Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

Here is a link to an Arizona geological Survey site courtesy of Arizona government. this publications covers Gold Placers and Gold Placering in Arizona by Eldred D Wilson. These publications are free to download for your education. It is a 1981 University of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology copyright 1968. It replaced bulletin is 1681. It is interesting reading and details the locations as of gold in Arizona from all the sources available at the time. A warning to the public is given that if you are looking to profit from the information, gold placers are usually the first gold found. This piece is good for finding out how many mines were in the county, the number of ounces found and their value; included is silver data. http://www.azgs.az.gov/Mineral%20Scans/gold_bull168_ocr.pdf

There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel heard his plea and appeared to him, "Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you." The man begged the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him  Overjoyed, the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside his bed. Soon afterward, he died and showed up at the gates of  heaven to greet St. Peter. St. Peter seeing the suitcase, said, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!" The man explained to St. Peter that he had permission and asked him to verify his story with the Lord. Sur...