ROMANCE OF A SILVER MINE.
There is a silver mine near Sarliad. in Afghan territory, which has a curious history. Three men were sent from the country to Cabul, the residence of the Ameer, to be executed for murder. They told the Ameer that if he would let them off they would tell him where he could find abundant supplies of silver. The Ameer deferred the execution, and sent them under guard to lrkanshan, where they went to work digging. They, and the men who were put to work with them, dug for twenty days, finding nothing. The Ameer's officer told them at length that they could dig for seven days more, and if they did not find silver within that time the sentence of death would be carried out. The next day they came to a very rich vein of silver, and now about 100 men are employed in the mine.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2644, 4 September 1906, Page 7
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