Arizona’s rugged central mountains, with their brawny mountains and twisting, boulder-choked canyons were a perfect place to lose a mine. Coronado’s Argonauts concluded in 1542 although they didn’t find the treasure they found a good place to look for it.
Most of these mysterious mines have a habit of being found then lost again. The stories stay pretty much the same; prospector finds rich treasure, believes he’s memorized the location and leaves or is driven out by Apache but when he
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