Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

I have found a very interesting website that is focusing on outdoors activities. Among those activities is prospecting, research, and metal detecting. If you are from Arizona, you certainly have heard about ghost towns and treasure stories. But, have you found a site that is a repository for information about old mining towns (ghost towns) and their locations across America? Not only is the free research and information available, but those selling information are included. The company is out of Washington. It is worth a look. http://www.therockerbox.com/Research%20recreational%20prospecting,%20metal%20detecting,%20and%20treasure%20hunting%20ghost%20towns%20and%20lost%20treasures.htm

Read my latest article on the Lost Church Silver at the Esmeralda Mine in Arizona. http://hubpages.com/education/San-Xavier-del-Bac-Mission-and-the-Esmeralda-Mine

IF you would like to research 53 LOST MINES in Arizona, a list is available at  http://www.treasurestories.com/NorthAmerica/Arizona/ArizonaLostMines.htm Here are some Arizona treasure stories, some with a factual connection.  http://www.treasurestories.com/NorthAmerica/Arizona/Arizona.htm Howard Pyle  illustration of pirates burying treasure, from  Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure

By Erwin Baer(Life time: ) - Original publication:Immediate source: http://www.yavapai100az.org/?page_id=678, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32891930 There is evidence that as early as 1000 BC, native inhabitants of Arizona were mining cinnabar, coal,  turquoise, clay, and pigments. One of the best histories of Arizona I have read. This 16 page pdf about Arizona mining is for free download and available at: http://www.azmining.com/images/HISTORY_FULL.pdf

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Arizona gold deposits listed by district and county by county. http://www.nuggetshooter.com/articles/ArizGoldDeposits.html

Here is my latest article tying together Spanish lost mine legends and proximate locations of actual gold finds in Arizona. Arizona has had a long mining history, and while the amount of gold discovered by the Spaniards in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries may not have been huge (much more silver was discovered than gold), the 19th century began a boom. The state is full of placer locations that recreational prospectors who belong to clubs may enjoy. There are only 2 publicly accessible placers in the state. But the dues for club membership range from $75 and up. There should be plenty of clubs with yearly fees that are acceptable to most. http://hubpages.com/education/19th-Century-Gold-Prospecting-in-Arizona

U.S. Geologic Survey Publications for Download Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona, reprinted 1981, E.D. Wilson. (Bull 168) Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, revised 1967, E.D. Wilson, J.B. Cunningham and G.M. Butler (Bull 137) Gold: Properties, Use, & Market Conditions, 1969, R.T. Moore (Bull 180) Exploration and Development of Small Mines, 1954, H.E. Krumlauf (Bull 164); Outdated but historical treatment of small mine development. One Hundred Arizona Minerals, 1955, R.T. Moore (Bull 165) Gold and Copper Deposits near Payson, Arizona, 1925, C. Lausen, E.D. Wilson, (Bull 120) The Copperstone Mine: Arizona’s New Gold Producer, 1988, J.E. Spencer and J.T. Duncan (AZGS Fieldnotes, v. 18, #2) USGS Finds Gold in the Silver Bell Mountains, 1988, J.E. Spencer and D.A. Sawyer (AZGS Fieldnotes, v. 18, #4) Minerals and Metals of Increasing Interest: Rare and Radioactive Minerals, 1953, R.T . Moore (Bull 163) Pegmatite deposits of the White Picacho District, Mari...