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At the risk of depressing everyone with the growing inconsistencies and also the general tone of this particualr article, here is another one:
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Interesting that there is a Georgetown man in the mix.
Adams is listed as the sole survivor - no German.
Again, thanks for the post. The article seems pessimistic as it questions the veracity of Adams and his story - and rightfully so, IMO.
That said, the article seems to focus in the Mogollon Mountains region, specifically mentioning Socorro County. Today, that would be Catron County, as Socorro County was later split. There are a plethora of unreconciled "lost mine" stories - all likely the same site, IMO - that originated in the Mogollons, south of the Catron/Grant County line in a general location somewhere below the Diablo Range. All the way back to the days of Fort West and Noah Owens, all the way up to the forest fire smokejumper in the 1950s. "... something is happening here but you don't know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones? ..."
These rumors are fascinating and not too well publicized these days. My contention is that the "Adams Diggings" (aka the "Snively Diggings") have long been worked out in Bear Creek, but the Mogollon possibilities still exist. Adams? A wanna be who never saw nuthin'.