​Silver Mine Pass
​(2 mi. West)

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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)

Marker No: 4698

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.500507, -99.722496

Location: ​FM 83 and 127, Concan