Originally Posted by jaguartx
Great. Thanks, Birdy. So, that silver may still be on my friend's Blockhouse ranch. Humm. Lots of hard rock ground in that country except in the San Saba bottom. If its not buried in the bottom, they would have had to do a lot of pickax work.


Unless the Indians or someone with the Indians dug it up out of curiosity. Given the large amount of livestock trading they engaged in, it seems likely at least some Comanches would be cognizant of the purchasing power of precious metals.


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