There are many variations of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine which was said to be having a curse upon it as most people who went in search of it would either die in unusual circumstances or be missing. It is by far the most famous of the lost mines in the West. The Apache […]
Lost Treasures
There are lost treasures scattered all around the world, long ago hidden. These include lost mines, buried hoards of gold & silver, sunken ships, or other hidden wealth. Treasure hunters spend countless hours researching and relocating buried treasures, some that are worth millions of dollars!
The Lost Gold Ledge in the Nevada Desert
During the gold rush era in the town of Goldfield of Nevada, hundreds and thousands of prospectors were drawn to the areas of Tonopah and Rawhide in search of gold. This is the time when an ambitious prospector named Tim Cody also came to the deserts of Nevada to look for his fortune. He quickly […]
The Lost Opata Mine – Hidden Silver Cache
The catholic church of Tumacacori Mission, which dates back to the eighteenth century and is situated about 50 miles south of Tuscon, Arizona, used to be operated by Spanish descendants. These natives from Spain who moved into the area and built the church had strong intentions of converting the American Indian natives, also known as […]
The Lost Sheepherder Mine of Jarbidge, Nevada
The countryside around the northeastern side of Nevada is truly wild, and many strange stories have originated here. Jarbidge was an old gold town located here and the tale of the Lost Sheepherder mine is perhaps the most famous of these legends in northern Nevada. Many prospectors had been searching for gold in this town […]
The Lost Goose Egg Mine of El Dorado County, California
After the onset of gold rush in California, a large number of miners and prospectors from all over the world made settlements all across the state. Findings of gold date back to 1948 in a region called Mosquito Valley somewhere in El Dorado County. One of the most well-known settlements during this period was that […]
The Lost Waterfall Mine of Shasta County, CA
In 1850’s, California population was exploding with an influx of gold miners looking for the gold that was so prevalent throughout the state. Hundreds and thousands of prospectors were attracted to come and hunt for the gold. One group of men prospecting around the northern mines of California, particularly in Shasta County, discovered the legendary […]
The Lost Humbug Creek Gold Mine in Siskiyou Country
Siskiyou County in far northern California was once covered with thousands of gold miners working hundreds of active mines. These mines yielded over 56 tons of gold between the years 1880 and 1959. While this amount is documented, there was also a very large amount of gold was produced between 1850 and 1880 which was […]
Lingard’s Lost Lake of Gold – Lost Mines of California
This mysterious tale refers to the now lost lake which Lingard had discovered in 1853 while exploring the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. A small lake Lingard had come across was full of gold nuggets, and he was able to purchase large amount of supplies in town using the gold that he had been finding. […]
The Lost White Cement Mine of Mono County, California
The discovery of the lost White Cement Gold Mine dates back to 1857, which was found in California near the source of the Owens River of the Mammoth Mountain range, at the southern extent of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. There are two similar stories about the original discovery of the White Cement Mines and in […]
A Huge 156-Ounce Gold Nugget Found in Colorado
There has been tons of gold found in Colorado over the years, but it isn’t particularly well-known for producing large gold nuggets. Most of the gold-bearing creeks and rivers have fine placer gold, with some bigger flakes and occasional small nugget. They may be few and far between, but there have been some huge gold […]
The Lost Lemon Mine of British Columbia
The legend of the Lost Lemon Mine seems to have everything you could ask for in a lost treasure story – madness, murder, possibly a curse, and gold. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that this story has more than one version, since most lost gold stories tend to grow and change with time, but most of […]
Pegleg’s Lost Gold Mine in Colorado
There are many who dismiss this story of this mine as the figment of a boozy old miner’s imagination – a fellow who would tell his story to anybody who was willing to pay for his drinks. But still, just like all lost gold legends, the “what if it’s real” factor keeps a lot of […]
The Lost Cabin Mine in the Bighorn Mountains
Lost Mines in Death Valley – Breyfogle’s Gold
Could there be a lost gold mine somewhere in the Death Valley? Many believe that there is, and millions of dollars worth of gold are still waiting to be found! As with so many other stories about lost gold, this story has several versions. Most accounts agree that in 1849 two brothers, Charles and Joshua […]
The Mystery of the Lost Blue Bucket Mine
Everybody loves a mystery, and a mystery that includes treasure is even better! To use the term “mine” is misleading here, as this was a discovery of gold that was never actually mined at all. There are several versions of this story of the discovery of gold on the Meek Wagon Train trail in 1845, […]