Lost mines and buried treasures of the West
by Probert, Thomas
Published by : University of California Press (Berkeley, CA) Physical details: 593 p ISBN:0520033272. ISSN:978052003| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 978.9 Pro (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Charles T. Rosenfield | 47079 |
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| 978.9 Nol Wild West | 978.9 Par New Mexico : | 978.9 Pea The Maxwell land grant | 978.9 Pro Lost mines and buried treasures of the West | 978.9 Rea Out of New Mexico's past | 978.9 Roa Road to Santa Fe | 978.9 Sec Bandelier National Monument |
Includes index.
Arizona --
California --
Colorado --
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Kansas --
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Montana --
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Wyoming.
This large, easy-to-use volume lists the works of more than eleven hundred different authors, covering thousands of stories of lost mines and buried treasures supposedly located in fifteen Western and Southwestern states and in Mexico. In addition to being a boon to those adventurers who are tempted to search for lost mines and buried treasures, it will be an important basic research tool for historians, geologists, geographers, anthropologists, archaeologists, and folklorists, and it will be useful in identifying the man treasure hoards and mining claims all the way from the Lost Adams Diggings in Arizona to the Stagecoach in Wyoming. The information given in this important bibliography was acquired through perusal of an unusually large number of books, newspapers, magazines, unpublished manuscripts, deposits in private and public libraries, holdings of various historical foundations, and governmental records and archives. The task took Mr. Probert three full years of steady, patient work. Many of these stories of lost mines and buried treasures have resulted in the discovery of some that are rarely acknowledged, largely because, as Mr. Probert points out, "those who have been so fortunate as to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow have deemed it wiser and much safer to keep their own counsel"--Jacket.
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