Misc data and adventures of a Tayopa treasure hunter

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Hi Jodie luv, yes the towns do exist in the Macuzari, and the other at the smaller dam just to the south. HOWEVER, periodically they are uncovered, but with a few ft of extremely fine silt -- a very sloppy,muddy, proposition, Go look for Cromwell's ship in the bay just below Agiabampo. Course if you prefer a more modern ship try the Gernam submarine off of Guivalai.

I presume that you know that when Villas' troops occupied Alamos, the mint took all of their coins and buried some of them in the arroyo or threw them down a well alongside of the Arroyo. they have never been recovered. Sooo there they wait for you to get yer grubby paws on them.

Stories on alaoms I have, lots,.

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Mastiff4me]

Hi Jodie luv, yes the towns do exist in the Macuzari, and the other at the smaller dam just to the south. HOWEVER, periodically they are uncovered, but with a few ft of extremely fine silt -- a very sloppy,muddy, proposition, Go look for Cromwell's ship in the bay just below Agiabampo. Course if you prefer a more modern ship try the Gernam submarine off of Guivalai. I presume that you know that when Villas' troops occupied Alamos, the mint took all of their coins and buried some of them in the arroyo or threw them down a well alongside of the Arroyo. they have never been recovered. Sooo there they wait for you to get yer grubby paws on them. Stories on alaoms I have, lots,. Don Jose de La Mancha

. Oh, my! Well, well, well. I have a very good idea where one of those wells might just be. I cannot wait to share some of these super stories in person. I don't care how dirty I got, btw, I would sludge and even swim through the mud, , around Macuzari. When I come this spring, I am going to head down the Rio Mayo. I have never done that, have you? I used to go to Chuchajaqui with Jamie quite a bit. What a wonder! What memories. Can't wait to make more. Muddy, muddy more. Laughing, too.

 

[banana skin slippers]

Good Evening Don ,
Grab yourself a coffee amigo , after extensive and exhaustive research , i finally understand your reluctance and evasiveness in producing that much sort after book of yours , and , i think, it may due to having already done the film in the 70`s

 

[Oroblanco]

Good Evening Don ,
Grab yourself a coffee amigo , after extensive and exhaustive research , i finally understand your reluctance and evasiveness in producing that much sort after book of yours , and , i think, it may due to having already done the film in the 70`s

Banana Slippers - for our Don Jose, afortunado propietario el Minas y Tesoro el Real de Tayopa does not need to be reminded of the Hollywood version; after all - whom did you think that movie was about?

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Gentlemen, whiie I didn't fly a helicopter against insurgents or narcos, I did find that oro liked interigating prisoners. Those look like Chapos boys.

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[markmar]

Don Jose Nice silver coins . I kept two silver coins from a quest in the Carpathians 20 years ago . Each coin has 25 grams weight , 37 millimeter diameter and 3 millimeter width .

 

[Mastiff4me]

Cool silver coins! Yes. Don Jose'. Give us some stories on those mines. I almost dropped right down into one, by accident. We were exploring by Mina's Nuevas. It wasn't covered or anything. Watched my step after that. Yesterday during my dig, I found a little sterling silver fork. Child-size. No silver spoons for me.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

G'd afternoon Jodie luv & family : Do you know of te three small metal croses , & clenched hand withe fore finger pointing up to the mt, along side of the trail or the huge rock with may engraving along side the old trail and an arrow also pointing up towards the Mt? Remember there were almost a 60 working mines up on the Alamos Mt, all of which were closed down because of the revolution and never reopened?

Jose xde La Mancha

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

HI Jodie & family: You mentioned the huge cave on the flight to Harmosilo, was it in Chihuahua, basically open on the Eastern side from north to south?? If so, you have discovered my other secret. Basically Spanish mining also. Want the story ?

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Mastiff4me]

HI Jodie & family: You mentioned the huge cave on the flight to Harmosilo, was it in Chihuahua, basically open on the Eastern side from north to south?? If so, you have discovered my other secret. Basically Spanish mining also. Want the story ?

Don Jose de La Mancha

Do I want the story?!? Yes, please, of course! That is the cave that I am speaking of. Have you entered it? It was calling me! And, yes. I know of the three crosses. Please, do tell me about them. Btw, I just finished the most marvelous book about life in the Chihuahuan Tarahumaran region. It is titled Behind the Mexican Mountains by Robert Zingg. Two anthropologists set off in 1930, to live in the Copper Canyon, and really made themselves part of the landscape and the true lives of the Indians. It is such a neat personal and professional study of their culture and ways. Unfortunately this book was not published in his lifetime, but I am certain he would have been most proud of it. Hugs to your cutie pie!!!

 

[Crosse De Sign]

Hi Amigos, Tag so I can get caught up (slow reader, will take awhile) on stories, adventures, and capers, since it may be a few 'till books are handy, he he... ~: CDS :~

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Hi Luv, That cave is very interesting historically as well as geologically.

As mentioned, it covers a large part of the side of the mt peak. It is open on the Eastern side.but surrounded by sheer cliffs etc.


The Spanish somehow found their way into it from the top. hey used ropes to do this as well as to transport supplies and females < what did they want females for They built several houses.

Anyway a tremendously rich gold vein runs around the inside of the cave which they started to mine.

Later they drove a tunnel into the cave for burro access & transportation, Then apparently one day they had to abandon it (Indians?? ) They then closed the tunnel with 7 walls, so even today the Tunnel is called La Mina de 7 murros. The mine with the 7 walls.

A no. of years ago an Indian approaced my friend, who in turn passed on the information to meet the Indian, which we did

After the usual hummming and hawwing he came to the point, He had found the Mina de las 7 murras. He had opened the first only to find another further in, then another much further in.

Since he was alone he was getting spooked, so when the found another he broke and ran.

Later as he calmed down, he thought of us and decided to confide in us. Unfortunately some thing happened to him before we could move, and we never did get to it, but do know approx. where it should be.

A nice project for a florida broad who doesn't mind getting her fingernail full of treasure dirt.

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Mr.T]

You write like Hemingway-I would pay any money to have a coffee on your terrace with you right now!

Rory

 

[Mastiff4me]

I am READY! Put your boots on and let's GO!!!

 

[rockhound]

Hey, it's been a while since I've posted anything. I've been real busy with getting my seeds sowed and garden ready again for another year. I love that fresh produce from the garden. This year I am in the process of buying the materials to build a small greenhouse and start a hydroponic, then maybe a aquaponic system. If it works out well, this will be the last year for a traditional garden. I plan on growing produce year around, and maybe Talapia too. We just had a terrible thunderstorm, with lighting flashes as bright as the sun and booming thunder. Hopefully the heavy rain didn't wash the seeds I have planted in my aeroponic system out of their cups. Anyway It is good to be back reading and watching the developments of Tayopa and other adventures. Good Luck. rockhound

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Hi rock hound,,Hydroponics, sheehs it seems like a few months ago that I was investigating and using that, actually 70 years ago. It has come around in a big circle since than and is so vastly improved that I am a neophyte again.



Here are a few places that you can visit that I covered with my mule some 60 years ago,I hardly know the areas any more. Urique had only 6 intact houses when i was there

don Jose de La Mancha

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[rockhound]

Beautiful country, thanks! I have been studying it for a number of years now, but with the increasing droughts, floods and tornados, it seems this may be the most viable way to harvest a garden. Mot to mention that less water is required than a traditional garden. You don't need to water the soil, only the plants. No plowing, tilling, hoeing, weeding, and watering is needed. I am not going to use the grid, instead using a solar powered pump and fan to keep the plants watered and cool when the sun shines. It is almost effortless farming, once set up. Good Luck. rockhound

 

[oldsmith]

Don Jose, I have just finished reading all the posts on this thread. All 42 pages. I hope you are well, you have led the most fascinating life. I can not put words to the extent of the enjoyment your stories and others have posted here. Your stories of treasure hunting and adventures have rekindled my boyhood desire to seek mysterios thingies again. I have some stories, but, alas, I am shy.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

G'd morning Smith: , so am I frankly. However now that you have broken the ice get to cracking my new friend.

don Jose de La Mancha

 

[oldsmith]

Hello this place

A bush greeting to your camp (I know to never surprise anyone on the frontier). I had to attend my buisness today and thought of how rude I was last night for not offering cofee to anyone, I will get my honey to make banock for everyone to make up for it. The story I promised is not about me, it is about my grand mother, "nagymama" in the Hungarian language. It takes place at the end days of ww2 back in the old country (Hungary). The Russians by this time were occupying the country, when I say occupy I mean they literally moved into your home and what was yours was now there's including your labour. The people did what they had to do in order to survive. My mother at the time was a child of maybe 5 or 6 and my uncle a few years older. Nagymama was forced to cook, clean, and mend the Russians uniforms and other garments, Nagypapa (grandpa) was forced to work on the railroad and was away doing that. The soldiers and officers were a mix of good and bad just like any other army. The family had to learn enough Russian to get by, so... nagymama was able to communicate with them. On 1 particular day she was in her kitchen baking bread for the occupiers and maybe a little left over for the children and in strut a Russian officer and said "mama (thats what they called her) where is my coat" She said "sit down you will have to wait,I am making the bread that I was orderd to make'. He repeateaded "mama where is my coat" and withdrew his pistol and leveled it at her head, in the same instant she grabed her large bread knife and raised it ready to stab him. The standoff lasted a few seconds (I can still picture her cold steel gaze as she tells the story) then he holstered the gun and sat down on the chair. Moments later another soldier entered the room and said "mama wheres my pants". The officer that was sitting down piped up and said "sit down, she's making bread" She eventually came to live with us in Canada and I was with her in the hospital when she died. She died as she lived, strong and dignified. I miss her.