Synopses & Reviews
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressIn 1864, twenty-one miners and a freighter named Adams set out from Arizona Territory in search of a rich deposit of gold. According to legend the vein they found was rich beyond their wildest imaginings but they were attacked by Indians and only three survived; none of which could remember the exact site of this legendary mine. Adventure seekers and treasure hunters have been searching for it since.
Review
"The book is one of the most comprehensive, detailed histories of The Lost Adams Diggings, that I believe has ever been written."—Gene Ballinger, The Courier Gene Ballinger
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-251) and index.
About the Author
Richard French was born in the northeastern boomtown of Wynona Oklahoma. He and his family moved to New Mexico in 1958 where he quickly became enamored of the history of New Mexico and specifically the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings.