ROMANCE OF A SILVER MINE.

North Otago Times, 6 September 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

ROMANCE OF A SILVER MINE.

Thero is a silver mine Hear Sar* had, iir Afghan territory, which has a curious history. Three men were sent from the country to (Jabtil, the residence of the Ameer, to-be executed for murder, They told the Ameer that If he ' would let them oft they would tell him where he could find abundant supplies of silver. The Ameer deferred the execution, and sent them uiv-' der guard to Jrkanshan, where they went to work Jigging. They, and the men who were put to work with them, dug for twenty days, finding nothing. The Ameer's oliicor told' thorn at length thai they could dig for seven duys more, and jf .they did not find silver within that lime the sentence of death would be' * carried out. Th.o next day they came to it very" rich' vein-nf silver, urn! .now uliaut'ioy IMS m vwjilvniti iu ilis i»itrV