The Lost Blue Lady Mine -- LOT$ -- Of Gold Bars Left Behind
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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In 1891 a rich gold vein was discovered on Mingus mountain by a man by the name of William Phelps while he was out prospecting. Phelps had been employed at one of the other gold mines near Jerome and decided that he was going to set off on his own after getting enough funds for his own operation.. After a year of saving his earnings he was finally able to not only file this claim but also buy some equipment & supplies to be able to mine this vein of gold. This deposit became known as Blue Lady Mine, after his mother who loved to wear blue dresses.
It wasn't long before Phelps realized that mining solo was incredibly difficult, so he got help from another miner from Jerome named Sam whom Phelps had worked with in the past. After just 3 months of hard work, blasting, digging and crushing ore that was extracted they began to build a kiln and smelt their own gold bars. They smelted 10 bars on the first day, with each weighing in at 20 ounces & then stamped. Each month for the next two months they would smelt the gold into 20 ounce bars.
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Mingus mountain is one of the areas my grandfather prospected in. Wish he was still around!!
Never forget your grand parents. I'm a grandpa now myself and still remember my grandpa just like it was yesterday. Thank you for watching.
Good story as usual. Used to spend my summers as a kid on my grandfathers outside Prescott. Great area for lost mines.
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I always look forward to Saturday to hear these stories, thanks pal
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I should go there and poke around. I could use a few bars of gold right about now.
I could use a few bars of gold myself.
First to listen, thank you, good morninin.
Intriguing story, I'll have to research it a bit more.⛏⚒⛏Take care and stay safe.
Hey thanks for watching. Appreciate it very much.
Wondering if there still any undiscovered deposits out further in the mountains waiting to be discovered.
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Ol boy couldn't hire out to open it back up. Sold his equipment?
Makes no sense
A lot of these old stories don't make sense but I like reading about them. If I was 20 years younger I'd be out hunting for some of these lost treasures and mine. Thanks for watching!
Cool story 😅😅😅
Thanks for watching. I'll be putting a 5 lost treasures in Arizona out in the next while so stay tuned.