The Lost Guadalupe Mine
This is a story told several times in John D. Mitchell’s treasure hunting books that he wrote. The starting point to the story is at the Tumacacori Mission located south of Tucson and north of Nogales.
In the story the Jesuits supposedly placed 2,050 burro loads of silver and 905 burro loads of gold and silver bullion in a mine called the Guadalupe Mine. After the task was completed, they blasted two peaks above the mine and sent rock down covering the mine entrance.
Mitchell story says the mine is located one league from the gates of the mission to the southwest. Another mine is mentioned in the story called the Tumacacori Mine which holds a copper chest with church artifacts and a map of all the mines in the area. It is supposed to lie close to Tumacacori Peak. It was also covered up.
In this video we talk about the history of the Spanish coming to this area, take you to see two missions, and at the end take you into the mountains to see some of the ruins that still exist. Was there any truth to the story, that is for you to decide?
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