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The 1963 novel MacKenna's Gold by Heck Allen is loosely based on the Adams legend. The novel was made into a film in 1969 with the title Mackenna's Gold. Numerous other books about, or based on, the diggings have been written. The legend was dramatized on a 1991 episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
Mackenna's Gold is based on the novel of the same name by Heck Allen using the pen name Will Henry, telling the story of how the lure of gold corrupts a diverse group of people. The novel was loosely based on the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings, crediting the Frank Dobie account of the legend (Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver) in the author's note.
2413285 [3] Website. www.townofsilvercity.org. Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat [5] and the home of Western New Mexico University. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,315. [6] As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,704.
Long Tom's treasure is a legend in American folklore said to have taken place in the Grand Canyon of Arizona, four miles west of the Tanner immigrant trail, near a Havasupai village. [1] In 1910 "Long Tom" Watson found papers in a cabin written by outlaws. The papers described a cache of stolen gold hidden behind a seasonal waterfall in the canyon.
Lost Pegleg mine, California; supposedly found by mountain man "Pegleg" Smith. [6] Lost Breyfogle mine, California or Nevada. The Lost Cement Mine, California. The Lost Dutch Oven Mine, California. Death Valley Scotty's secret mine, California or Nevada. Lost Gunsight mine, California or Nevada. Lost Padre mine, southern California.
OCLC. 48383430. Preceded by. Hunting Badger (1999) Followed by. The Sinister Pig (2003) The Wailing Wind is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the fifteenth in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 2002. It is a New York Times best-seller.
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Lost Christie Lead. Lost Doukhobor Ledge. Lost Dutch Oven Mine. Lost Lemon Mine. Lost McLeod Mine. Lost Nigger Gold Mine. Lost Padre Mine (southern California) Lost Pegleg Mine. Lost Silver Lead of Monashee Creek.