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UT celia) VOL. 21 NUMBER 3 ORION'S ROCKET SIPC =a Cree tarda Two NUGGETS & A DIRTY DIME Three Trips Bring Treasure FC #250 CANADA $205, HM THE END OF A FOUR PART SERIES REASURE SPECIA MYSTERY OF THE 3 SPIDER RO In 1982, Robert Kyker and Duane Hale obiained this map from Rex Grove. It was given to Grove and Ray Whitlock and provoked them to drill « hole 70 feet deep in 1958 near Aspermont, where they broke into a eave (see Part II for more dete). 58 Treasure CONC Eddtor's Note: In this four-part article, the authors have revealed mutch of te in- formation they have collected about the three strange stones known as the Spider Rocks. The carved stones, which were unearthed along with a variety of other artifacts, presented a mystery to Dave ‘Amold when he discovered them in Texas—the first one ai Clyde in 1902, the Second at Asperinont in 1905, the third at Rotan in 1909—and they remain just as puzaling today, Although the authors offer no solution, sheir combined 68 years of research herve dane much to:define the extent and establish the credentials of this historical problem—showing, aiturng other things, that Dare Amold was @ real ‘person, nat just a figment of folk fore, and thar he was not likely che perpetrator ef @ hoax. Readers who have ideas or information ta contribwie abou the Spider Rocks are invited ta conact the fuahors at the addresses given at the end of this artiele. ‘A rock carving found in the Aspermont area shows many of the same symbols ciched into the Rotan Spider Rock—PO, OF, S, DLN, and a star (ist tothe right Of DLN), Below the star isa fleched ar- row, which points to the sar. Photo pur- chased from Henry Henderson by Bob Ryker and Duane Hale, Nov. 25, 1989.4 WILSON AND HALE VISIT SPIDER ROCK Steve Wilson and Duane Hale travel ed to Rule, Texas, on September 29-30, 1973, and visited Dock Henderson. Dock took @ copy of the Aspermont Spider Rock map and said that the copper plate with the “"X"" in the center was lying right on top of the fifth dot inthe ladder~ ooking thing coming out from the enter of the map. Conceming the two knives, the one with the casket carved on it was in the southeast commer of the map and pointed to this same dot, and so did the key. Dock said that the six-inch high stamette which he and Reid had. found must have been platinum. Ut had the forks of the river carved on its back with a drilled hole inside the forks and one on the outside t0 the east, He thought something was buried on an istand in the river, but this island had just about wash od away, ROBERT KYKER WROTE DUANE HALE IN 1974 Robert Kyker wrote Hale in 1974, he hid tulked to Steve Steve had mentioned Hale's thesis on mining in Texas. Kyker said that he had become inerested in treasure hunting in 1968, while working with Bob Labe in Wichita Falls, Apparently the two had located enough. hieroglyphics near Padgett, Texas, to convince them that some unknown code had been used extensively by early occupants of the area, Kyker began “collecting bottle tops,” bits of information on every known Spanish site in Texas and Ok- labo, ASPERMONT & CLYDE ARTIFACTS REVEALED IN 1976 Steve Wilson ond Duane Hale had con- tinued to share information, visiting fre- quently after Hale moved to Oklahoma in 1973, They both decided over spring break in 1976 to go to Haskell and try o answer some questions. They visited [Dock Henderson, the newspaper files at both Haskell and Aspermont, as well as the courthouse records. ‘Their primary ‘goal was to locate the descendants of Dr. CL, Terrell, who had financed the dig- ‘ging at hoth Aspermont and Clyde. They ‘uncovered some great leads, but were not able to find the Terrells, even after thoy ‘extended their trip to include Waco. ‘That last night before they retumed to, ‘Oklahoma, Steve stated that he was g0- ing to write a book on Spider Rock, and Hale said that he thought they should be co-authors, Steve said that he dida’t sce itthat way. that each could write his awn hook, Wilson began working on Spider Rock when a senior in high schaol in 1960 and was able to interview some of the original searchers who were dead by the time Hale came along in 1968. ‘A few months later, Hale was able to locate the youngest son of Dr. Terrell, Charles ‘Terrell, who was living. in Eastland, Teaas, just 10 miles east of Cisco, Terrell was about 11 years old when the Aspermant Spider Rock was dug up and had gone to the site with his fier. He related that Arnold was a big gwarthy" man in his late 605, Who ap- peared to be uneducated. Charles Terrell remembered Arnold using the word “sigh'" repeatedly and stated in later years, when he learned Spanish, that he was sure that Amold was trying to say “si” Apparently, according to Terrell, there was a Mexican there named Saul Rodriguez who rode a big fine horse ‘Terrell assured Hale that all the artifacts had been burned in the drugstore fire of late 1908. Shordly after this, Hale told Steve Wilson about having’ found the Terrells. Treasure 59

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