$150.00 in Silver Half & Quarter Dollar Pieces thrown into Jones Falls in 1873

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The Jones Falls is a 17.9-mile-long stream in Maryland. It is impounded to create Lake Roland before running through the city of Baltimore and finally emptying into the Baltimore Inner Harbor.

Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.), 10 Jan. 1873.
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the Murder took Place in East Baltimore, So the Money was probably Thrown in
somewhere in that area.

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Being such a Long area, it could have been thrown in Anywhere,
But due to over 140 years of water action some movement most likely happened.

The Basin ? if that helps

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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.), 05 June 1873. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...ohan&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

That's still some Nice silver spread out somewhere along the line.

May be worth Thinking about if ever swinging along the Banks of the Stream
Where there are Boulders that Catch Things.

The Story:


Alexandria gazette. (Alexandria, D.C.), 27 May 1873.

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the box could contain over 400 Pieces of Silver quarter Size & Larger.
That's allot of Weight. if sunk into air free mud, there is a chance the tin box could be
still there and intact.



Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser.
(Port Tobacco, Md.), 29 May 1873.

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