Spanish Mine near Beaver
Salt Lake Tribune - May 19th, 1875 An old Spanish mine re-located Several prominent citizens of Beaver, have recently re-located an old Spanish mine, six miles from Beaver. In prospecting it, they discovered an old shaft some forty feet in length, and a good body of ore, assaying at $130 per ton silver. [...]
West Mountain
Provo Daily Enquirer May 7th, 1896 We have explored a few holes on West Mountain. Most mines are collapsed or covered over since they can be accessed fairly easily. This mine had a fairly large tailing pile below it, which tells us it went much further into the mountain than we got. [...]
Rhodes Mine Myth
I found this article and find that it actually makes more sense to me than what has been told in many treasure books. Brigham Young's response in this article is in line with what he told countless others. What are your thoughts? While it is very likely that his experiences were drastically exaggerated [...]
Sawtooth Spanish Mine
Salt Lake Tribune August 3rd, 1896 AN OLD TALE Years ago when Fillmore was young, the Mexicans used to come in from the west at regular intervals with gold dust to buy provisions. There is an old Indian now living near Fillmore, who has told of a pool of water on the south [...]
Scipio Spanish Mine
Salt Lake Heral - Republican August 15th, 1896 Old Spanish Mine Believed to Have Been Re-discovered in Millard County There is hardly a state in the west but has its legend of lost mines. Nearly all of the readers of The Herald have heard of the lost Log Cabin mine, the Peg Leg [...]
Cedar Ridge Mine
Provo Daily Enquirer - March 16th, 1897 The Old Spanish Mine Utah County was originally believed to be the place of the o'd Spanish mine, but now it has been discovered on Cedar Ridge in Sanpete County filled with sand. A party was recently sent to make investigation. "They dug down," says the [...]