expedition of
1867,” Texas State Historical Association Quarterly, Vol. VIII, pp.
267–271.
Starr County, treasure of “Casa de Bob” in. Lott, Virgil N., “Unbroken
and Unsuccessful Buried Treasure Hunt along Mexican Border Goes Merrily
on,” Houston Chronicle, November 5, 1922.
Wichita Mountains, quicksilver in. Kendall, George W., Narrative of the
Texan Santa Fe Expedition, New York, 1856, Vol. I, pp. 183–186; Vol.
II, p. 425.
Wichita, origin of the name. Dallas News, Magazine Section, September
30, 1923, p. 4.
Wold Woman of the Navidad. Rose, Victor M., op. cit., pp. 71–72.