Some additional classic treasure books: Mitchell, Lovelace, Penfield

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Lost Mines of the Great Southwest: Including Stories of Hidden Treasures
Mitchell, John D.
Glorieta: The Rio Grande Press, Inc.
Copyright 1933 & 1990?
Softcover, Publisher’s Preface + 174 pages + Index (5 pages)
ISBN 87380-146-6
6.0 x 9.0 inches

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This is a softcover reprinting (Rio Grande Classic, 1990) of the original 1933 hardcover book.
Contrary to the book’s title there are stories outside the southwest. Examples include: One chapter is about
Frank & Jesse James burying money in Missouri; Another chapter is about the Cocos Island treasure;
A third chapter describes a copper deposit in Alaska. The book does not contain location maps or a bibliography.
This reprint includes an Index that was not in the original edition.



Lost Mines & Buried Treasures Along the Old Frontier
Mitchell, John D.
Glorieta: The Rio Grande Press, Inc.
Copyright 1954 & 1990?
Softcover, 240 pages
ISBN 0-87380-144-X
6.0 x 9.0 inches

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This is a softcover reprinting (Rio Grande Classic, 1990) of the original 1954 hardcover book.
It contains 51 chapters of lost mine and buried treasure tales in Arizona (19 sites), California (8 sites),
Nevada (2 sites), New Mexico (2 sites), Oregon (1 site), Texas (1 site), Utah (1 site), and Mexico (4 sites).
The beginning of each chapter includes a small map with a circle showing the general location of the site.



Lost Mines and Hidden Treasure
Lovelace, Leland
San Antonio: The Naylor Company
Copyright 1956 & 1971 10th Printing
Hardcover, vii + 261 pages
ISBN 0-8111-0136-3
6.25 x 8.5 inches

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26 Chapters of tales of lost mines, buried treasures, and mineral deposits in Arizona, California, Colorado,
Nevada, New Mexico, Missouri, Oregon, Utah, and Mexico (states of Chihuahua and Nayarit).
The book does not have location maps, bibliography, or an index.


Dig Here!: Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest
Penfield, Thomas
Kempton: Adventures Unlimited Press
Copyright 1962, 1966, 2004
Softcover, Introduction by David Hatcher Childress, ix + 240 pages
ISBN 1-931882-35-5
6.0 x 9.0 pages

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Contains 65 tales of lost mines or buried treasures in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.
Small outline maps of the states have number circles showing the assumed general location of the treasure sites.
This is a softcover reprinting of an earlier hardcover. Each chapter starts with a summary of
the assumed Value, Location, and Authentication. Reading Sources (Pages 207 – 235),
include for each treasure tale, a list of articles and books which were the source material.
 

Tiredman

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Have thought of getting the Dig Here book by Penfield, the rest I believe I either have or have read.
 

Tiredman

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Looked it over and should be some good reading. Many folks don't realize what they are really seeing with books of this nature.
 

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