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Poindexter Invites 200 Visitors, Opposes Shafter Mine Restart

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 3:49 PM UTC · How we work

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John Poindexter invited 200 visitors to Shafter, Texas, over Labor Day weekend.
The Presidio Mine once produced over 90% of Texas’s silver before closing in 1942.
The mine shut because of declining ore quality, depleted reserves, flooding, and wartime miner shortages.
Poindexter owns one-fifth of Shafter’s town center and opposes the Australian firm’s mine restart.
He also doubts Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate bid.

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John Poindexter invited 200 visitors to Shafter, Texas, over Labor Day weekend.
The Presidio Mine once produced over 90% of Texas’s silver before closing in 1942.
The mine shut because of declining ore quality, depleted reserves, flooding, and wartime miner shortages.
Poindexter owns one-fifth of Shafter’s town center and opposes the Australian firm’s mine restart.
He also doubts Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate bid.