title: The Lost Canyon of Gold: The Discovery of the Legendary Lost Adams Diggings
author: W.C. Jameson
description: <span><span>The Final Quest for One of Americas Most Famous Lost Gold Mines<br /><br />The tale of the Lost Adams Diggings is one of the most well-known lost-treasure stories in America. First popularized by folklorist and author J. Frank Dobie in his book </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver</span><span> in 1928, it is one of the strongest and most mythologized tales of lost treasure on the continent.</span></span><br /><span><span><br />Gold was taken from Adams canyon in enormous quantities, with nuggets ranging from dust-size to some as large as hens eggs, all being plucked from the bottom of a shallow stream. The gold was sometimes harvested by the Apache Indians, who used it to trade for rifles and ammunition, and then later by a man known only as Adams and his party of miners.</span></span><br /><span><span><br />Because of the allure of gold and the promise of wealth, the Lost Adams Diggings has been searched for by thousands of hopeful prospectors and adventurers during the past one hundred and fifty years. Dozens have claimed discovery, but their declarations have never held up under investigation, nor did the finders ever return home with any significant amount of gold.</span></span><br /><span><span><br />This true story of the Lost Adams Diggings starts with the discovery of the rich deposit of gold in a remote mountain range, and ends with the authors own story of search and discovery in the twentieth century.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight:bold;">W.C. Jameson </span><span>is the award-winning author of more than 100 books. He is the bestselling treasure author in America, and his prominence as a professional fortune hunter has led to stints as a consultant for the </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Unsolved Mysteries</span><span> television show, the Travel Channel, and the History Channel. He lives near Austin, Texas.</span></span>
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  THE OTHER MOTHER
  
  Holly Sharp
  
    
  
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  To Paramore and bacon.
  
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  “Okay, men, let’s stick it over there.”
  
  ~ Captain James E. Cassius, on the highly complex and scientific process used
  to determine the location of the Heron’s Bluff gold mine.
  
    
    
    
    
  
  PART I
  
    
  
    
  
  1
  
  “We’re lost.”
  
  “We’re not lost!” I have to shout to be heard over the incredible roar of the
  wind. “We’re just… taking an unexpected detour.”
  
  Thalia, my daughter, rolls her eyes. Then, she places her lantern down on the
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