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« on: February 16, 2009, 04:47:28 pm »
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Google news has archives of old newspaper stories clear back to the 1800s about treasure, lost mines, etc. Some are free to view, some are pay to view. Here's an example of what I've been looking at all afternoon.

NADJESKI'S LOST MINE; A STRANGE STORY OF BORDER LIFE IN ARIZONA....
New York Times - Nov 23, 1890
Officers who were cadets at West Point shortly after the close of the war will no doubt remember one of their number, whose Indian blood attracted the ...
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LOST GOLD MINES OF TEXAS; Searches for the Rich Properties That Have...
New York Times - Jan 2, 1898
The traditions of the lost Spanish gold mines of Texas possess a fascination to the hunter after fortune. Some of these traditions are not mere fairy tales, ...

MISSOURI'S LOST MINE.
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Aug 14, 1891
McDonald county has a story of a lost mine which rivals that of the famous "lost mine" of Arizona, and this story was brought to the surface again by the ...
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A LOST MINE FOUND.
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Dec 5, 1886
Some of our readers are familiar with a tradition that the Jesuit Fathers who once conducted the San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, San Ynez, La Purissima and ...
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LOST MINE DISCOVERED THROUGH COCKROACHES
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest Archiver - Dec 28, 1924
Hordes of Crawling Creatures Lead Engineer to Riches in Mexico. SEALED IN TIME OF CORTEZ. Yago, Nayarit, Mexico, Dec. 5 (By mail). ...
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ROMANCE OF LOST MINE.
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest Archiver - Dec 19, 1910
"Wolf Creek" Ledge, in Montana, Was Obliterated by Rock Slide. For the first time in many years an attempt is likely to be made next summer by Libby ...
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CLUE FOUND TO LOST MINE OF PEGLEG SMITH
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Oct 16, 1946
... today revived the mystery of that famous early-day desert character, Pegleg Smith, and was regarded as a possible clue to his fabulous lost gold mine.
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A LOST MINE
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Dec 4, 1889
"Old Man" Adams and His Fabulous Diggings. DENVER (Colo.), Dec. 3.--[By the Associated Press.] A SaoU F5 special says: "Old Man" Adams, of the "Lost Adams" ...
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2009, 06:24:32 pm »
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Thanks for the hint!

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2009, 07:11:08 pm »
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Thanks for the tip there Shadow. I never knew these stories were available in Google news. I'll have to check it out.

Thanks again!
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2009, 01:37:40 pm »
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Thanks for this Shadow. Even though i don't live in the US, I enjoy reading old stories like those

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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 01:07:39 pm »
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Thanks Shadow. Looks like the good stories are all west of the Mississippi. Maybe I'll find something here in the midwest. Smiley

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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 07:10:38 pm »
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Thanks for the info Shadow, having a good time browsing around the old news clips. Smiley

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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 07:47:14 am »
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thanks great help

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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2009, 04:49:07 pm »
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Thanks Shadow, iwish we had history like this in the UK

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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2009, 09:09:07 pm »
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Thanks for the info.  I plan to dig up some info on NM treasures.

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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2009, 10:05:12 pm »
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thank you for the information

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