That Doesn't Happen Every Day
The Lost Mines of The Uinta Mountains
A strange tale involving Spanish explorers, Mormon pioneers, a spiritualist, possible former members of Butch Cassidy's gang, and a school teacher from Wyoming's Bridger Valley who barely made it out of the Uinta's with his life.
Note: This Episode's icon is a photo of a known mine near Park City, UT and is not of any lost mines.
Sources Cited:
-Footprints In The Wilderness: A history of The Lost Rhoades Mines
-Faded Footprints: The Lost Rhoades Gold Mines & Other Hidden Treasures of the Uinta's
-The Gold of Carre-Shinob
-The Dominguez & Escalante Expedition
-Territorial Evolution of Mexico
-Deseret News Article About Spanish Mission in Utah
-Mormon Gold Coinage
-Lee Davidson's 1989 Article about Amasa A Davidson's 1920 near-fatal hunt for the gold
-Deseret News Article About Two Men Arrested While Hunting Gold
A strange tale involving Spanish explorers, Mormon pioneers, a spiritualist, possible former members of Butch Cassidy's gang, and a school teacher from Wyoming's Bridger Valley who barely made it out of the Uinta's with his life.
Note: This Episode's icon is a photo of a known mine near Park City, UT and is not of any lost mines.
Sources Cited:
-Footprints In The Wilderness: A history of The Lost Rhoades Mines
-Faded Footprints: The Lost Rhoades Gold Mines & Other Hidden Treasures of the Uinta's
-The Gold of Carre-Shinob
-The Dominguez & Escalante Expedition
-Territorial Evolution of Mexico
-Deseret News Article About Spanish Mission in Utah
-Mormon Gold Coinage
-Lee Davidson's 1989 Article about Amasa A Davidson's 1920 near-fatal hunt for the gold
-Deseret News Article About Two Men Arrested While Hunting Gold