Legends, Lore and Lost Treasure

Legends, Lore and Lost Treasure provide the landscape with a story, which compels us to explore and venture out, perhaps into the the Legend itself. These as the stories are passed around campfires, between friends and family members, or prospectors, and get rich scheme artists. With each telling, the stores get bigger, bolder and richer. Most of the really good legends are stories of lost gold mines, cash boxes, mining shipments, etc.. All of these stores have the lost items just out of reach.

Sharing tales of Legends and Lore while Camping at Dance Hall Rock, Hole in the Rock trail
Sharing tales of Legends and Lore while Camping at Dance Hall Rock, Hole in the Rock trail

Books, magazines and internet websites all publish and profit off of these legends. People create movies, Youtube videos and use all sorts of platforms to publish their theories. Some people are content to just share the stores of Legends and Lore. Others investigate to learn more about the story or simply want to be entertained. While still others become compelled to seek out the legend and in doing so, just may, add themselves into the Lore of the desert southwest.

Lost Mines

A Map of Henry E. W. Wilsons search area published in Desert Magazine

Peg Legs Lost Gold

"Back in the 1960s. Desert Magazine published a letter by a person who claimed to have found Peg Legs Lost Gold or treasure in the…

The Lost Breyfogle Mine

The Lost Breyfogle Mine is one of the most enduring legends of the American West, a tale of fabulous gold wealth, a lost prospector, and…

The Lost Cement Mine

The Lost Cement Mine is one of California’s most enduring legends from the Gold Rush era, a tale of fabulous wealth hidden in the rugged…
Cover of a "Map of the Lost Dutchman" Area by J. Allan Stirrat Copy 1948 and Reprinted in 1959

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine

Cover of a "Map of the Lost Dutchman" Area by J. Allan Stirrat Copy 1948 and Reprinted in 1959 . The tale, rooted in mystery…