by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
Sometime during the 1950s two deer hunters discovered an old mine shaft in Clay County. The mine, which they explored, proved to have a very rich vein of gold. There were also relics of mining nearby to indicate that at one time it had been worked, but not recently....
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
The lost mine of the Klickitat tribe, on the Little Klickitat River in southern Washington, was reported to be the richest gold mine on the Pacific Coast. Lewis and Clark saw the gold from the mine being prepared for shipment to England by a Hudson’s Bay factor...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
The lost mine of the Klickitat tribe, on the Little Klickitat River in southern Washington, was reported to be the richest gold mine on the Pacific Coast. Lewis and Clark saw the gold from the mine being prepared for shipment to England by a Hudson’s Bay factor...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
$50,000 to $60,000 worth of gold ingots, in a small barrel, was buried in or near the Fort Columbia Military Reservation in Pacific County, by Captain James Scarborough, a Scottish sea captain and trader. In the 1830s Captain Scarborough sailed his ship into the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
Looting and caching of treasure was widely indulged in by both factors during the Civil War. It was practiced by some of the regular army units and by freewheeling guerrillas. As a precaution against just such looting by invading troops many plantation owners in...
