Spanish Treasure Cache in the Rockies and Geology of Sandstone 

I grew up in Colorado 2 1/2 miles from New Mexico . I have seen many of the symbols you show in more than a few places, I never disturbed any of it because it was considered sacred. ground . and we were taught to leave it how we found it I sure enjoy your streams and Am surprised about the knowledge you have on this subject Thanks for sharing it with us, I hope to go back and visit someday, it sure is harder to do when your over 65 years old

Very nicely done as usual. It makes me wish for a little youth to get my old bones out to explore some more. Thanks. Your videos bring back fond memories of chasing rainbows.

The Spanish Trail went from Santa Fee, NM to LaPlata Canyon that is between Durango and Mancos Colorado. The reason was the gold and silver deposits in the LaPlata Mountain Range. On the highway there is a roadside plaque explaining how Father Escalante used the Spanish Trail through this area. It is documented that the old timer miners in the late 1800's were finding many old Spanish Mines in and around LaPlata Canyon. There were a hundred old mines with a few of them documented as the first hundred feet of mining was loaded with free milling gold that had 5 to over fifty ounces of gold. The only problem was sometimes there was only 5 tons of high grade gold ore. One mine did produce hundreds of tons of surface carbonaceous free milling gold ore. This is kinda like the high grade gold of the Uintas, with low tonnage high grade gold ore, with one exception which is the Moon Lake Area, where there is a future Deadwood South Dakota type gold mine.

My grandfather always told us kids about the mines in and around the Spanish Peaks. He was interviewed by Carl Achers (channel 9 news) back in the 70s. Carl Achers was big on researching the lost Spanish gold around the Spanish Peaks.

The Spanish found LaPlata Canyon fist, then prospected with finding gold mines following the LaPlata Mountain Range north to Rico/Silverton/Telleride. This has been documented in USGS geological studies from the late 1880s to the late 1930s when there were only a few larger gold mines still in operation. The Spanish used Spanish Needles to dowse all the gold they mined. I hope this is of some help as I have been prospecting the LaPlata gold deposits for 25 years with reading all of the pertaining USGS and old mine reports.

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Another great video. Thanks for all your hard work and taking us along with you

Fascinating. One of your best vids to date! Outstanding 👍

Thanks for an exciting, historical video.

Got my 1800s gold in quartz ring and watch fob made into necklace on. Got em outta the safe to watch your great vids!

You live in an awesome country. Greetings from the Emerald isle. Love your films and stories.

I very much enjoy your works. The video Sacred Place is, I consider, outstanding !.... It should be award winning... Thanks

Thank you, very interesting and entertaining.

That was worth watching thanks 👍

enjoyed that ... thanks from the uk

Fascinating. Big thanks for putting this together.

Thanks for this. I live between Hesperus and Red Mesa and have explored the La Platta area without much luck. Beautiful area though.

Very informative. Thanks for the video. 👍

WOW!!! Great video!!!! I'm glad i found your channel!! Thank You!!!!

That was awesome thank you for sharing.

Sir your video where you were looking at petroglyphs and said we are the Zoo. That really hit home. Great vids and Thanks Sir!

Superb video. Thank you.

I really enjoyed your video and the knowledge that went with it I live in Montana but have spent many years in Colorado funny I am 68 now and can’t quite get out like I used to but I have picked up the hobby of metal detecting,amazing the things you find in the ground that have been there for a very long time ! Thanks for the time you put into your video!

Very good presentation. Thanks.

Alsome history thanks again for sharing realy enjoy your videos

As always, Very, Very Good !

Hi, found this video extremely interesting. Keep them coming.

I am not aware of an Entrada from 1594. I am familiar with the 2 from 1765 by Juan Antonio María de Rivera prior to the Dominguez Escalante journey in 1776. I'd like to read the 1594 journey. Where can i find that? If you would like a copy of the 1765 journey i can put it on a jump drive and send it to you.

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Found your channel this afternoon, have subscribedand enjoyed your comments/information on the history of the area. Over the past forty + years I have visited Colorado quite a number of times: mid-March, mid-summer & mid-autumn. I've family in greater Denver & the Colorado Springs area. Have not done any rockhounding, but two years ago was in CO for combo family reunion/vacation & was able to see at an Indian museum, a re-created Indian sandstone pueblo, among other things. Colorado is such a beautiful state!

,,,,tnx,,for this,,,..I lived in CO,,for 3 years,,,every weekend spent hiking,,Pueblo was as far south,,golden,as far north,I concentrated around Sedalia,devils head,,rampart range most,,..found wagon wheel tracks in sandstone north of D.H.,,,(Jessie James hideout,firetower),,..if you have not visited this,must do,,..Pikes Peak view is spectacular,.......,,,found small amounts gold in creeks in area,...,,,this spot your in is very similar,,..rock,veg,,,.....,,tnx,,..good luck,,,rock,on,...pat&family,,,land o' lakes,wi.

Thanks

super cool

Italian Americans sometimes ask st Anthony for help finding lost things. Funny:)

always great ! thanks

Excellent video!

Fascinating discussion. Thanks for sharing it.

How close to the base of the east peak of the Spanish peaks are you?

The Triangle represents branding of cattle and sheep with the reversed J being the brand, plus the weathering on the carvings do not look hundreds of years old, but then again I have not seen it in person to make that judgement, but I do know the triangle represents branding to cowboys with the brand similar to the type of branding style used. Maybe it is Spanish. The only way to find out is researching all of the brands used in the area you are looking. If there is no brand of that type, then it probably is Spanish, but if there is a reversed J brand it would logically lead to being a cowboy marking his grazing area with showing his brand for telling everyone to leave the cattle alone in that area. I have seen the triangle with the brand below it at different locations in rural Utah.

This is awesome!!!

great video. thank you for sharing

I think there is still a cache near where you found the gilsonite. I commented on The Mystery Mine, 5 months ago.

Very informative and much much cheaper than college tuition ^^

Very well done,,, we should compare notes someday,,,,

GREAT stuff 😊

Fascinating

My wife found your videos and showed them to me. I have a site in the Little Bighorn’s that has a skull rock on it the size of the presidents heads on Mt Rushmore. It is carved into the cap rock at the peak of a first range. It’s looking towards the mountains, so the site cannot be seen from civilization. And no known public trails will take you there, but I know a horse trail that will. It has the right eye open and the left eye closed. The eye is looking at another mountain range peak a little over a mile away. There are also Native American grave sites up there. After watching your shows, I believe the lines from the middle of the forhead coming down across the top of the nose could easily represent a map. The adjacent peak the eye is looking at is covered by remnants of a large stone fort, collapsed, with only a few walls remaining. I would love to take someone up there that understands this a lot better than I do. The views are amazing. It’s just all too big for me and I’d be happy to learn more about it with the help of someone with some knowledge.

Good video. How far away from the first sign was the cache?

Excellent video, I just discovered your channel today. Anyone in the comments happen to be familiar with western / southern tier New York legends and or treasure. Mainly the Delaware tribe?

For the uninitiated you might want to distinguish between the words CACHE and CASH. It took several minutes for me to determine exactly what you were talking about, and closed captioning invariably uses the wrong spelling.

Colorodo State the name is obsviously Spanish for exemple the first Eiropeans and westerns discover and mavigated Colorado River were Spaniards.

I have pictures of what I now think are similar markings. Can I send you pictures/

Thanks for showing us the proof of what those symbols mean, lol. I mean it's not like he made it all up right?

I’ll take pictures and measurements and everything of value. 🖖🏻

The Arizona Superstition mountains have many vaults from the Spanish

The fish resemblance to the Stergen or a Salmon that are salt water fish that can travel all fresh water ways through lands and brackish to the salts again full cycle. The Missouri river as you mentioned of blockage, used to be a route of trades as the river ran uphill. With governing to rights that is called La land purchase, oddly Luis -Clark traveled from Philli to the top west and never touched the land at all thats know as Luis, ana. Then strange pictures are coming to surface of blue and red coat Natives doing all the killing that other countries claimed to fame. History says cowboys and settlers was the major war, if said true then the natives danced around enjoying the old lands claiming the new lands Brit,french,russ. How is a purchase made if no ownership and all native ...?

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None of those symbols looks old. They all look modern. Especially the last one. You can n see the dust from where it was recently made

I would luv to take u 4 a ride. Short one. By roosevelt. Be very profitable for us.

I hope u were not in the philmont scout ranch in southern colorado

The priests did not work hard for the gold. The reason the Indians revolted was they were slaves in the mines and fields

Mexico got its independence from France

Volcanic activity yep Noah’s flood

Noah’s flood get real man

Ty Sir!

Really like these videos. I just bought the book you recommended in a previous video - Early Spanish Treasure Signs & Symbols. I live in Mexico & metal detect around where I live - I have a RU-vid channel - Finding Memo @mwcooke8441 - I find Spanish coins quite often. The other day I came across a stone with some signs on it too, so hopefully I can find some caches. 😊

The main reason the Spanish left directions was that Any Riches they uncovered belonged to the Crown, (im sure there was some pilfering) but if His Majesty thought a location rich enough, he would organize a new expedition to recover those riches. And without boots on the ground direction, it could potentially allude those seeking its safe return to Mexico and ultimately Spain.

good info