According to legend, tons of wealth have been hidden close to an unidentified peak in southeast Arizona that the people who first hid it there called Davis Mountain. This sizable stash was taken from a train carrying smugglers coming from Mexico. But the original loot was taken from a chapel in Matamoras, Mexico, and a bank vault in Monterey. The treasure comprised a cigar box full of diamonds, two sculpture statues of pure gold — one of the Virgin Mary and one of Jesus, sacks of gold and silver, thirty-nine bars of solid gold bullion, and multiple rawhide bags containing ninety thousand Mexican dollars.
It is fitting that criminals plundered the bandit smuggler train during its journey through Skeleton Canyon. Following a robbery, fittingly, the bandit smuggler train was robbed by outlaws while going through Skeleton Canyon. The bandits dug up the treasure on Davis Mountain after plundering the smuggling train.
Despite the fact that no modern map of Arizona shows this peak, one of the bandits gave somewhat detailed directions.
Before he died, he left clear instructions to the riches. It is unknown why these criminals did not come back to claim the wealth or what happened to them.
The dying bandit gave these instructions: Cross rolling grasslands to the west and you'll see Davis Mountain, a bald, spherical granite dome that can be seen for miles. From the top of this mountain, if you use binoculars, it's said you can see New Mexico, with old Sugarloaf standing proudly against the sky.
After reaching Davis Mountain, proceed 1 to 1 ½ miles westward until you come upon a canyon. The west wall of the canyon is a steep rock precipice, whereas the east wall is covered in wooded slopes.
The west end of the canyon is where Silver Spring comes into it, and the creek that runs through it plunges over a ledge in a minor cascade that is about ten feet high. There is a grave at the base of a tall juniper tree beside this spring. Gum Spring is about a mile and a half up the canyon and south of Silver Springs.
The wreckage of a burned-out wagon lies among the strewn undergrowth between the two springs. The location of this wagon is when it turns inward to make a shallow cove on the west side of the canyon.
A stone marker, three feet high, square in shape, and one foot thick, sits at the lowest point of this cove.Two crosses are carved on the east face of this memorial. Once you've found the stone, face Davis Mountain and take twenty steps forward. It is said that the wealth is buried here.
Note: Davis Mountain peak is not found on modern maps. Skeleton Canyon should be used as a reference.
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