Is There a Curtis Connection with the Lost Rhoades Mine.

 I believe that James Hartzell was an associate of Joe Curtis. I will check into it and make another post. 

The following link is about a gunfight in 1920 that involved Amasa Lyman, whose father may have a Woodside connection, and remnants of Butch Cassidy's gang. A Carbon County Utah and a Wyoming connection. 

https://youtu.be/U03WzCbYjp0

Large hotel at Woodside, Utah.

 

https://m.facebook.com/groups/270624396607645/permalink/1349829522020455/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B015'56.3%22N+110%C2%B021'12.3%22W/@39.265637,-110.353407,15z

Spanish Treasure Vaults.

Now I hunt for Spanish Treasure Vaults. They have been around and many have searched and I suppose found these vaults. I am just learning and reading all I can to see what works for me.  I will do more in my home state but also open to anything in the southwestern United States. These vaults are located mainly due to signs left in the rocks and sometime other means.  They are associated with the Kings 5th so some of these vaults could be substantial.

Now I hunt treasure and research outlaws.

My baseball story. 

When I was young I fell in love with baseball.  Both playing sandlot baseball and following Major League Baseball.  My favorite player was Ted Williams.  It seemed everyone liked the Yankees and Mickey Mantle, so I became a Boston Red Sox fan.  That was about 1959.  I am still a very loyal fan of the Red Sox.  I even have Mookie Mania. 

I didn't get to play Little League Baseball.  My mother had me go to church, primary, which conflicted with team tryouts so I didn't get on a team.  I could only watch others play.  I watched older guys play baseball in the Pony League too.  The Pony League was for 13-14 year olds in that area.  I got on a team in the Pony League as they didn't require tryouts.  I was in like my first or second game when my dad bought a car and came and took me out of the game.  I felt like he could have shown me his new car anytime. 

But that wasn't all.  He wanted me to start going down to his ranch and farm at Woodside, Utah.  So much for my baseball career.  Woodside was, and still is in a way, outlaw territory.  My dad used to talk about Joe Walker and the Walker Trail all the time.  I even have a couple of stories about Butch Cassidy and my family. 

My father also used to have a lot of mining claims.  His father had a lot of mining claims and even his father had at least one mining claim.  I have discussed Dode's mining claims in other posts on this blog.  So that gave me an interest in mining, prospecting and somehow treasure hunting.  I have read all the treasure stories about Utah that I could.  I have even researched treasure stories in all states in the west. 

I currently have some active treasure hunts going on and I have joined GPAA so I can go prospecting, panning, detecting or whatever on their claims.  I still love baseball.  My dream is to hit the ball out of Spring Mobile Ballpark, which is the home of the Salt Lake Bees.  This at age 70.  I may not be able to do it but I would sure love the chance. 

Another wish list item is to find a 6 pound gold nugget in California or Oregon. 
Nicholas

From Clear Creek Canyon along I-70 in Utah.

I took some pictures on my way back from California recently.  Amazing photos.  Two of them are a burial tomb and the grave.  This is near the museum in Clear Creek Canyon near Cove Fort. 

Silver Mine or Ore and Silver in Metal

Silver targets.

Giants in the Grand Canyon.

Quotes from website. 

According to an article published in The Arizona Gazette on April 5, 1909, the Grand Canyon was once home to a civilization that most likely consisted of individuals of cyclopean proportions. If such a civilization ever lived, surely it would have left behind some structure as a testament of its existence.
The article mentions the discovery of an enormous underground citadel by an explorer named G.E. Kinkaid, who stumbled upon it while rafting on the Colorado River. It is worth mentioning that Kinkaid was an established archaeologist and had financial backing from the Smithsonian Institute.

http://www.archaeologyhub.info/an-underground-city-of-giants-discovered-in-the-grand-canyon/

Logic of Woodside. Avenues.

The Claimjumper Story.

The claim jumper story.  

In December, SITLA's attorney John Andrews sent a letter to Shuman after the school trust lands administration noticed that Gold Rush was marketing leases to school trust lands property that it had not yet acquired. The paperwork for the transaction had not yet been completed, Andrews said, yet the property in Utah's west desert was posted as available on the Internet.

"Gold Rush at that point was selling something it had no legal right to," Andrews said in an interview.

Another letter in April from Andrews to Shuman was more stern, indicating the agency had received information from the BLM and local law enforcement that Gold Rush had staked mining claims on school trust lands and sold them to third parties with no legal right. The letter included a warning that Gold Rush did not have permission to enter the agency's property to stake claims and any violation would be treated as trespassing.


Thiem said he feels like he paid $10,000 to Gold Rush for nothing, and has not had his money refunded.

He and Shuman have exchanged hostile emails and Thiem says now of Gold Rush, "They need to be stopped."

Shuman contends his disgruntled customer doesn't understand the paperwork he has in his own hands that documents legal rights to mining claims. He said he is being fed misinformation by a Tooele County man who wants the claims for himself.

Shuman blames any dust-up on Thomas Waite of Stansbury Park, who he asserts is working for a mining company trying to gobble up claims for itself. Waite confirmed that he is a consultant for a mining company, but he alleges that it's Gold Rush jumping claims.


This us a story about a guy that is now under investigation for selling claims that another individual says he does not or did not have. He also apparently sold a lease on state land he was not entitled to. Here is the story. Just click on the link below. .... http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=20539878

Do a search with "claimjumper".  The story aired May 24, 2012.  

Camel Mining Desert Fox Gold Panning Wheel.

The Desert Fox has a folding stand so that it not only can be used in the Action Packer case with 3 gallons of water, it will also work in a stream with the pump furnishing water from the stream. It will also work in any tub or tray that will hold 3" of water in case something happens to your Action Packer. The "copy-cats" build their machine into the Action Packer and that is the only way you can use it!...... Panning concentrates by hand is a time monster that takes the fun and PROFIT out of recreational prospecting. The Desert Fox increases your speed and efficiency by 50 times.

Vandalism at Utah Petroglyph site.

The many petroglyph panels of the Land Hill site reflect the stories and beliefs of the Native Americans who inhabited the area along the Santa Clara River as long as 5,000 years ago. Preservation of this and other archaeological sites gives future generations a glimpse of cultures that thrived in the past.

Anyone caught vandalizing rock art or other types of archeological sites may be charged with a misdemeanor or felony, pay fines and restitution costs, and face community service or jail time......

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20120517/OUTDOORS01/120517010/BLM-seeks-help-stop-rock-art-vandalism-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage&nclick_check=1

Diamond hunting.

I am currently into hunting gemstones and diamonds.  I have concluded that diamonds may be easier to find than gold.  With gold the source of the gold is always looked for.  With diamonds the source is know first.  Gold settles clear to bedrock.  Diamonds don't go clear to bedrock.  Diamonds are found in pea gravel.  Finally, gold is small.  Usually gold is the size of grains for even flour gold.  Diamonds can be much larger.  That makes three reason why I fell that diamonds are easier to find than gold.  They are the source, location in the placer or lode and the size. 

Brewer Cave in Manti, Utah.

I don't really have much new information on Brewer's cave near Manti, Utah.  I have read as much as I can about it and there is much written.  I have even read accounts of people who knew John Brewer.  The ones who knew him vouched for him and the authenticity of the cave and artifacts. 

One thing I can add is knowledge of a person I'll call him Fred, that I have never met but I have talked to on the phone several times at length.  Fred has a lot of information on not only this story, which could be considered a treasure story, but other treasure stories that are out there related or having taken place in or near Utah.  For example, Montezuma and the three lakes near Kanab; the Lost Adams Diggings, Browns Park; the military stolen payroll near Castle Dale, Victorio Peak and more.  Fred knew Apache Jim personally and talked with him many times.  Fred says he even has some tape recordings of interviews with Apache Jim. 

Anyway Fred is not in any of the published accounts of Brewer's Cave.  Yet he says that John Brewer entrusted him as the caretaker of the cave.  According to this individual John did not trust another person, I'll call Clyde, who had been to the cave.  Clyde is a published author of several books.  One of his books deals with John Brewer's cave.  Fred has no desire to publish or come out of hiding. I did make him aware of the Ancient Lost Treasure forum and the recent news about the carbon testing of some of the artifacts from the cave.  Fred even said he posted on one of the threads but I couldn't find the post he mentioned.  I am inclined to believe that the John Brewer story is true.  Maybe not 100% true as there may be some exaggerations, lies or some things that were not revealed.  That there was a real cave with real artifacts I am inclined to believe. 

Levitating Japanese Girl/Woman

This young lady is amazing.  She has tons of pictures of herself doing just about everything as if gravity had no affect on her.  Her blog goes back to October of 2009 but I'm not sure when she started putting levitation pictures on her blog, perhaps May of 2010, but there are a ton of them.  Some just overwhelm me. 

http://www.yowayowacamera.com/

Levitation Woman

I am amazed at the many creative situations and costumes this lady has utilized in creating her many levitation pictures of herself.  What a great talent. 

http://www.yowayowacamera.com/

Rock Formation modified/sculpted by man.

This photo was originally posted on March 28 and again on July 7, 2008. You can go back to those dates if you wish to read the text associated with the picture.

Cabin on Price River

Reposted from March 16, 2010.

A Resilient Life by Kat Elton

A friend of mine that I met at the VA Hospital and who also works there wrote a book.  She is a sensational person and I thought that I would share that on my blog.  The book is about her battle with rheumatoid arthritis and her desire to help others.  The book is available on her website. http://katelton.com/

Close family at Frankie's funeral in Castle Dale

This was taken at Frankie's funeral in Castle Dale.  Family members in this picture are my older sister Wilma, Me, oldest grandson Samuel, son Eric and younger brother Bill. 

Mother Feeding Babies

This bird was feeding it's babies which were nested in a hollowed out tree.  This tree had several nests in it.  The mother would leave and come back in two to three minutes with some food for the babies.  The mother was timid at first but she warmed up quickly so I could take this video.  I could hear the babies inside the tree chirping.  I love it.