Treasure Trove Files Vol 1

cw0909

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a google search for the "treasure trove files us treasury"
brought up the 2 pdf below, seems someone else is/was looking
for the files in 2016, the (b) (6) is a redaction sighting Private Citizen
wonder if the "Department of Treasure Trove"(1941/42), can be viewed
in person


Description of document: Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices Weekly
FOIA Snapshot, 2015-2016
Requested date: 01-November-2016
Release date: 21-February-2018
Posted date: 04-March-2019
Source of document: FOIA Request
Department of the Treasury
Washington, D.C. 20220
Fax: (202) 622-3895
Treasury Department online request portal:
https://www.treasury.gov/foia/pages/gofoia.aspx

Departmental Offices, Weekly FOIA Snapshot
Week of January 8 - 14, 2016
Privacy, Transparency, and Records
FOIA and Transparency, (202) 622-0930
Incoming FOIA Request Highlights
https://www.governmentattic.org/31docs/TreasuryWklyFOIAsnaphot_2015-2016.pdf

Request# 2016-01-021
Requester, (b) (6),Private Citizen
Request Short Description, Documents pertaining to the "Department of Treasure Trove"(1941/42)
Offices Assigned, OFAC
PTR Case Manager, Henshaw

another
Departmental Offices, FOIA Log January 1, 2016 -December 31, 2016
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/236/2016-Log-of-FOIA-Requests.pdf

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cw0909

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not sure what these are about, maybe the 2 ive posted will help
find those files, for more of your vlogs

another treasure trove file/s mention
George H. Mahon
box 191
folder
17 Gold Treasure Trove, 1975-1978
18 Gold Treasure Trove, 1971-1974
19 Gold Treasure Trove, 1971-1974
box 192
folder
1 Treasure Trove Documents, 1973
https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00154/tsw-00154.html
 

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The department of treasury has a library.

Members of the public are welcome to make an appointment to research using Treasury Library holdings in the Treasury Library. All visitors to the Treasury Library must be cleared by the Secret Service. This process requires that requests for appointments must be made at least one business day before a visit.

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When Terry and his friend went there and were let in, it was back in the 70's, he was surprised they got permission before they flew out from Wisconsin. This was before things were uploaded online. Of course they had someone in the room with them the whole time. The Harpers article was published around 1946 or so. Most were from people and dated over a certain year period. I probably need to get more Trove videos done.
 

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I just found a source to an old Wyoming lost treasure lead covered by three different authors besides myself. It was in a book I read many times and only seen it this time. The book was by Terry and the chapter is about the files in Washington.
 

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Another update to the kingbolt story! I was reading a copy of "More Doubloons & Other Buried Treasure," 1970 Thomas P Terry and on page 24 there it was. In a letter in the Washington D.C. Treasury Dept. In what I call the treasure trove files, in 1928 from W.A. Fleming mailed from Slayer, Wyoming it tells of $40,000 from a stage robbery buried 200 feet from the trail and marked with a kingpin. Years later robbers son plowed up the bolt and wants someone to come help retrieve the treasure.
 

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guess those trove files where known by others,I snipped this from
Gold in the Blue Ridge; the true story of the Beale treasure by Innis, Pauline B; Innis, Walter Dean, joint author Publication date 1973

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They were written letters sent in. There ended up being a form letter by the Government that stated they weren't in the business of hunting buried treasure. See if you can find the form letter.
 

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