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The Lost Bowie Mine: Texas's Los Almagres Silver Legend
Spain chased it, Jim Bowie fought 13 hours for it, and nobody agrees where it is. Here's what's documented about Texas's Lost Bowie Mine and what's legend.
The Thoen Stone: South Dakota's Lost Black Hills Gold Mystery
A stonemason's find, a seven-name roll call and a message dated 1834. Here's what the Thoen Stone says, who backs it, and why South Dakota still argues about it.
The Lost Blue Bucket Mine: Oregon's Legendary Gold of 1845
A desperate wagon train, children with a bucket of heavy yellow pebbles and a creek nobody could find again. Here's what's known about Oregon's most famous lost gold.
The Lost Packer Mine: Idaho's Lost Gold Ledge, Found at Last?
Rich gold float on an Idaho mule trail, a finder who never came back for it, and a 1902 strike that took his legend's name. Was the Lost Packer ever really found?
The Lost Adams Diggings: New Mexico's Vanishing Gold Canyon
A canyon of loose gold, a cache under a burned cabin's hearthstone, and a survivor who spent decades failing to find his way back. New Mexico's Lost Adams Diggings, fact and legend.
The Russian Miners' Lost Gold: Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Legend
Russian prospectors panned real gold on Alaska's Kenai River around 1850, then went quiet. Did they leave a hidden stash behind when Russia sold Alaska? The records, the rumours and the rush.
The Lost Dutchman Mine: Legend, Clues and Deadly Searches
An old German prospector, a box of gold under his deathbed and 130 years of searchers trying to find the rest. The Lost Dutchman Mine, fact by fact and legend by legend.
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