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JENNIFER "IN THE SMALL TOWN OF
SULPHUR SPRINGS YOU WILL FIND
RICH HISTORY DATING BACK TO
THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORS. I'M
AT THE OLD SPANISH TREASURE
CAVE AND THIS PLACE IS
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING." "ARE YOU
GUYS FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY
OF THIS CAVERN IN ANY WAY?"
"NO." IT HOLDS ONE OF THE MOST
CAPTIVATING LEGENDS OF OUR
REGION. "THEIR DONKEYS WERE
DYING AND THEIR ORE CARS WERE
BREAKING DOWN SO THEY TOOK
SHELTER, HERE, IN THIS
CAVERN." (*JENNIFE*))
THE DEPTHS OF THIS CAVE ARE
SAID TO BE FILLED WITH
TREASURE... HIDDEN BY SPANISH
CONQUISTADORS TRAVELING THOUGH
OUR AREA FROM MEXICO IN THE
1800S. THEY MADE THE CAVE
THEIR HOME UNTIL A GROUP OF
NATIVE AMERICANS SPOTTED THEM
BY CHIMNEY SMOKE. "SO THEY
CAME IN HERE AND KILLED ALL
THE SPANIARDS EXCEPT FOR ONE."
EVENTUALLY THAT CONQUISTADOR
WAS ALSO A DEAD MAN TELLING NO
TALES OF WHERE THE TREASURE
SITS...THE LEGEND SAYS HE WAS
BURIED WITH THE TREASURE MAP.
BUT PAST CAVE EXPLORERS AND
FORMER OWNERS HAVE FOUND
SEVERAL ARTIFACTS. "FROM
HELMETS, PIECES OF ARMOR,
WEAPONS, A FEW COINS." THE
CAVE NOW BELONGS TO PAUL
LINDSCOTT. HIS LOVE FOR
CAVERNS AND PRESERVING HISTORY
LED HIM TO BUY IT 23 YEARS
AGO. LINDSCOTT AND HIS WIFE
CONTINUE TO DIG AND MAKE
DISCOVERIES. "WE HAVE A
PASSAGE THAT WE FOUND THIS
PAST SUMMER. WE CALL IT OUR
LOST MINER'S TUNNEL AND WE'RE
DIGGING DOWN TO GET INTO IT.
WE FINALLY GOT INTO IT AND NOW
WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHERE IT
GOES. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO ON THAT ONE." (*JENNIFER
*)) "I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
LATEST DISCOVERY HERE AT THE
OLD SPANISH TREASURE CAVE.
RIGHT DOWN HERE WE HAVE SOME
RAILROAD TRACKS DATING TO
1908." "IT WAS AN EXCITING
DISCOVERY BECAUSE IT WAS
COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED BECAUSE
ALL THESE YEARS AND ALL THESE
OWNERS THEY WERE TOLD ALL THE
TRACK HAD BEEN REMOVED."
(*JENNIFE*)) THE
LOCATION OF THE TREASURE THAT
WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TODAY IS STILL A
MYSTERY. BUT THE LINDSCOTTS
ARE NOT GIVING UP... EVEN
ALLOWING A SHAMAN TO TEST HIS
MAGIC. "HE WAS TELLING ME
THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY
HERE IN THE CAVERN AND OF
COURSE THE SPIRITS WANT US TO
FIND THE TREASURE SO THEY CAN
BE RELEASED AND MOVE ON. AND
THERE'S ONE TUNNEL WE'VE NAMED
THE SHAMAN TUNNEL NOW WHERE HE
SAID THE TREASURE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE 30 FEET BACK AND 15 FEET
DOWN AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO
SEE IF IT'S THERE."
(*JENNIFE*)) THERE'S
STILL SO MUCH OF THE CAVE TO
EXPLORE.... AND YOU CAN DO
SOME EXPLORING YOURSELF BY
TAKING A GUIDED TOUR OF THE
CAVE.. AT 15 BUCKS FOR
ADULTS.... 7.50 FOR KIDS. "BE
CAREFUL, WATCH YOUR STEPS,
FEEL FREE TO HOLD ON TO THE
HANDRAILS." (*JENNIFE*))
FROM JAW DROPPING
FORMATIONS.... TO
TUNNELS...AND A FAMOUS