Details for Silver Mine Pass
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5463004698
Data
| Marker Number | 4698 |
| Atlas Number | 5463004698 |
| Marker Title | Silver Mine Pass |
| Index Entry | Silver Mine Pass |
| Address | FM 83 and 127 |
| City | Concan |
| County | Uvalde |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 429970 |
| UTM Northing | 3263657 |
| Subject Codes | geology; mountains and mountain passes; African American topics; Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; roads; Native Americans |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | (On Highway 83 at intersection with Highway 127 South); from Uvalde, take Highway 83 North about 20 miles to intersection with 127 East - marker fronts Highway 83 at intersection. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" with post |
| Marker Text | Named for silver mine opened near pass by Spaniards in 1700s or earlier. Ore was inferior, and mine was abandoned; but 14 shafts (some interconnecting) remain. Near the mine are remnants of a fortification made by 30 men under the leadership of James Bowie, later (1836) a hero of the siege to the Alamo. In 1831, while at work at this mine, Bowie's men repulsed a Comanche attack in a fierce, all-day battle. Hero of the fight was Bowie's slave, "Black Jim Bowie," who risked his life by leaving the fortification to bring water to the besieged. 1968 |