![]() ![]() Though many believe the treasure is hidden in the Franklin Mountains of El Paso County, another legend states that the Lost Padre Mine is not in Texas but in New Mexico. Another version of the legend states that when King Philip II ordered Juan de Oñate to colonize the upper Rio Grande in 1595, he hid in the shaft 5,000 silver bars, 4,336 gold ingots, nine burro loads of jewels, and four priceless Aztec codices (books or manuscripts.) The Guadalupe Mission in El Paso, an adobe structure built between 16, is also involved in the legend, some saying that the shadows made by the mission point to the Lost Padre Mine. Before they left, they filled in the shaft. One legend of the Lost Padre Mine says that some 300 burro loads of silver were left in the mine by Jesuits before they continued on their travels to New Mexico. Beginning in the 1580s Spanish conquistadors and priests often passed beneath the peaks of the Franklins on their mission to conquer and colonize the Puebloan villages in present-day New Mexico. These peaks, overlooking the Rio Grande, make up the Paso del Norte (Pass of the North), leading from Mexico into the United States. Entrance to the Franklin Mountains State Park.Įl Paso County – Shrouded in legend is the Lost Padre Mine, allegedly hidden in the Franklin Mountains. ![]()
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