Thursday, May 23, 2019 12:05:55 AM
Ten and Two Arizona Lost Treasure Tales
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Arizona Lost Treasure
Bisbee Junction – According to legend bandits’ loot from a train robbery was hidden here and has yet to be found.
Brigham City – Outlaw Henry Seymour and his gang robbed a stagecoach in front of the Pine Spring Stage Station in 1879 of $225,000 in newly-minted coins. The coins were enclosed in three boxes which the outlaws carried into Pine Spring Station, located between Beaverhead Station and Brigham City. However, before they could make their getaway, a twenty man posse arrived and a gunfight ensued. After a day-long standoff, the lawmen set fire to the rear wall of the structure and when the bandits ran from the building they were shot down. The posse made an immediate search for the coins, but they were never found.
Coconino County – Bars of gold are said to be hidden in the San Francisco Mountains.
Cochise Buried Gold – In 1899 a Southern Pacific express train was robbed of $60,000 in gold coins and bullion by lawmen turned outlaws Burt Alvord and Billy Stiles near Cochise. Along the old trail between Wilcox and Cochise, the pair holed up in a cabin about 1/2 mile outside Cochise. Burying the gold near the cabin, they agreed they would recover it once the heat was off. However, before they had a chance, Alvord was jailed and Stiles was killed. Wells Fargo agents made a thorough search of the area, but never found the missing loot. Also See: Cochise, Arizona Train Robbery
Lost Soldier Mine – In the early 1870’s soldiers from Fort Tucson ran into a waterhole filled with gold nuggets while tracking a band of renegade Apache. Though the soldiers wanted to stay and explore further, their commanding officer ordered them to continue in the pursuit of the Indians. Later, several of the men would ask for a discharge and when they were refused, some of them went AWOL only to be later found dead in the desert from dehydration. The rich waterhole is said to be located between Maricopa Wells and Quijototoa. More …
Little Colorado River Crossing
Sunset Crossing – In 1855 a prospector by the name of Darlington and his family were returning from the California gold fields to their home in Illinois. The miner had hit pay dirt and was carrying $300,000 in gold home from his successful find. However, when they reached the Sunset Crossing of the Little Colorado River, his wife suddenly took ill and died. The man who owned the trading post was kind enough to build a box for her and when she was buried it was so heavy that it took six men to lower it into the ground. Years later it was learned that Darlington had placed half of his gold, $150,000, in the coffin as his wife’s share. To this day the gold has never been recovered.
Mountain Springs – After attacking a wagon train a few miles northeast of the stage station at Mountain Springs, the Apache supposedly buried a cache of gold dust and silver coins in a dutch oven. As the tale goes, the treasure is hidden behind two rocks at the point of the Winchester Mountains northeast of Wilcox.
Secret Pass – A wagon train of Spanish priests headed from Mexico to California was loaded with all the religious refinements need to establish a new mission. However, while in the area of Secret Pass, the wagon train was attacked by Indians who forced them to conceal the treasure, which included chalices, crosses, candlesticks, some of which were no doubt gold, in a cave. Then all but two nuns were massacred. The sisters were able to make their way back to Mexico where they returned to tell of the tragedy.
Dos Cabezas Mountains
Wilcox Mexican Coins – In 1895 a Southern Pacific Railroad express car was robbed in the Dos Cabezas Mountains five miles southwest of Wilcox, Arizona. In an effort to dynamite the safe, eight sacks of Mexican silver coins, with a 1,000 coins in each sack, were used to weigh it down. The explosion blew the 8,000 coins through the roof and all over the right-of-way. About 7,000 coins were recovered, but the remaining 1,000 could not be found. There have been several reports of treasure hunters finding a stray coin or two in the area.
Wild Cat Canyon – At the south end of the Chiricahua Mountains, about eight miles southwest of Portal, Arizona is a cave called “Room Forty Four. It is here that outlaw Black Jack Ketchum allegedly buried his cache after a bank robbery in Nogales in 1884.
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and a couple more
Lost Opata Mine South of Tucson, Arizona
A load of silver is said to be hidden near the Tumacacori Mission
About 45 miles south of Tucson, Arizona sits the Tumacacori Mission, an eighteenth century Catholic Church, once manned by Spaniards in the hopes of converting the pagan Opata and Papago Indians.
The missionaries had a second goal when they discovered silver in the area in 1766. Quickly, they put the Indians to work mining the silver in several mines throughout the area.
The Opata Indians preferred working in one particular mine more than the others and the missionaries allowed this, as the mine was highly profitable. At the back of this mine was a giant room where all of the silver was stored in a pile in the center of the room.
Despite their best efforts at converting the Indians, the Opata utilized the big room, piled with silver, during the night to perform their old pagan religious rites. However, they must have absorbed some of the preachings because when they saw a Mayo Indian Princess traveling in the desert, they were convinced that she was the next Virgin Mary.
Kidnapping her, they took her to the big room piled with silver and told her that she would marry their chief in order to produce a child savior. The princess refused, saying that she would rather die. The Indians retaliated by deciding that if she would not marry their chief, then they would sacrifice her for their gods.
One Sunday when the Indians had the day off, they tied the princess to the mound of silver in the center of the room. The chief gave her one last chance to marry him or die, and she choose death. The chief then cut her hands, rubbing poison into her blood, and telling her when the sun touched the wounds, she would die. As a small ray of sunlight beamed through a hole in the center of the room, the Indians began to dance and sing around her.
When one of the missionaries heard the commotion coming from the mine he went to investigate and found the dead princess still tied to the silver and the Indians dancing around her. Appalled that their preachings had been so violated, the missionaries sealed the mine entrance shut, leaving the princess and all of the silver inside.
According to the legend, both the silver and her skeletal remains still lie hidden somewhere near the Tumacacori Mission. Old Spanish records place the Opata Mine halfway between the Guadalupe Mine and the Pure Conception Mine, just waiting to be found.
The Tumacacori Mission and the surrounding area is now a national park.
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Sierra Estrella Buried Gold
Sierra Estrella Mountain Range, Arizona
Sierra Estrella Mountain Range, Arizona
The arid Sierra Estrella Mountain Range south of Phoenix can be a dangerous trek for even the most experienced hiker, as the jagged peaks provide no water along its few rarely used trails. However, what these mountains do offer, is a rich history and the promise of buried treasure.
According to legend, in 1847 a Spaniard named Don Joaquin led a mining expedition in these mountains, in the hopes of finding gold. When his dream was realized, he, like so many of his counterparts, enslaved the Indians to work the mine and bring out the precious metal. The mine, located on what was called the Zig Zag trail, remains shrouded in mystery.
One day, as Joaquin oversaw the mining operations, an Indian scout informed him that the American Army was headed in his direction. Without adequate reinforcements, Joaquin made the decision to temporarily cease the mining operations and return to Mexico. Loading 3,000 pounds of gold on to the backs of 15 mules, he and some of his men headed up Zig Zag trail towards Butterfly Peak. Continuing on towards Montezuma’s Head, the group turned into a short box canyon about halfway down the trail.
Spying a cave, Don Joaquin had his men bury the gold in the back of the cavern, then killed the Indian scout, placing his body over the hidden treasure.
The remainder of his men had been instructed to await at a nearby butte and after having hidden the cache, Joaquin rejoined his fellow miners. However, greed can make even the most loyal of men resort to mutiny and that very night, Don Joaquin was murdered and his treasure map. Still at risk from the approaching American Army, the men headed back to Mexico the next morning, along with the guide to the buried treasure.
Nothing more was heard about the Spaniards for the next thirty-five years until one day an old man arrived in Phoenix with the original treasure map in his hands. Searching the peaks for the long lost gold, he was soon scared away by hostile Indians and the man returned to Mexico without the gold.
No one knows what happened to the man or the original map, but supposedly the buried treasure remains, to this day hidden somewhere in the Sierra Estrella Mountains.
MMGYS
We Are ~*~Mining & Metals Du Jour~*~Sister Board~*~
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MMGYS
Hope your enJoying tonight's show
Great to have you with us
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Arizona Lost Treasure
Bisbee Junction – According to legend bandits’ loot from a train robbery was hidden here and has yet to be found.
Brigham City – Outlaw Henry Seymour and his gang robbed a stagecoach in front of the Pine Spring Stage Station in 1879 of $225,000 in newly-minted coins. The coins were enclosed in three boxes which the outlaws carried into Pine Spring Station, located between Beaverhead Station and Brigham City. However, before they could make their getaway, a twenty man posse arrived and a gunfight ensued. After a day-long standoff, the lawmen set fire to the rear wall of the structure and when the bandits ran from the building they were shot down. The posse made an immediate search for the coins, but they were never found.
Coconino County – Bars of gold are said to be hidden in the San Francisco Mountains.
Cochise Buried Gold – In 1899 a Southern Pacific express train was robbed of $60,000 in gold coins and bullion by lawmen turned outlaws Burt Alvord and Billy Stiles near Cochise. Along the old trail between Wilcox and Cochise, the pair holed up in a cabin about 1/2 mile outside Cochise. Burying the gold near the cabin, they agreed they would recover it once the heat was off. However, before they had a chance, Alvord was jailed and Stiles was killed. Wells Fargo agents made a thorough search of the area, but never found the missing loot. Also See: Cochise, Arizona Train Robbery
Lost Soldier Mine – In the early 1870’s soldiers from Fort Tucson ran into a waterhole filled with gold nuggets while tracking a band of renegade Apache. Though the soldiers wanted to stay and explore further, their commanding officer ordered them to continue in the pursuit of the Indians. Later, several of the men would ask for a discharge and when they were refused, some of them went AWOL only to be later found dead in the desert from dehydration. The rich waterhole is said to be located between Maricopa Wells and Quijototoa. More …
Little Colorado River Crossing
Sunset Crossing – In 1855 a prospector by the name of Darlington and his family were returning from the California gold fields to their home in Illinois. The miner had hit pay dirt and was carrying $300,000 in gold home from his successful find. However, when they reached the Sunset Crossing of the Little Colorado River, his wife suddenly took ill and died. The man who owned the trading post was kind enough to build a box for her and when she was buried it was so heavy that it took six men to lower it into the ground. Years later it was learned that Darlington had placed half of his gold, $150,000, in the coffin as his wife’s share. To this day the gold has never been recovered.
Mountain Springs – After attacking a wagon train a few miles northeast of the stage station at Mountain Springs, the Apache supposedly buried a cache of gold dust and silver coins in a dutch oven. As the tale goes, the treasure is hidden behind two rocks at the point of the Winchester Mountains northeast of Wilcox.
Secret Pass – A wagon train of Spanish priests headed from Mexico to California was loaded with all the religious refinements need to establish a new mission. However, while in the area of Secret Pass, the wagon train was attacked by Indians who forced them to conceal the treasure, which included chalices, crosses, candlesticks, some of which were no doubt gold, in a cave. Then all but two nuns were massacred. The sisters were able to make their way back to Mexico where they returned to tell of the tragedy.
Dos Cabezas Mountains
Wilcox Mexican Coins – In 1895 a Southern Pacific Railroad express car was robbed in the Dos Cabezas Mountains five miles southwest of Wilcox, Arizona. In an effort to dynamite the safe, eight sacks of Mexican silver coins, with a 1,000 coins in each sack, were used to weigh it down. The explosion blew the 8,000 coins through the roof and all over the right-of-way. About 7,000 coins were recovered, but the remaining 1,000 could not be found. There have been several reports of treasure hunters finding a stray coin or two in the area.
Wild Cat Canyon – At the south end of the Chiricahua Mountains, about eight miles southwest of Portal, Arizona is a cave called “Room Forty Four. It is here that outlaw Black Jack Ketchum allegedly buried his cache after a bank robbery in Nogales in 1884.
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and a couple more
Lost Opata Mine South of Tucson, Arizona
A load of silver is said to be hidden near the Tumacacori Mission
About 45 miles south of Tucson, Arizona sits the Tumacacori Mission, an eighteenth century Catholic Church, once manned by Spaniards in the hopes of converting the pagan Opata and Papago Indians.
The missionaries had a second goal when they discovered silver in the area in 1766. Quickly, they put the Indians to work mining the silver in several mines throughout the area.
The Opata Indians preferred working in one particular mine more than the others and the missionaries allowed this, as the mine was highly profitable. At the back of this mine was a giant room where all of the silver was stored in a pile in the center of the room.
Despite their best efforts at converting the Indians, the Opata utilized the big room, piled with silver, during the night to perform their old pagan religious rites. However, they must have absorbed some of the preachings because when they saw a Mayo Indian Princess traveling in the desert, they were convinced that she was the next Virgin Mary.
Kidnapping her, they took her to the big room piled with silver and told her that she would marry their chief in order to produce a child savior. The princess refused, saying that she would rather die. The Indians retaliated by deciding that if she would not marry their chief, then they would sacrifice her for their gods.
One Sunday when the Indians had the day off, they tied the princess to the mound of silver in the center of the room. The chief gave her one last chance to marry him or die, and she choose death. The chief then cut her hands, rubbing poison into her blood, and telling her when the sun touched the wounds, she would die. As a small ray of sunlight beamed through a hole in the center of the room, the Indians began to dance and sing around her.
When one of the missionaries heard the commotion coming from the mine he went to investigate and found the dead princess still tied to the silver and the Indians dancing around her. Appalled that their preachings had been so violated, the missionaries sealed the mine entrance shut, leaving the princess and all of the silver inside.
According to the legend, both the silver and her skeletal remains still lie hidden somewhere near the Tumacacori Mission. Old Spanish records place the Opata Mine halfway between the Guadalupe Mine and the Pure Conception Mine, just waiting to be found.
The Tumacacori Mission and the surrounding area is now a national park.
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Sierra Estrella Buried Gold
Sierra Estrella Mountain Range, Arizona
Sierra Estrella Mountain Range, Arizona
The arid Sierra Estrella Mountain Range south of Phoenix can be a dangerous trek for even the most experienced hiker, as the jagged peaks provide no water along its few rarely used trails. However, what these mountains do offer, is a rich history and the promise of buried treasure.
According to legend, in 1847 a Spaniard named Don Joaquin led a mining expedition in these mountains, in the hopes of finding gold. When his dream was realized, he, like so many of his counterparts, enslaved the Indians to work the mine and bring out the precious metal. The mine, located on what was called the Zig Zag trail, remains shrouded in mystery.
One day, as Joaquin oversaw the mining operations, an Indian scout informed him that the American Army was headed in his direction. Without adequate reinforcements, Joaquin made the decision to temporarily cease the mining operations and return to Mexico. Loading 3,000 pounds of gold on to the backs of 15 mules, he and some of his men headed up Zig Zag trail towards Butterfly Peak. Continuing on towards Montezuma’s Head, the group turned into a short box canyon about halfway down the trail.
Spying a cave, Don Joaquin had his men bury the gold in the back of the cavern, then killed the Indian scout, placing his body over the hidden treasure.
The remainder of his men had been instructed to await at a nearby butte and after having hidden the cache, Joaquin rejoined his fellow miners. However, greed can make even the most loyal of men resort to mutiny and that very night, Don Joaquin was murdered and his treasure map. Still at risk from the approaching American Army, the men headed back to Mexico the next morning, along with the guide to the buried treasure.
Nothing more was heard about the Spaniards for the next thirty-five years until one day an old man arrived in Phoenix with the original treasure map in his hands. Searching the peaks for the long lost gold, he was soon scared away by hostile Indians and the man returned to Mexico without the gold.
No one knows what happened to the man or the original map, but supposedly the buried treasure remains, to this day hidden somewhere in the Sierra Estrella Mountains.
MMGYS
We Are ~*~Mining & Metals Du Jour~*~Sister Board~*~
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