Oroblanco
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One of the earlier lost mine legends of Arizona is the lost Doc Thorne mine, also spelled Thorn. There are a number of different variations of the story, but basically a Dr Thorne came to the southwest to start a practice; he was told to go to an Army fort where he would very probably be hired as the Army was always looking for doctors for the various posts. On his way there he was captured, (one version has it that he was captured by Apaches, the other says it was Navajos) and held captive a while; Thorn managed to cure some of the Indians and in repayment, he was blindfolded and led to a well hidden spot where he was allowed to pick up all the gold he could carry, then the blindfold was returned and he was brought back to the Indian camp and released.
Dr Thorne made a number of attempts to return to the site, as he had gotten a glimpse of a few landmarks which he felt would be easy to pinpoint the spot. However he was never able to find it again.
Many people dismiss this as justanother tall tale, something made up to get free drinks or sell treasure books. Some even go so far as to state that there never was any Doctor Thorn in the southwest at all. Some however have concluded that the lost Doc Thorne "mine" which was not a mine by any description just a gold deposit, is one and the same with the Lost Dutchman mine based on some of the similarities.
What do you think?
I have more to add to this, when I have a bit more time to spend online but this will have to do for starters. Thank you in advance;
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