Somewhere out in these rugged mountains of eastern Arizona, just maybe lies the greatest lost mine of them all…the Lost Adams Diggings.
Because of its rugged terrain and mineral-laden mountains Arizona has long been the source of lost mine tales. The biggest of ‘em all was the Lost Adams. According to legend a sheer canyon wall with a huge boulder at the base hides a narrow opening into a Z-shaped canyon with a little stream running through it called by the Apache, Sno-ta-hay.
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True West March/April 2025
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- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
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- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
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