《失落的宝藏与旧矿》，新墨西哥州联邦作家的项目书

1850年至1912年间，新墨西哥州是一个多元民族的家园。与那些在该地区生活了数千年的人竞争，一大批新来者来到了这里：西班牙裔定居者、盎格鲁人的宅基地、牧场主、牛仔、牧羊人、商人、铁路工人，也许还有该地区的主要探险家——寻宝者和探矿者。《失落的宝藏与旧矿》充斥着美国西南部的黄金热、铜矿和银矿开采的故事。1541年，当科罗纳多的征服者来到这里寻找传说中的七座城市西博拉时，早在哥伦布之前的土著人就一直在开采绿松石。本系列中的故事讲述了隐藏的印度矿藏、在前往西班牙的途中丢失的宝藏、火车和驿站马车上的黄金抢劫、山上游荡的砂矿矿工以及索赔伙伴之间的诡计。Geronimo、Victorio、Billy the Kid和美国加略山士兵讲述了这些故事，还有幸运的角色击中了母脉，还有不幸的角色失去了财富。失落的胡安·蒙德拉贡矿、死去的驴子矿、佩德纳尔的失落矿、亚当斯矿区、伊丽莎白镇和皮诺斯奥托斯——这些地方在这些关于失而复得的神话般财富的口述历史中留下了光辉的回忆。1936年至1940年间，新政工程项目管理局联邦作家项目的实地工作人员记录了新墨西哥州早期生活的真实记录。这些原始文件首次以故事集的形式在这里出版，反映了新墨西哥州领土的状况，在争夺土地和资源控制权的个人和团体之间的动态冲突中表现出来。
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Lost Treasures & Old Mines, A New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project Book
Between 1850 and 1912, Territorial New Mexico was home to a diverse mix of peoples. Contesting with those who had lived in the region for thousands of years, an array of newcomers arrived: Hispanic settlers, Anglo homesteaders, ranchers, cowboys, sheepherders, merchants, railroad men and perhaps its chief adventurers–treasure hunters and prospectors. Lost Treasures & Old Mines brims with stories of gold fever, copper ore and silver mining in the American Southwest. In 1541 when Coronado’s conquistadors arrived in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, pre-Columbian natives had long been mining for turquoise. The stories in this collection tell of hidden Indian mines, treasures lost en route to Spain, gold heists on trains and stagecoaches, placer miners roaming the hills and chicanery among claim partners. Geronimo, Victorio, Billy the Kid and U.S. Calvary soldiers thread through these stories, along with lucky characters who strike the motherlode and hapless ones who lose their fortunes. The Lost Juan Mondragon Mine, The Dead Burro Mine, the Lost Mine of the Pedernal, the Adams Diggings, Elizabethtown and Pinos Altos–such places live as shining memories in these oral histories of fabulous fortunes lost and found. Between 1936 and 1940, field workers in the New Deal Works Project Administration’s Federal Writers’ Project recorded authentic accounts of life in the early days of New Mexico. These original documents, published here for the first time as a story collection, reflect the conditions of the New Mexico Territory as played out in dynamic clashes between individuals and groups competing for control of the land and resources.
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