Anyone know about $8 million in gold coins hidden in a tunnel near Richmond Vir

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Anyone know about $8 million in gold coin's hidden in a tunnel near Richmond Vir

I though I had heard every story there was in the Richmond area, when I was going through the Library of Virginia Newsbank, I came across this. $8 million in gold coins in a tunnel near Richmond Virginia..That was all it said. I have to say i don't place much stock in it, in that there was nothing more wrote about. Just wondering if anyone has heard of this one.

 

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Re: Anyone know about $8 million in gold coin's hidden in a tunnel near Richmond Vir

Hey Roadquest, I haven't heard of anything like that being in a tunnel but have read somewhere
in my readings of the civil war about a possible cache buried south of town somewhere by the
the river by confederate soldiers sometime around the exodus from Richmond.
could there have been an underground tunnel somewhere around the river there, or the Island there
in the middle of the James
Don't rule out any possibilities, there may be something to it.
SS

 

[Roadquest]

Re: Anyone know about $8 million in gold coin's hidden in a tunnel near Richmond Vir

Thanks SS, I know the one you are talking about. I did some research on it, and searched for it many times, After the flood wall was put up I stoped looking , as I have reason to believe the target was found by the people involved with building the flood wall.
Clayton

 

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Re: Anyone know about $8 million in gold coin's hidden in a tunnel near Richmond Vir

these fellows knew of a tunnel near the river in richmond.....definantly wouldn't be the first time a cacher used a hole that was already there, and only knew of by a small group of people...it would have been fairly easy back then to have an accidential explosion to cover the entrance, or a cover story of how it was filled in.......... ................................................................................. Roster of Libby Tunnel Escapees?
The following men escaped through the famous tunnel on February 9, 1864.
Only the names of the two men who drowned in the attempted escape are missing.
In addition to those listed, 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell of the 79th Illinois
Infantry assisted with the digging of the tunnel, only to collapse from exhaustion
just prior to the escape. He remained unconscious until several days after the escape.

ADAMS, WESLEY R., Captain, 89th Ohio Infantry, Company K
BASSETT, MARK M., 1st Lieutenant, 53rd Illinois Infantry, Company E
BEADLE, MARCUS, 1st Lieutenant, 123rd New York Infantry, Company I
BENNETT, FRANK T., 2nd Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Regulars, Company F
BOYD, JOSEPH FULTON, Lieutenant Colonel, 20th Army Corps
BOYD, MATTHEW, Captain, 73rd Indiana Infantry, Company B
BRADFORD, ROBERT Y., 1st Lieutenant, 2nd West Tennessee Cav., Co. B
BROWN, JAMES P., 2nd Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry, Company F
CALDWELL, DAVID S., Captain, 123rd Ohio Infantry, Company H
CHAMBERLAIN, HENRY B., Captain, 97th New York Infantry, Company I
CLARK, TERRENCE, Captain, 79th Illinois Infantry, Company A
COLLINS, JOSEPH P., Major, 29th Indiana Infantry
CRAWFORD, HENRY B., 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company M
CUMMINGS, THOMAS, Captain, 19th U. S. Infantry, Company A
DAILY, WILLIAM A., 1st Lieutenant, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H
DAVIS, GEORGE C., Captain, 4th Maine Infantry, Company F
DAY, ROBERT H., Captain, 56th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D
EARLE, CHARLES W., 2nd Lieutenant, 96th Illinois Infantry, Company C
EDMONDS, CHARLES L., 1st Lieutenant, 67th Pennsylvania, Company D
ELY, WILLIAM GROSVENOR, Colonel, 18th Connecticut Infantry
FALES, JAMES M., 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, Company D
FISHER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Major, U. S. Signal Corps
FISLAR, JOHN C., 1st Lieutenant, Indiana Light Artillery, 7th Battery
FITZSIMMONS, GEORGE W., Major, 30th Indiana Infantry
FLANSBURG, DAVID S., Captain, 4th Indiana Independent Battery, Lt. Art'y.
FOSTER, ELI, 2nd Lieutenant, 30th Indiana Infantry, Company G
GAGEBY, JAMES H., 2nd Lieutenant, 19th U. S. Infantry, Company A
GALLAGHER, JOHN, Captain, 2nd Ohio Infantry, Company B
GALLAGHER, MICHAEL, Captain, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry, Co. H
GAMBLE, SAMUEL, 1st Lieutenant, 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. D
GARBET, DAVID, 2nd Lieutenant, 77th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G
GATES, JUNIUS, Captain, 33rd Ohio Infantry, Company K
GAY, FREEMAN C., 2nd Lieutenant, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K
GOOD, GEORGE S., 1st Lieutenant, 84th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I
GREBLE, CHARLES E., 1st Lieutenant, 8th Michigan Cavalry, Company E
HAGLER, JACOB S., Captain, 5th Tennessee Infantry, Company F
HAMILTON, ANDREW G., Captain, 12 Kentucky Cavalry, Company A
HANDY, THOMAS, Captain, 79th Illinois Infantry, Company F
HARRIS, DAVID H., 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Ohio Infantry, Company E
HATFIELD, JOHN D., 1st Lieutenant, 53rd Illinois Infantry, Company H
HAUF, ADAM, 1st Lieutenant, 45th New York Infantry, Company H
HAYES, EDWIN L., Lieutenant Colonel, 100th Ohio Infantry
HENRY, JOHN, Major, 5th Ohio Cavalry
HIGBY, EDGAR J., 2nd Lieutenant, 33rd Ohio Infantry, Company C
HINDS, HENRY H., 1st Lieutenant, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A
HOBART, HARRISON C., Lieutenant Colonel, 21st Wisconsin Infantry
HOOPER, J. HARRIS, Major, 15th Massachusetts Infantry
IRSCH, FRANCIS, Captain, 45th New York Infantry, Company D
JOHNSON, ISAAC, Engineer, U. S. S. Satellite
JOHNSTON, I. N., Captain, 6th Kentucky Infantry, Company H
JONES, DAVID, Captain, 1st Kentucky Infantry, Company D
KENDRICK, W. P., Colonel, 3rd West Tennessee Cavalry
LUCAS, JOHN, Captain, 5th Kentucky Infantry, Company F
McCREERY, WILLIAM B., Colonel, 21st Michigan Infantry
McDONALD, BEDAN B., Major, 101st Ohio Infantry
McKEAN, NINEOCH, 1st Lieutenant, 21st Illinois Infantry, Company H
MILES, DAVID, Lieutenant Colonel, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry
MOORE, McCASLIN, Captain, 29th Indiana Infantry, Company D
MOORES, ARCHIBALD, 1st Lieutenant, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Co. E
MORAN, FRANK, 2nd Lieutenant, 73rd New York Infantry, Company H
MORGAN, CHARLES H., 1st Lieutenant, 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
MORTON, CHARLES H., Lieutenant Colonel, 84th Illinois Infantry
MULL, DANIEL H., Captain, 73rd Indiana Infantry, Company A
PHELPS, ITHAMER D., Captain, 73rd Indiana Infantry, Company K
PIERCE, WILLIAM P., Captain, 11th Kentucky Cavalry, Company A
RANDALL, WILLIAM S. B., Captain, 2nd Ohio Infantry, Company C
RANDOLPH, WALLACE F., 1st Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Artillery, Battery L
RAY, THOMAS J., 1st Lieutenant, 49th Ohio Infantry, Company K
REYNOLDS, WILLIAM, 1st Lieutenant, 73rd Indiana Infantry, Company K
ROGERS, ANDREW F., Lieutenant Colonel, 80th Illinois Infantry
ROSE, GOTTLIEB C., Captain, 4th Missouri Cavalry, Company C
ROSE, THOMAS ELLWOOD, Colonel, 77th Pennsylvania Infantry
ROSSMAN, WILLIAM C., Captain, 3rd Ohio Infantry, Company F
ROWAN, CHARLES E., Captain, 96th Illinois Infantry, Company F
SCEARCE, WILLIAM W., Captain, 51st Indiana Infantry, Company K
SCHROEDERS, EDGAR, 2nd Lieutenant, 74th Pennsylvania Inf., Co. D
SCHROEDTER, HUGO, 2nd Lieutenant, 82nd Illinois Infantry, Company F
SCOTT, EDWARD S., 2nd Lieutenant, 89th Ohio Infantry, Company G
SCUDMORE, GOODWIN, 1st Lieutenant, 80th Illinois Infantry, Company A
SEELEY, HORACE B., 2nd Lieutenant, 86th New York Infantry, Company K
SIMPSON, JOHN D., 1st Lieutenant, 10th Indiana Infantry, Company H
SMALL, MELVILLE R., 1st Lieutenant, 6th Maryland Infantry, Company H
SMITH, EDMUND L., Captain, 19th U. S. Infantry, Company G
SPOFFORD, JOHN P., Lieutenant Colonel, 97th New York Infantry
STARR, GEORGE H., Captain, 104th New York Infantry, Company D
STERLING, JOHN, 1st Lieutenant, 30th Indiana Infantry, Company A
STREIGHT, ABEL D., Colonel, 51st Indiana Infantry
SUTHERLAND, LEWIS, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 126th Ohio Infantry
THOMAS, John W., 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 2nd Ohio Infantry
TILDEN, CHARLES W., Colonel, 16th Maine Infantry
TOWER, MORTON, 1st Lieutenant, 13th Massachusetts infantry, Co. B
URQUHART, SAMUEL A., Captain, C.S., 6th Corps
VON MITZEL, ALEXANDER T., Major, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry
WALKER, IRVIN T., Major, 73rd Indiana Infantry
WALLACE, R. P., 2nd Lieutenant, 120th Ohio Infantry, Company E
WALLBER, ALBERT, 1st Lieutenant, 26th Wisconsin Infantry, Company I
WALLICK, WILLIAM, Captain, 51st Indiana Infantry, Company G
WASSON, JOHN, 2nd Lieutenant, 40th Ohio Infantry, Company G
WATSON, WILLIAM L., 1st Lieutenant, 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company G
WELLS, JAMES M., 2nd Lieutenant, 8th Michigan Cavalry, Company F
WEST, THEODORE S., Lieutenant Colonel, 24th Wisconsin Infantry
WHITE, ALBERT BENTON, 1st Lieutenant, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co. F
WHITE, PLYMPTON, 2nd Lieutenant, 83rd Pennsylvania Inf., Company D
WILCOX, W. H. H., 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 10th New York Infantry
WILKINS, JAMES E., Captain, 112th Illinois Infantry, Company I
WILLIAMS, LEANDER, 2nd Lieutenant, 73rd Indiana Infantry, Company K
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM A., 2nd Lieutenant, 123rd Ohio Infantry, Company H

 

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Re: Anyone know about $8 million in gold coin's hidden in a tunnel near Richmond Vir

Sounds like the private island area between the canal and the james river behind Windsor Farms and back to the z-dam. It is a private home that was owned by a former US ambassador(Mr. Rice I belieive) ...can't remember because I was 13. My friends and I used to go there and dig etc. There is a large abondoned granite quarry nearby and it is the site of a former civil war foundry. The foundry was built into the side of a hill as as teenagers, we dug in the "chimney" which went up the hill and the area of the fire pit which was old cumbling brick and buried by years of weather and neglect. I was skinny and only a couple of us could squeeze in between bricked area to get into the chimney. I was digging with a spoon and we discovered a small wooden chest in the wall where we were trying to expand the area to work. it was very hot and confined. We were chased away later that day by police and only 3 or 4 of us knew about that. We approached them several times as adults asking to do an archaelogical dig there to recover the history, but they wanted nothing to do with it asking us to leave and never come back. It was their home etc. For the last 25 years or so(I'm 55) we have discussed it I'm sure with folks we met. No gold, just a wooden chest which was large and we never were able to dig out of the wall. I assume it was actually materials used in the making of lead bullets as we were in a foundry.....The only rumor I heard of that area was of a barge with confederate rifles wrapped in grease paper sinking etc. etc. etc. I never believed it.