Lost Treasures of Arkansas's Waterways by W.C. Jameson

Author:W.C. Jameson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Plum Street Publishers, Inc.

An old man who lived in the shadow of Norristown Mountain during the 1980s had earned a reputation as a competent and reliable dowser. He had helped a number of area farmers with the placement of wells on their properties. The dowser claimed he was also able to locate precious metals such as silver and gold. As a dowser, he said, he took no money for his work. Instead, he lived on welfare and food stamps.

The old man told friends that one day, as a result of his dowsing, he had found several small chunks of silver at the top of Norristown Mountain. He offered the opinion that they most likely came from the lost Indian mine alleged to be located there. He said the silver was scattered about the top of the mountain.

The dowser had a theory about the Osage silver mine. He said a mine is often easy to spot because there is usually a pile of tailings just outside the opening. He suggested that as the Indians dug silver out of the mine and enlarged the shaft, they carried the tailings out in buckets and distributed them across the mountaintop to remove any evidence of their activity. He believed the pieces of silver he located were undetected nuggets that had been dumped from the buckets.

Some who have heard the old man’s claims have asked to see the silver he took from the mountain. He refused, causing some to doubt his story. A few years after he began dowsing for silver on the mountaintop, however, the old man somehow came up with enough money to purchase a forty-acre farm a few miles downriver as well as a brand new pickup truck each year for several years in a row. He paid for all of his purchases with cash. Those who knew the dowser well suggested he enjoyed considerable success searching for and recovering silver nuggets atop the mountain.

The Osage who live in the area today claim that the silver can only be removed from the mine by someone who intends to use it for the good of the tribe. Those who wish to profit from the ore, they say, will never find it. The Osage also claim that at some time in the future there may be a need for the silver. Until then, it is intended that it rest quietly at its secret location on Norristown Mountain overlooking the Arkansas River.

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