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Re: SPANISH CROSSES August 20, 1999 at 09:39:51 In Reply to: SPANISH CROSSES posted by jR on August 16, 1999 at 11:44:36 I'm not an expert, but will offer what little advice I know of on crosses. Chuck Kenworthy in his 1993 booklet "Spanish Monuments & Trailmarkers To Treasure in the U.S." states that carved crosses in the field are trail markers for the return or outward trail from a mine or treasure site. These markers were required by the King of Spain for ensuring that the King's 15-20% tax could make it home. Charles provides a couple of picture examples of crosses carved in rocks in his book. Trail markers of the Spanish are very elaborate and it is complicated to dechiper their true meaning. If you need a copy of Chuck"s book, call Elaine Shrader at Pro Mack South Mining Supplies in Apache Junction, AZ, 602-983-3484. If your cross is based on the Spanish trail marker rules and is actually an outbound tail marker, you might try to determine the trail in reverse by going away from the direction you would see the cross from and try to spot additional cross trail markers looking backward in order to stay on the trail. The end of the trail in reverse would be marked by an Omega marker which would be of the same type as the Alpha or beginning marker that would be at the start of the trail markers going in to the site. At this point, all other treasure or mine location markers will be off trail and hidden from easy view as the final site is usually very near to the Omega marker. These off trail final markers in conjunction with the Omega marker, if properly decoded, should be sufficient to locate the treasure/mine. One question, is the cross you found in the Western U.S. such as Arizona, California, or New Mexico? These states were heavily explored by the Spanish. Good luck with the hunt! Roger
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