Out of the Dust

Part regional folklore, part prospecting memoir, Out of the Dust explores Utah's most enduring lost-mine legends—the Josephine, the Lost Rhoades Mines, the Dream Mine, and Montezuma's gold. Drawing on decades of hiking the Uinta Mountains with fellow prospector Gale Rhoades, Stephan Shaffer weaves Ute and Spanish history, eyewitness interviews, treasure maps, and the coded rock-and-tree symbols left by Spanish miners. The book closes with a practical primer on decoding treasure signs and GPS coordinates for historical sites.

• Real GPS coordinates and a decoding guide let readers actually go hunt the treasure themselves
• Ties beloved Utah legends—the Lost Rhoades Mine, the Dream Mine, Montezuma's gold—into one volume
• Insider firsthand accounts from a prospector who spent decades searching with the 'last of the great prospectors'
• Ghost-guarded caches, mysterious deaths, and angelic visitations give it eerie campfire-story appeal

Perfect for a Utah history buff, rockhound, or treasure-hunting enthusiast fascinated by lost-mine legends of the Uinta Mountains and Spanish gold.