I? guess these mini references could be helpful to identify the position where the pictures above were taken.
A)? Yes, but I have to work from memory since I am presently in Tucson, not home in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico.? ?Yecora lies almost due north, some 40 miles,? Ocampo to the NW approx. 30 -40 mile, perhaps half way to the falls of Basaseachi.
According to this data it was taken in the morning hence it is looking basically East.
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If? coordinates were available, would be very helphul for me in order to make a good satellite georeferenced map and further remote sensing mineral and archeological analysis.
A)? try? ? ( 26 00 19,66 N? 108 56 20.04 W)? ?for the co-ordinates of the Capilla? ?(church) of Tayopa.? This works nicely with? "Google, Earth" , just rotate the original picture 180 degrees unitl thi canyons look like canyons not peaks, heheh..
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I am sure is possible to locate minerals and “Antiguas” (Old spanish mines) combining my desk work with your field experiences. I have never been exploring that area on the field, but could be sure I have explored? it in an exhaustive scientific remote way.
A) I have spent years in both.
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Mine is a search for the treasure of an Intellectual Triumph.
A) I agree on both , hehehe.
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Mines, mules and me in old Mexico is a very nice book. It is basically about the Rupublica mine which lies north of Tayopa near Ocampo.? He mentions that they had 1500 mules working at the Republica mine alone, no wonder the old trails are so worn.
Jose de La? Mancha? ( I tilt windmills )
p.s. if I can get his scanner working, I will post maps? etc.? The one of the Sierras is of the locaton of the first Tayopa near Guaynopa/Guaynopita.? ? The true Tayopa, the one that everyne looks for and has the treasures that are associated wth it is #3,? mine. It lies south of this map.? The one near Yecora, at the bottom left side of the map,? is #2 "from the book by Adrian Westwood, "A treasure hunters Guide to Tayopa", I sugest buying it. an excellent little book.
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