Top 3 Lost Treasures!
These are the top 3 lost treasures in Utah. Utah has a vast history of gold mining in the old west. There are many lost mines and lost treasures throughout Utah. These stories include a Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch heist, a lost treasure in the White Cliffs, and an American Tragedy.
Video Chapters
0:00 – Intro
0:17 – The Castle Gate Robbery
4:10 – The Treasure at White Cliffs
9:20 – Tragedy at Winter Quarters
Music: Pale Rider Blues and World War Blues by the Mini Vandals
References and related articles:
https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/148
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scofield_Mine_disaster
https://visitsouthernutah.com/blog/the-wild-100-year-search-for-montezumas-treasure-in-kanab-utah/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14670102/william-ellsworth-lay
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Butch_Cassidy%27s_Wild_Bunch
One of my friends found a treasure of a mummified head and eventually the rest of the body of a prostitute in the Pahrump, Nevada area. WOO HOO! Not as good as finding gold, but he found something that didn’t belong out in the desert. lol.
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Great stories .
What is your favorite Utah treasure legend?
Really enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing.
You have done it again.
The Josephine 2.3 billion in gold is the world’s top treasure
Dude if you know these stories why don’t you build a team of treasure hunting.
I’m here watching.. wow very interesting story.
Really great treasure stories! Keep them coming you’re doing a great job and thank you for posting
I love my State! Utah born and raised!!!
I love old treasure stories!!!
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Very cool video
Imagine finding treasures
History is soooo great 👍
You have any stories around El paso Texas? I got a jeep and some time on weekends and I’ll head out to search. I love adventure and the searching part. That’s why I love prospecting and dropping things while I’m working on the cars I fix lol
History books might say otherwise but……I suspect the Spanish Conquistadors traveled thru parts of the Utah and Arizona deserts, Lost treasure might still be there.
Mine is definately the Rhodes Mines lost gold mine west of Vernal. It’s Definately out there somewhere.
The Gold Mormon Dollars that were stolen from the LDS Mint is definately a good metal detector story. You know those Golden dollars are out there somewhere. My greatest thought is finding one of the gold dollars in the ground while metal detecting. Soo heres one story I know about the LDS Mormon Gold Dollars. For many years they tried to find proof that the Gold Dollars existed and were taken. No one speaks about that they did create a few $50 or $100 gold dollar LDS coins. Soo the legend states that a few were made of each dollar amount and werent suppose to get out into the public but the ones that were stolen are those few of those coins. Imagine finding one of those in the ground. Theyre priceless and need to be handed over to the LDS church for the Church to reserve in their history. They would be priceless to find if anyone ever found one. The secret lies with Jason Taylor. Everyone needs to read his story.