Treasure Huntin Arizona Bates Well Mine Cerro Colorado Mine Esperanza Gunsight Mine Silver King Mine

The San Xavier Mine can be found on the Santa Cruz River. The Silver Bell Mine is about 35 miles west of the town of Marana. PINAL COUNTY The American Flag Mine is in the vicinity of the town of Oracle, in the Catalina MOuntains. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY The Austerlitz Mine can be found on the Arivaca-Peña Lake. The Oro Blanco Mine is some 9 miles due southeast of the town of Arivaca. The Salero Mine is in the Santa Rita mountain range, close to the foot of Salero Peak. YAVAPAI COUNTY The Congress Mine In the year 1929, near the US-Mexico border southeast of the town of Ajo, three miners chanced upon a collection of 700 gold bars. The last of these miners perished in the year 1963, never having disclosed where this secret cache was located. It had become an accepted fact since this discovery that the 700 bars they found were only one small portion of a much larger hoard that was in the process of being shipped to Mexico around 1648, by Jesuits who had come under attack by natives and forced to hide their treasure. It is believed that somewhere in the same area as the cache is buried treasure amounting to 4,000 to 5,000 bars of silver, as well as 2,000 bars of gold. A single Jesuit priest was the sole survivor of this attack. This priest attempted to relocate the hidden treasure a year later, but failed to find it again. A silver bullion from the famous Cerro Colorado Mine, reported to be hidden in a cave that lies between the Cerro Colorado and Cerro Chiquito mountain ranges. It is valued at more than $150,000. The Lost Carretta Canyon Treasure, also referred to as the Ajo Treasure is another treasure near the Tumacacori Mission, said to be hidden along the old Carretta Road that connected the mission to the Mexican town of Sonora , Sonora state. The treasure is said to be valued at more than $2 million, and is made up of silver and gold bullion, along with church vessels. The Lost Arivaca Treasure is reportedly in the vicinity of the town of Arivaca, supposedly inside of a cave in the Baboquivari Mountains. The Lost Arivaca Treasure was said to have been found by a Papago native in the year 1880. What he saw was a cache of silver and gold bars, hidden in the 1600s by Spanish Jesuits. This native took some bars to purchase supplies from a trading post nearby, and was never seen again. Before he disappeared, he did tell the people in the trading post where he found it, but was only able to give them approximate directions to this cave. The Blackgown’s Treasure is reported to be “slightly to the west of Tubac '', specifically in the “third little mountain” somewhere due southwest of Tubac Presidio. This means that it is in Santa Cruz County, likely some 10 to 15 miles due north of Arivaca, in the Sierrita Mountains. The Blackgown’s Treasure is said to be made up of gold bars, nuggets, dust, chalices, and statues hidden by Spanish missionaries in the 1700s. Some time ago, a hunter hailing from Tucson went searching for the Blackgown’s Treasure, and decided to look into an abandoned mining shack near to the suspected location. There, he found two large tin cans, which were filled with gold nuggets that were worth more than $20,000. The Guadalupe Treasure is one of the most well-known hidden treasures in Arizona. Legend has it that the Guadalupe Treasure is the hiding place of more than 200 mules’ worth of gold nuggets and solid bars, as well as 2,000 mules’ worth of silver ore. This caravan belonged to Jesuits who were forced from the Spanish New World colonies during the Jesuit expulsion of 1767. This extensive mule train was a large target for bandits, especially Native American raiders, who would band together to intercept it as the Jesuits were around 4 miles to the southwest of Tumacacori Mission. According to the legend, all of the treasure carried by the mule train was deposited in a nearby abandoned mine, before they fled to Mexico. Although it has sparked a lot of interest, the legitimacy of this story is thro