Gila Mountains Gold

[froggy]

Yuma County. According to an ancient map (boy do wish I could see it myself) a cache of gold is supposedly buried somewhere in Spook Canyon in the Gila Mountains, about 5 miles southeast of the once-rich Fortuna Gold Mine.

Another tale tells of a Mexican couple around 1933 traveling illegally towards Wellton from Mexico and crossing the Gila Mountains along one of the old Indian trails, about 1/2 day's hike from Tinajas Atlas. As they came through a small pass and started down the east side of the Gilas, they saw what looked like a piece of burlap flapping in the wind from behind a sand dune. When they ilooked nearer, they found a cave nearly hidden by the dune, and inside were a dozen wooden crates full of Winchester .30-.30 carbines dated 1903. The rifles have not been recovered.