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The treasure of Loch Arkaig, sometimes known as the Jacobite gold, was a large amount of specie provided by Spain to finance the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745, and rumoured still to be hidden at Loch Arkaig in Lochaber.
Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history. Some lost mine legends have a historical basis, and some have none. Regardless, the lure of these legends is attested by the many books on the subject, and the popularity of publications such as Lost Treasure magazine. [1] [2]
The Lost Padre Mine is a legend about Spanish or Mexican mining activity along the "big bend" section of the San Andreas Fault during California's colonial period between 1769 and 1848. [ 1 ] Disambiguation
Burials were found among various cemeteries, including a parish cemetery, nun cemetery, servant cemetery and the village’s cemetery. ... Ancient settlement teeming with treasures was abandoned ...
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In 1927 the Monte Cristo Gold Mine property consisted of ten claims, The development work consisted of two adits and a shaft 133 feet (41 m) deep. The upper adit was 275 feet (84 m) long. Four ore shoots, 35 feet (11 m) by 3 feet (0.91 m), were found and stopped to the surface with a reported recovery of $70,000. At that time gold was selling ...
The nearly perfectly preserved treasures likely belonged to a wealthy Etruscan family, experts told local outlets. Sprawling tomb sat untouched for 2,600 years — until now. See its remarkable ...
The earliest tales of a lost Spanish galleon appeared shortly after the Colorado River flood of 1862. Colonel Albert S. Evans reported seeing such a ship in 1863. In the Los Angeles Daily News of August 1870, the ship was described as a half-buried hulk in a drying alkali marsh or saline lake, west of Dos Palmas, California, and 40 miles north of Yuma, Arizona.