I have seen these exact same types of cache sites in NM, UT, CO, CA, The vaults are literally anywhere there was a major river that could be followed, the main storages are always near a wash or up a canyon that they could bring a wagon up to easily as well as find easily by using the wash as a road or a mountain that was out of place or unusual in some way, that big aura I showed on the mountain is a good example you follow the wash right up to the mountain and it is the first hill you come to in front of the mountain range.
As far as the Superstitions, there are many vaults located all around that mountain, its just people don't seem to know it.
Remember these storages are not mines but temporary storage vaults.
Hmm. Now I'm beginning to connect some dots - explaining why you guys have been able to back-engineer all those mysterious empty holes you've found that may have some markings in common, and that may date back to the pre-Mexican War period . A number of treasure hunters have reported similar enigmas in the past.
I know that you will likely savage me for suggesting this (I expect it), but if you read a comprehensive history - especially the many available personal memoirs and journals of the French and American fur trappers in the CO-NM-AZ-CA region, much of it ca 1820s - you will find some very, very interesting facts. There is a lot of published information about this.
One: virtually every river stream and intermittent drainage in this entire region was explored and trapped for beaver. Yes, even NM and AZ was rich in beaver before settlement, even desert areas where there was water -
especially the entire length of the Colorado River. These guys worked either for the large fur companies directly or as groups of independent contractors for them. Many of the trappers wintered in Taos.
Two: because of the weight and bulk of the prolific harvest of pelts, they quite frequently cached bundles of pelts as they worked their way along. The pelts were normally wrapped and buried in the ground to protect them from other animals, then retrieved later in the season for shipment.
Three: the cache locations were marked with rock piles and other signs that would enable the trappers to easily retrieve them. They used common techniques of marking the caches so that they would be easier to locate later.
I know you want these empty holes to be Spanish treasure vaults, but what you might have was even more valuable during the time period. Now at least some of your allegations make sense to me. The one thing that always bothered me about your claims was the alleged great number of mine caches. For what it's worth, you might look at this post I made on another thread. You can believe as you wish, but there are facts available that contradict the wishes of many believers of treasure legends.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/lost-dutchman-s-mine/538428-cave-gold-bars.html#post5479817
