This is the true story of a gold mine in the San Andres Mountains in the Southwest, and of the strange events surrounding its history.

It was while on a business trip to New Mexico that the author first became interested in the Lost Mine of the Padre. Intrigued by the stories of its fabulous wealth and by the disastrous fate which had overtaken everyone who had sought to win that wealth, he set out to examine the mine for himself.

His search led him into situations filled with peril and excitement. With only the faint rays of a flashlight to guide him, he climbed on narrow, crumbling ledges where a slip of the foot would mean death; in total darkness on the desert he drove a jeep through a raging torrent of flood water; he battled human hostility as well as the antagonism of Nature.

Mr. James knows the Southwest well, and his descriptions of the haunting beauty of its pine-covered mountains and the barren wastes of its deserts arc vivid and realistic. THE CURSE OF THE SAN ANDRES is a suspenseful adventure story which brings to the reader many little-known facts about the past of the Southwest, where history and legend intermingle in a fascinating and colorful fashion.