Gold in the mountains of Flagstaff

[DashChemical]

I was in Flagstaff for business today and I was told a story of some bandits back in the day that robbed a stage coach or train stole a bunch of gold coins and hid in the mountains. As I was told they bandits were caught in the mountains and the gold was not on them leaving the story to be that it was hidden up there.
Is this a real story or has any gold coins ever been found that anyone knows of.

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

veit springs...
arizona territorial records were almost systematically destroyed by fire, flood and neglect...
i have never found a primary document on the robbery.

 

[Wizzard]

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[cptbil]

Arizona has about a "Ton" of treasure & Gold/silver tales
So!
You shouldn't have any trouble finding some Treasure/gold to look for
Just visit the local library's Arizona Section (Research)
Don't forget, "pen & paper"

AND!
Get some "topos" of the area!

 

[DashChemical]

Thanks for all the help guys..

 

[Wild Boulder Bill]

They robbed the Babbit trading post out on canyon diablo which is ironically very clos to the fabled river of silver.

 

[Skywola]

I was up in Two Guns and also went to Canyon Diablo recently. Two Guns has an interesting history, and the "Death Cave" is right below the site of Two Guns. You can visit it. Incidentally, some people are posting the wrong photos for Two Guns, they post photos of buildings that are near the old gas station, and that is just recent buildings. As I understand it, Two Guns is actually on the East side of Diablo Canyon, but right on the side of Diablo Canyon, not over by the old gas station. Also, what is on the west side was built later, including the zoo, (yep, you heard right) that was part of the tourist trap that was started there in the early 1900's.
Canyon Diablo was difficult to get to. After looking at satelite maps, I set out from Two Guns north, and the road was rough, I did it with my car, and it was not easy, with a 4-wheeler it would be a piece of cake until you get to the rail road, then you have to go on foot, because they have the road blocked off with rail cars and a huge pile of dirt. I was not metal detecting there, as I had read the history of Canyon Diablo and knew that people had been buried there. (Later I learned it would not have been a good idea anyway, being on the indian reservation.) While there are some impressive building ruins at Canyon Diablo, the downside is that there is old trash scattered all over the place. They also had some type of in the ground large stone kiln building that had been fired recently, for who knows what purpose. Other than the trains that go by, the place is one of the quietest places I have ever been.

 

[GoldBack]

Like mentioned earlier, veit springs had a log cabin (remains today) where a few outlaws were found after robbing a stage headed for California. The interesting thing about this, I'm sure I commented on it before is, near the spring there are three red hand prints and tons of Aspen trees with strange symbols right near the cabin itself. check it out...

http://www.azhikinggallery.com/galleryintro.asp?galleryid=VeitSpring_091308

 

[Skywola]

Veit Springs . . . Wow. that is a very pretty area. I see why he built the cabin there.

 

[Grimcow]

Kind of funny. I live in Flag and was trying to think of some area's to go detecting and this was the first place that popped into my mind. I do alot of hiking so I have been here once or twice.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

just below this cabin...is a medow surrounded by aspens...the sheepherders used it before there was a flagstaff...

neat carvings on the aspens...plus, many of the carvings are from WWI period....neat spot, overgrown.

been all over that area with a BFO back in the day...not even a tin can...lol


a mamber of that family lives in clarkdale...i call him deputy dan...firesign theater...he doesn't get it...

 

[JeromeAz]

The road to Canyon Diablo isn't bad but 4X4 is recommended. The box cars weren't a problem. I was going to build a ramp so I could jump them but instead I hooked up a chain and pulled them out of the way with my truck. Lol!

It's definitely not a place to be MDing but it does have meteorites from the big one that crashed there. I wouldn't mind finding one of those.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

canyon diablo is on the rez...dine'{Navajo} using the water cistern for trash burning...
covered in trash...r&r trash...all metal...straps, nails, cans, parts of missing cars..ect.

I posted some pic on diablo canyon way back..

sure would like to find those rifles...