Geronimo's Hidden Treasure
Greg Hawk • February 15, 2021
Around the year 2000 a fellow named Dick, whom my brother was working for, told me a story about the Lost Apache Mine.
Dick said that he met two old prospectors that lived close to Clarkdale, Arizona and they told him the story. It seems they had done a lot of hiking in Sycamore Canyon over the years in search of the Lost Apache Mine and finally found it.
One day while these two old prospectors were hiking back out of the canyon after another failed search, one of them decided to go across the streambed to the other side. When he got over there he stopped to light up a cigarette and looked up above the path they usually walked. All at once he saw the Apache face above the path. By this time, they were getting pretty old, but they still made plans to come back and see if they could open up the mine. It was not to be as the house where they were living burnt down making them move further away from the canyon. So, in the end they had to take solace in knowing they finally found the mine without ever opening it. They told this story to Dick and gave him directions to find the mine.
According to the story a vertical rock face had a shape that looked like an Apache face. Under the nose of the face was supposed to be the entrance to a rich mine. The entrance was up above the streambed and protected by rocks so that it wouldn’t flood during high flows.
A part of the story says that six Spanish soldiers were mining a rich vein somewhere up Sycamore Canyon and decided to leave as the Apache were becoming aggressive and they feared for their lives. They loaded up their burros to leave and were attacked leaving four of them mortally wounded. The two remaining soldiers buried the gold and escaped during the night. They made it back to Mexico City in hopes of returning someday but the Spanish king was withdrawing from this part of the world. They had drawn a map of the location of the mine which was found many years later.
To learn more about this treasure story and to see some incredible scenery watch the video. For other treasure stories you may be interested in my book which is a memoir of my adventures through life.
Treasure Videos
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A photo was sent from a subscriber showing the Indian face in the rock formation and also pictures of things he found below the nose.