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Texas student dies in mine shaft while treasure hunt
Eddie Wallace 23 of Austin died from carbon monoxide fumes in an old Jeff Davis County mine shaft while two fellow students aided by Eddie Power Jr. escaped injury. The group sought buried loot linked to a Mexican bandit gang led by Ewing Hunt with a long local legend of treasure.
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