The Lost Spanish Mine - Fredericksburg Standard

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fbgstandard01, on January 25, 2017

The Lost Spanish Mine

For centuries the legend of the Lost Spanish Mine has lured fortune hunters into the Texas Hill Country. That legend began on a hill south of Llano. In 1753, Spanish soldiers exploring the Llano River heard stories from Apaches of a hill of red ochre (cerro del almagre). Veins of silver were said to

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