Four Days From Fort Wingate: The Lost Adams Diggings [Paperback]

Richard French (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1994

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press

In 1864, twenty-one miners and a freighter named Adams set out from Arizona Territory in search of a rich deposit of gold.  According to legend the vein they found was rich beyond their wildest imaginings but they were attacked by Indians and only three survived; none of which could remember the exact site of this legendary mine.  Adventure seekers and treasure hunters have been searching for it since.  

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The book is one of the most comprehensive, detailed histories of The Lost Adams Diggings, that I believe has ever been written."—Gene Ballinger, The Courier

(Gene Ballinger The Courier )

About the Author

Richard French was born in the northeastern boomtown of Wynona Oklahoma.  He and his family moved to New Mexico in 1958 where he quickly became enamored of the history of New Mexico and specifically the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings.  

Product Details

• Paperback: 259 pages
• Publisher: Caxton Press; 1St Edition edition (January 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870043625
• ISBN-13: 978-0870043628
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A facinating analysis and story about a lost gold mine., January 7, 1999

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This review is from: Four Days From Fort Wingate: The Lost Adams Diggings (Paperback)

This book turned my brother and me into "nuts," about the Adams diggings. Nothing stirs a person's imagination more than a real mystery. Richard French does a great job of telling the story of his (and others) efforts to understand and solve the mystery of the lost Adams diggings - a fantastic gold strike made and then lost in the Southwest. This book will really make your mind work... and dream.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The French search for the Lost Adams Diggings, September 14, 2003

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Jack Purcell (Placitas, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four Days From Fort Wingate: The Lost Adams Diggings (Paperback)

Richard French wrote this book several years ago. Until then Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver, by J. Frank Dobie was the single lingering work on the Lost Adams Diggings. Dick French has provided accuracy missing in the Dobie work. Four Days from Fort Wingate will be around as long as men remain interested in lost gold mines and dreams.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Four Days from Fort Wingate, May 20, 2010

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J. M. Verbois "rodeo pro" (Tylertown,Ms.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Days From Fort Wingate: The Lost Adams Diggings (Paperback)

This is a great book about gold diggings from Arizona to around Datil, New Mexico. The author did a great deal of research, for writting this book. It was great reading.