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The Lost Adams Diggings
Myth,
Mystery and Madness
ISBN
0-9743852-1-2
Copyright©2003
Jack Purcell
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Charles M. Russell
rendition of the Adams discovery
Photo by Oscar
Lozoya©2003
Photos from the 1998 search
Secrets of the Lost Adams
Diggings Legend 2003
The earliest sources and
threads of the legend traced through military records, early accounts from
Adams and compared in detail and context. Heavily researched
analysis of who these men were, why they were in Arizona and why they lied
about it later. Why the Apaches called it Sno Ta Hay. The
identity of
'Dutchman'. Where the
'Dutchman' told his friends the placer was located. The real 'fort in the
malpais'. Dr. Sturgeon's military records, locations, and connection
with Adams, Brewer, Davidson and the 'Dutchman' or German. Brewer's
escape route. Apache Chief Nana's claim and what it means. How
John Brewer, James Chase, Tenney and James Gray were intimately connected.
The Allen, Byerts, Jones, Brewer, Williams and Patterson accounts in their
earliest recorded versions. Desert survival, equipment needs and
other essentials if you plan to be a searcher. Descriptions of where I searched and
what I found there. Where I'll be looking in the future. Maps, photographs, flow-charts, 160 footnotes
and more.
Paperback. 240
pages.
A decade ago an Adams Diggings
searcher told me, "I don't want to know about history. I don't care
about anything except where the gold is." If that's your approach
you don't want this book. Myth, Mystery and Madness is about
a short span of time in the history of the desert southwest. It's
about human beings and their motivations, and two decades of search and
research. If you don't like history you won't like Myth, Mystery
and Madness. A taste for mystery and a touch of madness wouldn't
hurt, either.
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