Buried Treasure In The Mountain

By Author: jygco
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There are many stories about this Lost Padre Mine. Some believe it’s in California or Phoenix etc…but it is the story of the Lost Padre Mine that is close to home that I will write about. The Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas is where this mine is supposedly located. One story says that the entrance to this mine could be seen from the church doors from across the border in Cd Juarez Mexico. Pre 1680 the padres from this church were working this very rich mine, the very same one that the Indians worked when the Spaniards first came. This is where the Indians got the gold to make their elaborate ornaments and jewelry that they wore. Post 1680 the Indians revolted. “Incursions of Apache and Comanche made the mountains unhealthy.” Then came the Pueblo rebellion and later the American invasion. Amidst all this chaos, the Native Americans lost their mine. Another version says that after 1680, the Indians revolted against the Spanish and the Padres decided that they should defend the settlement so they took all their gold bullion and all their precious vessels and other objects from their church and deposited everything ...
... at the bottom of the shaft and proceeded to seal it. Yet another story says that the Indians found the mine took all the contents out of the shaft and buried it somewhere else. Amidst all the confusion of the revolt, the mine was lost forever. Today people still look for this elusive mine, I read somewhere that people charter small planes to fly right over the Church in Cd Juarez Mexico and look at the Franklin Mountains hoping to catch a glimpse of the entrance to the treasure. So take your metal detector and try your luck up in the mountains of El Paso.

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