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« on: April 05, 2010, 09:30:24 am »
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The Lost Pegleg Smith Mine
      


The famous mountain man Thomas L. “Pegleg” Smith holds  a special place in the annals of the early West.  Indeed, in some ways  he has attained a nearly legendary status.
In his forty years on the  western frontier Smith wandered the length and breadth of that vast  wilderness.  From the [...]
         

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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 11:00:21 am »
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Thanks for the links, Christian, had an interesting morning read. I live near a lot of the articles area, makes me want to get in the Jeep and go! But, gotta work tommorrow---Thornsteel

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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2010, 12:49:00 pm »
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Pegleg may have been a notorious liar, but I sure keep an eye out for signs of his nuggets when I'm in southwest Arizona.

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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2010, 08:23:19 am »
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Having been raised in California and spending as much of my free time wandering the desert as possible; Researching pegleg's travels, I always figured he made it through the Chocolate mtns of Imperilal Co., Which became a Naval Bombing Range during WW2. A friend always wanted to check the area out, but I wasn't into dodging F14's practicing.....

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And if he found his gold on the Arizona side of the Colorado River, you still have the Yuma Proving Grounds and the Goldwater Bombing range eating up huge chunks of the most likely areas.

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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2010, 09:03:05 am »
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Tell me about it. I've been over those areas... But if i remember correctly peglegg was across the river according to the tale.... I only get into town a couple of time s a week to check my email ;so if i don't again for a couple of days i'll get back to you....

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