This episode confuses the "Lost Adams Diggings" (LAD) with the "Lost Dutchman Mine" (LDM). The LAD legend states the gold is in New Mexico, not Arizona where the LDM is supposedly located. The LDM is rumored to be in the Superstition Mountains where the episode takes place. Jim Hardie and his party start out from Tucson, implying the Superstition Mountains are near that city. The mountains are, in fact, over 90 miles north of Tucson (at least three days ride by horseback). The Superstitions are only about 30 miles from Phoenix, so it would have made more sense had they left Phoenix for the mountains than Tucson.
This episode confuses the "Lost Adams Diggings" (LAD") with the "Lost Dutchman Mine" (LDM). The LAD legend states the gold is in New Mexico, not Arizona where the LDM is supposedly located. The LDM is rumored to be in the Superstition Mountains where the episode takes place. Jim Hardie and his party start out from Tucson, implying the Superstition Mountains are near that city. The mountains are, in fact, over 90 miles north of Tucson (at least three days ride by horseback). The Superstitions are only about 30 miles from Phoenix, so it would have made more sense had they left Phoenix for the mountains than Tucson.