Treasure in the Arizona Mountains
Greg Hawk • September 30, 2020
This story was told to me by the old guy, John, that I mention in my book which also includes this story.
In the video I will tell the story and show you some of the area up on the Mogollon Rim above Payson, Arizona during the summer. The elevation is about 7,000 feet so it is a perfect place to be to escape the desert heat.
The story takes place in 1935 as two Mexican fellows, that were good friends, went hunting east of Hwy. 87 on the Rim Road. They set up camp at a spring along the Rim Road and went hunting early the next morning. About noon they finally came across a deer and one of the fellows was able to get a shot. They went to where the deer fell and saw blood on the ground but no deer, so they started following the blood trail.
As the day went along it was getting towards sunset and they decided to head back to their camp. After a short period of time they knew they wouldn’t be able to get back before dark and decided to camp out where they were.
The found an overhanging rock that would give them shelter and built a small campfire under it. As one of the guys was looking for firewood along a vertical rock face outcropping, he came across what looked like a wooden keg buried in the ground. He cleared away the dirt and opened the top of the wooden keg. It was full of twenty-dollar gold pieces and he shouted to his partner. Together they cleared away more soil and found sixteen small nail kegs in total buried next to one another.
They took some of the coins and covered then all back over with dirt. In 1935 it was illegal to own gold and besides, they knew they could always come back later to get more.
To find out more about the story watch the video. In my book I go further into the details of my search, on and off, over a period of four years. I never found it and I always asked myself if there is a chance the treasure still exists?
Good Hunting,
Greg Hawk
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