I believe you will find that people who are avid KGC researchers will tell you that if you found the word Dixie on anything it was not put there by a KGC person. KGC treasure sites are renowned for the cryptograms and mapping systems that few people can decipher.

Now supposedly the KGC stole three wagon loads of gold and were attempting to take them, I believe to California. For some reason one was alledgedly hidden and eventually discovered in southern Colorado, another was buried and discovered near Socorro, NM, and the third one has not been found. I would have to look back in my files somewhere for more detail. Notice I said alledgedly, because I got this information second or third hand.

You say you found the end of the trail of rock markers. I would be interested in seeing a picture of this set of rock markers. Rock markers that are far from the ultimate location are genreally large. The closer they get to the source the smaller they get.

Kenworthy, in one of his books said noticable rock monuments are not found closer than a league to a valuable mine. Notice I said noticable rock monuments. That doesn't mean they stopped making them. It means they became smaller and more discreet. I have found rock monuments that were not more than a foot in size, and have found others that are V-notches in rocks that are flat on the ground. Another primary way of finding a trail are 3-D images that can only be seen when the sun is at the correct angle.

I am not disputing the fact that you found the end of the trail, but if there was nothing there I would suggest looking around. If the monuments were still large and you did find something there I would suggest looking on and beyond that source.

In regards to your east side trail theory. We have talked about it before, and I am in total agreement with you there is an old trail that ran down the east side of New Mexico and the east side of the mountains. There is not only a "lost mission" in that area, but also some old mines the historians and geologist say cannot be there. If one had the time and the money I would almost guarantee many of these locations could be found by following the rocks (monuments that is).

Old trails the Spanish used, believe it or not, rarely ran across flat land if it could be helped, or along the tops of ridges. These trails were usually in arroyos, at the bottom of hills or ridges and in the tree line. Even if it took them out of their way they used this system which was marked by rock monuments Why? They didn't want to be observed, primarily by Indians. The banditos probably new the system if they were ex-miners, but you have to realize their were few ex-miners that were not Indian.

My theory on why this system of rock monuments is not more widely known is that few Spanish or Mexicans were involved in mining and knew the system. The ones who created them were more than likely captured Indians who created the monuments on the way to the mines. After they arrived at the mines, they were worked to death and never returned home. Those that did make it home probably never related the monuments to trails because they were so far off the trail itself.

Remember, rock monuments were not designed to lead you directly from point A to point B. They were to be seen at a distance and keep you going in the direction of travel. Generally they were placed high up and were to be seen from below. If on flat land they could be used to go from point to point, but they then will be found at great distances from each other. If you have found what appears to be the last monument,and it is high on a hillside, I would start looking below, and probably not more than several hundred yards distant, or not out of a line of sight.

Hope this helps

Ecominer