Treasure Signs, Symbols, Shadow and Sun Signs
John "Duke" Wayne and I joined forces in 1974 in FULL TIME  TREASURE HUNTING. I had already formed "THE QUEST, AN EXPLORATION  CORPORATION" and had also engaged Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in  an exclusive contract to advise, research, design and develop needed  electronic / optical devices, as well as accompany us, in the field of  treasure hunting.  Early-on, Duke said: "Well, now that we've got the  brightest guys in the world advising us, all we need now is some first  class research.  Ya know, if we do this right, we may even change the  image of treasure hunters."The very best that a treasure  hunter/lost mine hunter can ever hope for is that his information is  correct and accurate and that his mine/treasure actually did exist at  one time. Then, the only unknown factor is did someone already find  it-and deal with it quietly??The next, and all important factor is  the hunter's knowledge/understanding of signs, symbols, trail markers,  trail signs and codes used on maps and in the field. Treasure "story"  writers have misled the hunter for many many decades. One writer must  have surely copied from another and never did research on his own to   our detriment.For example: "The hidden treasure is hidden in a  covered mine two (2) leagues southwest of 'X"'.  The writer goes on to  tell us that a league was between three (3) and three and one half (3  1/2) miles in distance. That is true for a nautical (ocean) league but  not on land.  A statute (land) league was 2.18 miles.  Without  question, many hunters must have spent years searching well beyond  their true area of interest-due to the story writers.  See pages on  measurements and try again, it's closer than you thought.Beginning  in 1974 I began making contact both directly and indirectly with  archivists and sub archivists in France, Spain and the Vatican. Mexico  City's archives were completely "off limits", however, "arrangements"  were made through a minister of the navy and I developed an outstanding  "source".  Beginning in 1978 "I began receiving notifications of  "findings" from various archives. Not having seen the 'information"  available, I would guess at a value and make an offer for  copies.In 1983 a letter arrived stating that 116 pages had been  found relating to the King of Spain's rules and regulations on mining  and exploration in the new world. Included were thirty-four pages of  coded signs and symbols to be used in documents and on maps and their  meanings.  Also included were drawings of trail markers that Spain  required to be constructed, "under pain of Spain", along all  treasure/mine trails.Toward the end of the 1500's, New Mexico was  colonized by the Spanish.  It was in Santa Fe that the palace of  governors was completed in 1609. This palace was to govern Northern  Mexico; Which Was A Considerable Portion Of United States  Today.Adjoining the Palace of Governors, the San Miguel Cathedral  was constructed and in operation in 1636.This was the central  point for the church not only in seeking converts, but to help solve  the major problems developing in the palace of governors. It seems that  the Christianized miners rebelled if they did not have a fray/padre  with them to hear their last confession or give them the last rites at  the distant mining operation (and there were many deaths). So, it  worked good for both Spain and the church.The church was able to  spread the "word" in new and distant areas of new mining and  exploration being done by Spain, and the "religious" mans presence gave  "calm and confidence" to the mining/exploration groups that had begun  to rebel more frequently. In this manner of cooperation, the church and  Spain worked hand in hand and assisted each other in their separate  goals.The Palace was the headquarters of Spain's enforcement of  the Kings rules and regulations in today's Northern Mexico, California,  Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Louisiana,  Kentucky, etc. The major part of today's Mexico itself was governed out  of Mexico City. Mining and exploration activities were the primary  duties of the Palace: collecting from the haciendas, miners and  religious the King's 15 to 20% and seeing to transport back to Spain,  teaching each Hacienda the codes and symbols to use on treasure maps,  the monuments and their meaning and how to construct to-and-from the  mine or hidden treasure.  They taught and furnished two walkers and  compass / map makers to each mining hacienda.  After mine establishment  they would furnish a minimum of two monument maker supervisors to mark  the trail.  Thereafter, upon the Palace's receipt of the maps (both  treasure and trail) it would send it's own group to follow the  hacienda's maps to the mine site and report back to the Palace on the  precision of trail monuments and the coded treasure map.  Then, the  Palace sent copies of the maps to the King of Spain, the Palace in  Mexico City and retained one.  The maps were to insure that if a  disaster befell the miners or the hacienda, Spain could again find the  mine and the King would not lose his percentage. Maps are full of coded  religious signs, numbers and symbolism and for good reason.  The only  two things "going" in this new world was mining / exploration and  "religion."  Every Spaniard and Mexican in addition to the "religious",  tried to convert souls and knew the Bible and church teaching very  well.  Therefore, as an example, the number "7" on a map or along the  trail says:  Here is a campsite, an overnight resting place, taken from  the Bible "... and on the 7th day He rested".  Also, the symbol for  number 1 is a "dot" or solid (filled in) circle.  This symbol for the  number one (1) is also the symbol for water / springs, and again is  derived from the Bible, "on the first day God created water".