Olmos Pass Thirty-Seven Burro Loads of Silver — Bandera County

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Olmos Pass Thirty-Seven Burro Loads of Silver — Bandera County

Lost Treasure TX • Bandera County County
Description
Bandera County legend of a cache of 37 burro loads of silver buried in Olmos Pass northeast of Uvalde on the Hill Country divide.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Bandera County page describes a cache of 37 burro loads of silver buried somewhere in Olmos Pass. Olmos Pass is a historic corridor through the Hill Country connecting the San Antonio basin toward the Uvalde–Bandera ranch country. Burro-load silver caches are a staple of South Texas Spanish-mine folklore. Bandera County lies northeast of Uvalde; the tale places treasure on the eastern approach to the Uvalde basin. Coordinates approximate Olmos Pass in Bandera County northeast of Uvalde.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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