This is a extensive collection of Treasure Hunting books, inlcuding lost mines in the US. 1. Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the West by Thomas Probert, 1977 by University of California Press. "Biliography and PLace names-from Kansas West to California, Oregon, Washington and Mexico." 2. Golden Mirages by Philip A. Bailey, 1940 by The McMillan Co., New York. 3. Lost Mines & Buried Treasure Along the Frontier by John D. Mitchell, 1953 by Desert Press Inc., Palm Desert, CA. Loose Spine. 4. Lost Treasure Trails by Thomas Penfield, 1954 by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. 5. Lost Mines and Treasures of the Pacific Northwest by Ruby El Hult, first edition, copyright by author 1957, by Binfords & Mort Publishers, Oregon. 6. Lost Mines and Treasure of the Pacific Northwest by Ruby El Hult, 1964 by Binfords & Mort Publishers, Oregon. 7. Buried Treasure and Lost Mines by Frank L. Fish, copyright 1956 by Author, fourth printing 1970 published by Amador Publishing, Chino, CA.8. Tales of the Southwest, "A panoramic sweep across the wild Southwest from Texas to California." by Barry Storm, copyright by author 1958, lithographed by Edwards Bros. Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.9. Lost treasure - The Search for Hidden Gold by Robert G. Ferguson, first edition, Vantage Press, New York. Year unknown. 10. Lost Desert Bonanzas by Eugene L. Conrotto, 1963 by Desert-Southwest Publishers, Palm Desert, CA. 11. The Golden Crescent The Southwest Treasure Belt by Jesse Ed Rascoe, 1962 by Frontier Book Company in Toyahvale, TX. The Padre Island Story by Loraine Daly and Pat Reumert, copyright 1962, revised edition printed 1969. Autographd by Author Loraine Daly. 12. Directory of Buried or Sunken Treasures and Lost Mines of the United States by Thomas Penfield, 1971 by True Treasure Publications Inc., Conroe, TX. 13. Lost Mines & Buried Treasure Along the Frontier by John D. Mitchell, 1971 by the Rio Grande Press Inc., Glorieta, NM. Broken Spine.14. Guidebook to Lost Western Treasure"The Search of the Hidden Gold by Robert G. Ferguson, 1973 by THe Ward Ritchie Press in Los Angeles. 15. A Guide to Treasure in Montana-Wyoming by Thomas Penfield, 1975 by True Treasure Publications Inc., Conroe, TX.16. Lost Treasures of the West by Brad Williams and Choral Pepper, 1975 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 17. A Motif Index by Byrd Howell Granger, 1977 by The University of Arizona Press and Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica. 18. Buried Treasures of the United States by Robert F. Marx, copyright 1978 by author, published 1980 by Bonanza Books. 19. Western Treasure Tales by Charal Pepper, 1998 by University Press of Colorado, Niwot, CO. 20. Civil War Gold and Other Lost Treasures by W. Craig Gaines, 1999 by Combined Publishing, Pennsylvania. 21. Lost ledges of the West by H. Glenn Carson, not dated. 22. Treasure Maps- Cartography of the American Southwest (June 2016- March 2017).Franklin Collection. Franklin Collection