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Tiburcio Vasquez is
said to have hidden a 500 pound silver ingot in the Vasquez Rocks.
More information can be found in
Buried Treasures of California
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Yount's Lost Mine is located
somewhere on Santa Catalina Island.
More information can be found in
A Guide to Treasure in California
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Moreno's Lost Treasure,
consisting of $200,000 in gold, silver, and jewels, is supposedly located in
the mouth of Cahuenga Pass.
More information can be found in
Buried
Treasures You Can Find
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$65,000 in gold from a stage
coach robbery is know to have been buried near Santa Susanna Pass.
More information can be found in
Buried
Treasures You Can Find
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$125,000 in gold
lies at the bottom of Los Angeles Harbor, with the wreck of
the Ada Hancock.
More information can be found in
Buried Treasures of California
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A fortune in gold,
silver, jewelry, and gems is buried somewhere in or around the
Hollywood Bowl.
More information can be found in
Buried Treasures of California
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Years ago we were told of a old miner that would come down from
his cabin in the San Gabriel mountains near cattle canyon and
cash in his gold nuggets. We used to backpack in the area for
years and wanted to learn more. We were told of a man that
worked at a gas station that new of this story as well and had
more detailed information. When we visited the man he was very
helpful and gave us a general idea of what canyon the cabin and
mine were in. The following week my friend and I had loaded our
backpacks and off we went. We found the canyon and made a base
camp. The next morning we started up the canyon it was a very
narrow canyon and after what seemed like forever we had only
made it 100 yards. We then decided to re-group and try going up
the canyon along the side of the mountain. It was so heavy with
growth we we getting cut up like walking thru barbwire. Once
again feeling defeat we went back down to base camp to regroup.
After lunch we decided to make an attempt around the other side
of the mountain up what looked like a dear trail. We made much
better progress up this narrow path and noticed that some of the
under brush had been cut. Thinking that we had found the old
man's trail we proceeded on, after we got about 1/3 up the
mountain the trail ended. We were in shock, now thinking that
maybe it was to easy and a fake trail we back tracked to find a
very old trail and forged up that. Only to find it so over
grown we were once again getting ripped to shreds by the very
thick brush. By this time it was starting to get dark and we
had to retreat to base camp. The next morning we decided that
we needed more tools than what we had in order to go further up
the mountain.
I was not
able to make the return trip with my friend, but he had talked with
another friend who decided to give it a go. On their second attempt the
found the cabin just below the top of the mountain built on the mountain
side. They never found the mine but did take pictures of the cabin
knowing I would want proof that it even existed.
The area is
very well known for gold and on other backpacking trips we found some
mine shafts along side the river. There was a town in the area called
El Dorado in the late 1800. It was said to be a mining town but a great
flood washed it all away. Never to be rebuilt or mined. In the summer
time you can see people with the portable dredges in the river looking
for that ever so popular gold nugget.
I hope you
have found this helpful, or at least worth the read. If you should have
any questions or need additional information my email address is
Patrick Rinaldi.
Thanks, Patrick.
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