by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
It has been estimated that over a million dollars was buried on Adak Island by the captain of the Hitslap, a ship engaged in killing seals. Captain Gregory Dwargstof had taken this gold from the sealing association, then buried it somewhere on red bluff Hill on the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In August of 1884 three prospectors started across the St.Elias Mountains near the Yukon River. One evening the men came to a small lake and saw golden rays beaming in the sunlight from a bar only a few feet from the shore. Throwing down their packs the men swam to...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In December 1864 a band of guerrillas under the command of an ex confederate colonel named Joseph Sanders attacked the town of Newton in Dale County, Alabama. The townspeople had a major problem: What to do with a box filled with a small fortune in coins that belonged...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
There is a story of a strongbox with $30,000 in gold that was being transported by a tax collector in 1860. When outlaws tried to rob him he dropped the box into the Tambigbee River south of Myrtewood in Marengo County. The strongbox was thrown into the water close to...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
This is a condensed version of the story of a lost silver mine in West Virginia, giving the essential facts and directions. “About Indian Camp on Indian Camp Run (in Upshur County) there is an interesting tradition of a lost silver mine and a fabulous buried...
