Larimore Blanco Mine Buried Entrance — Packsaddle Mountain

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Larimore Blanco Mine Buried Entrance — Packsaddle Mountain

Lost Treasure TX • Llano County County
Description
Legend of Larimore's deliberately concealed Blanco Mine entrance on Packsaddle Mountain — when a gully was diverted to fill the shaft with silt before he left Texas in 1860.
Historical Notes
Dobie records that Larimore, preparing to leave the country after his final 1860 trip with Jim Rowland, declared he would hide the Blanco Mine so well that no other person would ever find it. He diverted a gully directly into the mine, filling it with silt. Rowland carved his initials on a large stone marking the entrance, then covered the stone with earth. Treasure tradition holds unrecovered ore and Spanish-period workings remain sealed beneath the fill. Related entry: "Jim Rowland Initials Marker Stone — Packsaddle Mountain" documents the marker-stone folklore. Coordinates approximate the southern Packsaddle Mountain slope where Larimore-era diggings are localized in guidebooks. Private ranch — no trespassing.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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