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one af the main maps and their great
wealth,
Because of dangers in Moxieo, the
treasure plat was tumed aver to a trust-
worthy mestico who was attached to the
ple marks th
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arrow on the
he Spider Rock
‘Treasure
Spanish party. It remained with ho until
he wai approaching death, al then’ was
iven fot Bamber et hs fal. The
‘Was passed along for several gener
Te'was certain that wo Mexican could re-
claim the wealth becsuse Texas had fal
Into the hands of pringos. Yor x
favors and a fmall amount of money, a
Moxtonn hud reteasod the plat to Merrett.
‘Mo organized a company at Haskell to
hunt he treaoure, but the map eorared
Blot of territory, including the two
branches of the Brazos and Kiown Peak
[showed marked rocks and trees, many
of which never cauld be found,
HE search wan a long, drawn-out
fair, A Mecican who was herding
sheep along the river entered into. the
Funting party. ‘He furnished additions!
Information and was, made partner.
‘The border said if he could find a cortain
took hearing eryptic symbole an mar,
be could find the gold, A few dave later,
the group unearthed what was ealled the
Shuler oc anaard
interpreting the queer markings en the
Spider Rock, the. Mexican revealed that
‘ime shaall hill on which the oly
fmarked roek had been Tound, war under
Ind with tho "base rock,” and that under=
feath the base. Tocke were. Buried. many
otien, He related that nineteen stepa west
ofthe holes shosld be found a Large
Done of a peebistoric animal, He enid the
location where thy, "lier Cela” won fund site don! under
peck A aquare cere of groupd wat scraped out sl thls area. You lala
“ived Wier Rock! map was loin hors
A human eye that was
carefully carved many
years ago looks across a
wasteland that defies the
eyes of men who are
searching now. The clues
are many—so far, the
solutions, none...
By STEVE WILSON
diggers would find wall of bard anb-
sifcc car the skewianm.
The 1508 toasure huters dog for the
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‘he substance ae the op and ar
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et Wiig Grabeel fia fe
they tay infe's steeh anf coud ately
work "lary’ decayed ie anal
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‘he Spider: ork Uaey found the
Astor ‘saumal' bone? about the tikec
Nae 'ot 2 nnn bly ot exten
pore
Me exican then dizeted the dlegert
to feta tbe Budd's te farther ote
e Pamalt “aetane waves, be nae ey
oie tlie great rate the
Tost ant adeer-eviecs bored ty tee
ek :
Tae sage, tone-was found. With it
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pins ceo eal pgs tripe ear
large nimber af Reads. Not util years
ficriar tena! tyne of sem
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foatd a Smad tettee
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TTR real leader of the Solder Rock
hui wns Dave Arnold, Doek Heros
gon gaya,nn old mien eho had come from
euth eau, Aral had map which ht
en from a Mexican, which showet
rumeras teaqure caches. Arneld cauwed
TaTlave found two. Epaniah caches it
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