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balls from It, In thj9 ~ they kept plenty of amu~1tion ~n hand. In recent years the land. has changed ownership, and. the present owners live In Dallas. Learning of the tale of the “lead mine“ on thur property they went to Centervill. in an attempt to loce.te it and were ~eferred. to “Uncle Willis.“ Uncle Willis says they offered him two hundred dollars if he could locat• the mine. Being so sure that he knew its exact location, said that the $200 was his meat. However, TJncls Willis was unable to locate the spot where they dug the lead and. the mine remains a mystery. (o)

	Recently a gro~up of citizens 0±‘ Leon County incluci~n~ W. D. Lacey, Joe McDaniel, Debbs Brown, W. II« Hill and. Judge Lacey cross questioned Uncle Willis about the lead. mine. Judge Lacey did. the questioning while them ŕthers formed an audience. The conversation went as follows:

	“Which ~way would. you go when you went to the mine? Judge Lacey asked.

ROut tows hd. Normar~ee“.


“How long would it take you to get there‘?“ “Two or three hours.“

	“Was it on a creek?“

“Yessub, ~

	“But you cant go t o it sow?“

“Nosiih I just can‘t recollect exactly where ~tis. (P)

	j.	Prank Doble mentions ina~ty tales of lost lead mines throughout Texas lit Coronado‘s Ohildren, a publication o~the Texas Polk-Lore Society.