Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

The Silver King Mine traces its beginning to 1870, during the Apache Wars General George Stoneman, desiring an easier access route to Apache strongholds, had ordered the construction of a road from  C amp Picket Post into the  P inal Mountains. [ The road became known as the Stoneman Grade. A soldier named Sullivan, who was assigned to the construction, discovered some heavy black rocks that flattened when struck. Interested in the rock, he collected several samples but did not mention this to his fellow soldiers.After completing his term of service, Sullivan went to work on a ranch owned by Charles Mason. Sullivan routinely showed off the rocks, known as "nugget silver" to prospectors of the region, but never divulged the location of the discovery. After a time, Sullivan disappeared and was assumed to have been killed by Apache.   Mason, joining with Benjamin W. Regan, William H. Long, Isaac Copeland, and another companion went searching for the location o...

If you are interested in a comprehensive article on gold weights and measures, try reading humagaia's article at https://wizzley.com/weights-and-measures-of-gold-bars/

During the 1849 California Gold Rush, many able-bodied men and women crossed the continent, traveled the seas, and arrived in California. They had ideas of wealth beyond imagination, a new life, becoming something instead of nothing, and finally having enough to establish a family. Some found gold, others did not, and yet others made a fortune providing for the basic needs of the miners. Learn about the lives of 10 early California wealth magnets and their contributions to California and the nation. https://hubpages.com/education/California-Gold-Rush-Famous-Entrepeneurs Panning pay dirt from a California sluice; examining a nugget.

Learn about Bodie, California, the scene of an 1859 gold strike. This is a good read. " At one point Bodie consisted of no less than thirty mines, nine stamp mills, a railroad and over 2000 buildings. Including two banks, a fire company, five newspapers, close to 70 saloons, numerous dance houses and one jail. The town had a red light district and a Chinatown complete with opium dens." https://hubpages.com/education/Bodie-California-Dead-but-not-Forgotten

Recycling all forms of metal may be a treasure in disguise. Aluminum, brass, copper, circuit boards, wire, steel, lead, electronic waste - to name a few may be your key to treasure. There is gold in circuit boards and on RCA and other connectors. In fact, you may actually earn more searching for junk metal rather than panning for gold. Who knows? Urban miners are the present day thing, and perhaps the future! https://wizzley.com/recycling-metal-circuit-boards-and-wire-for-fun-and-profit/

Please take a look at my latest article on Cornish Miners in Arizona in the 19th century. It describes quite an immigrant history in the old west. https://hubpages.com/education/Arizonas-Invaluable-Cornish-Miner-Connection

This is absolutely fascinating.   S uperstition Mountain - Lost Dutchman Museum 20-stamp Mill Dedication & 1st Public Demonstration Nov 2015