by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
There is a long standing legend of an Indian silver mine and cache of silver ingots being hidden in the area of Deep Run, Pennsylvania. This location is almost exactly on the state line of Pennsylvania and Maryland. However, most people believe the mine and cache to...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In 1927 a pay car for the coal mines was blown up by two men. A large charge was used and the car and occupants were blown apart. More than $27,000 was spread over an area of 700 feet. Almost all of the greenbacks were recovered, however, $6,000 in coin still lies...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
Spanish Hill or Carantouan is first mentioned in writing in 1614 on a Dutch map. In 1795 a Frenchman, Don de Rochefoucould-Lian-Court, on a visit to the junction of the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers wrote, “Four or five miles to the north, I saw a mountain in...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
About 1679 Spanish survivors of a shipwreck buried a chest of gold and silver somewhere on the slope of Neahkohnie Mountain, near what is now Nehalem, in Tillamook County. The vessel carried a large quantity of beeswax from the Orient, which was intended for use in...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
This legendary cave has been called by several different names and there are different stories as to what is in the cave. One version is that the Spanish put $11,000,000 in gold bars and coins with Indian slave skeletons to guard the gold. Another story is that...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
A lost silver mine awaits rediscovery a few miles south of Heavener, somewhere in Round Mountain. It is believed that this mine was worked by the Spanish and that a hoard of silver is still hidden nearby. Round Mountain, so named for the cap on its top, is about two...
