Lewis County Washington ....Mason Jars of Coins

[Gypsy Heart]

A Lewis County cache is hidden one mile north of Mary Corner on the north side of the Jackson Prairie Highway. This is the former location of the old A.E. Young place. Young settled here in the late 1800s and accumulated a small fortune in gold coins before he died. After his death, Mrs. Young placed the coins in several fruit jars and buried them behind the barn. Mrs. Young lived on until 1934. Although she told family members about the cache before she died, her relatives searched in vain after her passing, and the gold was soon forgotten. Later the house and barn burned to the ground and the property was abandoned.


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I have hunted for additional info on this and have tried the census.....lots of Youngs but didnt see any A.E.Young

 

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[petrie]

is this washington state? or D.C

 

[midnightcaller]

is this washington state? or D.C

It would be in Washington State I have read about it With the May 18 1980 eruption of Mt St Helen it could be buried under the mud slide

 

[Old Dog]

This would be Lewis County Washington the state.

there are no counties in the District of Columbia.

OD

 

[treasureguy]

Hi Gypsy, i don't live to far from there, i am going hunting up there in nov for deer, wonder if this place is now a state park, seems in washington anything with gold buried is a protected state park, any other info yet? thanks Dusty

 

[lgadbois]

I think this cache was found. I met with the family that owns the property to get permission to search for the gold many years ago. They asked me some strange questions about whether or not is was legal to own gold coins. They did not give me permission.