From Legend to Excavation
Explore a true story four centuries in the making — from Spanish gold and Apache secrets to a family’s covert century-long dig.
The Lost Gold of Geronimo
The Lost Gold of Geronimo
Explore a true story four centuries in the making — from Spanish gold and Apache secrets to a family’s covert century-long dig.
“Potentially among the most significant geological discoveries of recent times.”
— MARK DOE, Veteran Gold Geologist and Member of Successful Gold Discovery Teams
“This book is sure to leave you intrigued if not spellbound.”
— PATRICK DOE, Texas Literary Hall of Fame Inductee
Available in paperback and eBook.
In 1886, deep in the ___ Mountains of ___, the Apache Indians buried one of the richest gold deposits ever known. Decades later, its location was revealed to a single family, who guarded the secret for four generations while quietly excavating the site. As they dug, they followed a trail of clues that led into one of the most enduring and complex treasure mysteries in American history.
What they uncovered—and long-guarded secrets of ___ gold—are presented here for the first time. Sealed chambers, cavities plunging hundreds of feet, human remains, and buried artifacts trace a four-century saga of Spanish conquest, Apache resistance, and the ambitions of frontier prospectors. Every strand of the legend is brought together into one continuous narrative, still unfolding today.
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