The Lost Mines of Tayopa: Legends, Mysteries, and Expeditions

The legend of the Lost Mines of Tayopa in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental: the historical foundations of the Jesuit-operated silver mines, the blending of fact and fiction in the Tayopa story, expeditions through the ages, theories on the mines' true location, indigenous oral histories, and modern technologies being applied to the search.

Tayopa is among the most complex and layered of all lost mine legends—involving Jesuit priests, indigenous secrets, multiple location theories, and a mountain range that swallows expeditions whole. This book provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Tayopa mystery, connecting centuries of search efforts into a coherent picture.