It sure would be nice if they had a follow up article, that really makes me curious about where they actually looked for it at. At 113 when the article was written make the Indian born in about 1777 and may have been 10 years old when Swift cam back, or was told the facts later on.
I have read different stories where Indians came back to KY, OH, and IN to look for things their tribe had left behind. For them to venture all that way you know there was someting to it. They must not have found it, but if we were in an area he was certain of I could use the device I have, it would locate the mine like I did the ones on the waybill. Just need to be with in a half mile of it.
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The name John Swindell is not well known outside Carter and Lewis Counties. I guess he was vary secretive about what he was doing, but the law new about him. most counterfeiters of the day made solid silver coins and this kept them out of jail. Not old Swindell, he and his buddies liked to mix a lead/silver mixture. Has the story goes, he got his ore some where around Carter Caves State Park and used one of the caves there to melt out the ore. The cave that was used was the salt peter cave better known in the old days as Swindell's cave. The cave got its name from the war of 1812, when the salt peter was used in the making of gun powder. Look at the photo below, you can still see the salt peter vats. See how confined it is, would you put a furnace in there? Why the smoke alone would run you out. This may have been where they met and slept. The Furnace would have been some where else. i did find some burnt rock in front of bat cave and a few drops of silver did melt out. At cascade cave, at the mouth of the cave a small furnace was found. Danial Boone's son Jesse Bryan Boone was a lawyer in the town of Greenup, ky. and became the high sheriff there. Boone and a posse went to carter caves and arrested the group for counterfeiting. The next post is about the same location.
Carter Caves State Park: This is a legend that is told by the guide at the salt peter cave about an Indian Princess and a solid silver tomahawk/peace pipe. Trouble with it being a fance legend is that a solid silver tomahawk/peace pipe was found and displayed at the first bank at Greyson, Ky. Wonder where the mine could be and did Swindell get his silver from the same place. One store has it that Jesse Boone's men, when searching the salt peter cave found this indian princess grave.
Hows it going, I hope good!!!... I read your post on Carter County, "pretty interesting" stories. I been to Carter Caves several times and Cascade Caverns, it is an interesting area for sure, it is not to far from Grayson. I was wondering if you are going to be at the Grayson Lake State Park camp-out, ("For the Meeting of the Minds") get-together. There are several of us who are commited and going for sure, we "punched" our buttons on the "commit list" posted in the John Swift T-net forum. We definitely have some campsites available for everybody and we are going to meet at the Grayson Lake Dam area just next to the Dam on June 26th. Some people are bringing boats and also we can rent some boats at the lake "without reserving" them, pontoones etc., if we want!!!. Camping is only $20/night per camp site, with water and electric if we all/people wants to rent "them". There are also plenty of primative camping areas, easily accessible around the lake area as well, if we all/people want to use them instead, the Frontiersman "says", he knows of several primative campsites in the area. We will figure it all out better after we arrive and get everybody together on June 26th, at the Dam.
I hope to see you there, so I can see some of the carvings you post about in the forum, the Frontiersman, "says", he knows of a few carvings in the area as well, etc. I am looking forward to meeting you and everybody, I know if nothing else, we will all have fun and some interesting stories to share, etc. Hope you can make it.!! Mike Steely said he is, "maybe" considering coming as well, pending more details about the camp-out. If you hear from "Ki" ask him to ring in on Tnet, I ain't heard from him in awhile, thanks and have a good day!!! Email me if you want @ atrail4me@msn.com
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Re: Lewis/Carter County Silver Mines
Originally Posted by boomer
there have been recorded on early topo maps the location of silver and gold mines in kentucky. but most have been removed from the newer topo maps, except for 8 i know of, here is one that is located just east of the dam at grayson lake. notice it says mines not mine? look at the areas around silver mines creek. see the places that have the word mine, could those be silver mine openings?
going on rt. 7 from grayson, just before you get to the dam there is a road that heads east rt. 1496. go about 3 miles and you will come to this location.
Most of the later coal mines could be found on this website. Real old ones won't. You could check and see what it shows for this area.
Some people just drink coffee and never post their finds or their research..because they don't have'em? Others put boot on the ground and share...Boomers stuff is great research, have you done any on the subject? thought not-- have another cup dude.
Yea, though I walk through the Valley of Death I will fear no evil for thou art with me.
LOL, ll ! Curtis, if YOU are "asking me"... I AM A RESEARCHER, and as a VIRGINIAN, I am interested in the Swift Mines; I HAVE been to SW VA... BUT! MY focus is on Civil War relics (originally from the Shenandoah Valley)... found LOTS of cannon balls, minnie balls, bullets, have CSA Paper money passed down via family, buttons, etc. AND! LOTS of arrow/spear heads, pottery shards from Shawnee "Indians" along the Shenandoah River... AND! have training as an archeologist (frontier homes- Shenandoah Valley; Rockingham & Augusta Counties)... so yeah... my "boots have been on the ground". NOW! MY research has focus on Lynchburg & Bedford County, Virginia, with SOME "foot work"... for the BEALE TREASURE. As far as I am concerned research by boomer is BEST for the Swift Mines... so GOOD LUCK & HH to all; may YOU find the treasures that YOU seek!
Hello Rebel,
How ya doin?, I hope great! I have done some good map work on the Beale fortune, with the code information. My father is dead now, he died back in "89" but he had done much work on the code that describes the location of the vault. I went to Montvale Valley and searched the surrounding gaps and mountains several times looking for the vault since then. I have applied/used the code numbers according to my father's hunch. I have used certain numbers in the code to survey out possible locations for the vault, according to Beale's description of the vault and its location. I have a good survey I have never got to check out yet, but its promising, its according to Masonic symbology. I have googled or map/viewed the topographical survey I have done to get a better perspective, of where it is positioned. Fair possibility it might be where I got it, if it ain't been found yet, won't know until I get back down to Virginia to search again. Virginia is not exactly in my backyard as I live in N. KY. Well give me a yell P.M me and we will talk about it.
Doing fine, Swiz, doing fine! Glad to see that you and your father (RIP) had info on the "Beale". Come on over to Beale Codes (Cipher(s)/Treasure) "thread" on TN Legends, and we will "chat"; I think there is a "connection" between the Swift Mines, Beale Treasure, and the CSA Treasury, which would explain why the FEDS (NSA) are VERY INTERESTED! AND! ALL of 'em have the FreeMasonic "connections" Coffee?
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LOL, ll ! Curtis, if YOU are "asking me"... I AM A RESEARCHER, and as a VIRGINIAN, I am interested in the Swift Mines; I HAVE been to SW VA... BUT! MY focus is on Civil War relics (originally from the Shenandoah Valley)... found LOTS of cannon balls, minnie balls, bullets, have CSA Paper money passed down via family, buttons, etc. AND! LOTS of arrow/spear heads, pottery shards from Shawnee "Indians" along the Shenandoah River... AND! have training as an archeologist (frontier homes- Shenandoah Valley; Rockingham & Augusta Counties)... so yeah... my "boots have been on the ground". 
