lost padres mine?

[St. Jerome]

I haven't ever seen any mention of a lost padre mine here at treasurenet. does any one have any info on it. I am interested in names of possible padres that were there mining. I am interested in historical facts regarding activity there. I am aware that the place was mined secretly but I bet there is got to be some info out there. I just want to compare it to an old spanish working that is a known site to some locals in an az comunity. Nothing as far as gold or silve has been found in the cave but I am sure they must of buried the vien. I am more interested in the history of this place. It is a place in arizona.
thanx StJ

[BLACKFOOT]

padre larue in new mexico

[Fishstank]

Sorry don't know


Fish

[cptbil]

I have some research information on a LOST PADRE Mine !
Think that is it ?
I'll double check tonight,
Right now, I am taking a break from working on my Jeep!
But!
Right Now!
I gotta get back on it ! :P
I need to make a "parts run" tomorrow morning !

[cptbild]

Are you interested?

[Wizzard]

NEW MEXICO LEGENDS

The Lost Padre Mine

"Stationed at Chihuaha, New Mexico in 1797 during the last years of the Spanish occupation, was a priest named LaRue. Father LaRue, while sitting with an old dying soldier, listened while the soldier told him of a rich gold-bearing load in the mountains north of El Paso del Norte (El Paso, Texas today.)



The soldier explained to LaRue that the mother lode could be found by traveling one day north of El Paso until three small peaks could be seen. When the peaks came into view, the journey would turn east across the desert to the mountains. In the first mountain range, there would be a basin with a spring at the foot of a solitary peak. Upon this mountain was to be found a rich vein of gold.

"

More Here

[cptbild]

St. Jerome
Most of the mines, the majority of them, were run by "The Padres" (The Church!)
That would make just any one of them a "Lost Padre Mine?"
AND!
If, as you say, there
"in Arizona" , it's NOT GOING TO BE
The Lost Padre LaRue Mine
Which, as we all know, is in New Mexico, near Las Cruces !
Probably, in "The Organ Mnts" ?

[Casca]

Probably.


I know the area, there is no single peak by itself. But the description is close to Dripping Springs. The area right behind the Ranger Station would be a great place to start. Good Luck on that.

What ever is left of it would be buried somewhere else.

[GangGreen]

Could Roger Snow's Dorsey Peak Cave be the Lost Padre Mine? The White Sands Missile Range has taken over that part of the Organ Mountains so it is legally inaccessible. And, if the government has already found it, it's not very likely that they left any of the treasure inside.

[St. Jerome]

I posted this long time ago when I was trying to find info on a mine I found in az. A lot of people looking for this place and looking at it see nothing. lol. It has been years and I have learned a lot about this place. I have found many markers and land markers,as well as old spanish bottles and tins. Writings on the rocks with dates 1539. Lol. For real. Since then I have picked up spanish trails in colorado and new mexico. I work a lot but find time whenever I can to track these places.