An asphalt mine opened at Dabney in 1888. J. G. Smyth bought a plot of land which included the mine site at Dabney in 1891. The mine closed in 1900 and was reopened around 1923 by R. L. White, who leased the property from the owners of the Smyth Ranch. Dabney once had a school, which had 31 students in 1906. In 1941, White attempted to close the mine and remove the remaining asphalt without paying the ranch owners. The owners took the issue to court, and the Texas Supreme Court ultimately ruled against White in 1947. By this time all but one house in Dabney was abandoned, though the population grew to 25 by 1966. The town had thirty people, two mines, and a business as of 1988. The Vulcan Materials Company took over the mines at Dabney in 1990; by this time, the mine operators claimed the town had no residents.[2]
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^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dabney, Texas
dabney, texas, dabney, also, known, whitesmine, former, mining, community, uvalde, county, texas, united, states, dabney, located, ranch, market, road, 1022, southwest, uvalde, county, miles, west, southwest, uvalde, dabneyghost, towndabneyshow, texasdabneysho. Dabney also known as Whitesmine is a former mining community in Uvalde County Texas United States Dabney was located at the end of Ranch to Market Road 1022 in southwest Uvalde County 19 miles 31 km west southwest of Uvalde DabneyGhost townDabneyShow map of TexasDabneyShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 29 09 45 N 100 05 58 W 29 16250 N 100 09944 W 29 16250 100 09944CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyUvaldeElevation 1 1 060 ft 320 m GNIS feature ID1379629 1 History EditAn asphalt mine opened at Dabney in 1888 J G Smyth bought a plot of land which included the mine site at Dabney in 1891 The mine closed in 1900 and was reopened around 1923 by R L White who leased the property from the owners of the Smyth Ranch Dabney once had a school which had 31 students in 1906 In 1941 White attempted to close the mine and remove the remaining asphalt without paying the ranch owners The owners took the issue to court and the Texas Supreme Court ultimately ruled against White in 1947 By this time all but one house in Dabney was abandoned though the population grew to 25 by 1966 The town had thirty people two mines and a business as of 1988 The Vulcan Materials Company took over the mines at Dabney in 1990 by this time the mine operators claimed the town had no residents 2 References Edit a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Dabney Texas Dabney Texas Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved August 23 2011 nbsp This article about a location in Uvalde County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dabney Texas amp oldid 1132886400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
