The silver mine was not at Menard. But at a place called Los Almagres. Which is at the base of Riley mountain on Honey Creek just of SH 71 in Llano county. What led the folks to think there were silver deposits there at Manard was the fact that silver ore from Los Almagres was taken to The presidio there on the San Saba and smelted for testing and assaying. The leftover slag found at San Saba led many to believe the mines were close by. But they were actually close to what 75 miles(?) east of there.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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