Lost Adams Gold Diggings - Clues to the Gold #3 

Circle dot (which would look like an eye) is definitely an old and oft-used symbol for the Sun or gold. Not sure I can see all of what you are describing. That's what is tricky about this stuff. There is a famous Face on a mountain just 40 miles south of this spot called the "Magdalena" (near the town of the same name) which is a lady's face formed by brush and boulders on the side of a mountain and visible from way off. Sometimes I can see it when I drive that way, sometimes not. But, it was consistent enough to get a name and end up in the history books. Maybe you are on to something similar. I have only been to this spot once so far in person. Ron has been there tons of times.

Aw, friend, if I really, really knew, I'd probably just keep it to myself. There are many different versions of the Lost Adams tale. The most interesting bodies of work that I know of are the books: The Black Range Tales by McKenna, and Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver by J. Frank Dobie. However, there are very different tales told in newspapers closer in time to the events. I personally don't put too much stock in old newspapers, unless you are talking Giants, LOL. Many who have looked, in their later years, declare it "found", and almost always somewhere near where their old bones have come to rest. The relative consistency of the Books I mentioned, and the people in them, are why I put the most stock in them. Some old timers like to put every treasure tale into one master tale, relating everything to everything. This seems to inevitably cause them to name a single organization, be it the Jesuits, the Spanish, the KGC, Jesse James, and so on for all large land-based treasures. In the case of this video, the locality is one favored by Ron Schade, who is featured in the book Return to the Lost Adams Diggings. The mountains mentioned here are the Gallinas, north-north west of Magdalena, NM. Where do I think the Diggings are? I have no one place - but I do have a lost of areas with the right "theme" by my reckoning. Some would say research forever before heading out. I say to mix the two, as the field informs the reading, and the mountains and deserts are much prettier than the city so you will win that prize no matter what.

I think in one of the newer vids Ron says it was at the confluence of two of the drainages. Not sure how far that is, though. His book may have that in there.

If you know of the fireplace dig there it dug out about 4ft im Navaho I know of a location

​@@jerrythomas3401 Where is location kemosabe

Hi Robert, sounds very interesting. I have heard of both silver and copper bars being found along old trails and roads around the Caballo mountains. Of course, the lost Padre silver bar story over by Flagstaff features a huge silver bar found in Bonito Park that was supposedly displayed in a storefront for many years in town. I also know a guy who's uncle found a large gold nugget just off the road to Hillsboro, NM by sort of kicking at the dirt out of boredom while he was watching his sheep flock graze. My email should be in the "About" section or just use avadams at lostadams gold . com.

​@@lostadamsgold The sad thing about this is Gold Rush Expeditions staked a claim on it for like $250 and are trying to sell it for $89,000!! If it were me I would stay far away from this company they are big scammers

What is your email I would love to see this

Hi Robert. Across many years, Ron always described the halo as green. Cinnabar in macro form is red, but I don't think that is what Ron was describing. I always figured it was epidote or something like that. The mercury was detected via chemical assay, not visually. Mercury anywhere in this part of the country is anomalous, even if just in an assay.

I hope you're right because the backstabbing company called Gold Rush expeditions put a claim I'm part of that land. They watch RU-vid channels and find mines and then claim these mines and don't care if they are good mines or not!! Then they throw a ridiculous price tag on the mine. Just like this one they gave their 200 something dollars to claim it and are trying to sell it over $89,000. They are crooks and I would stay far away from them

You are entitled to you opinion, but not to facts. You may want to check On-X or a public GIS source. The subject area is a mix of USFS, USDOI BLM, State of NM, Private, and Tribal. The exact status has changed over time. Also, land status one way or another, not everyone knew or had access to detailed status information decades ago - and probably some people did not care, especially for unmarked boundaries. So, defining "that" would probably help your argument, but I doubt you'll put in that much energy - much easier to do a drive by.