well, I am not sure which story sgtfda is speaking of. There is rumored to be two lots of buried treasure in Cameron County, one of Silver bars and one of Gold bars. The silver bars are said to be buried near the area of Gardeau which is about 6 miles North of my residence. The silver is said to have been buried near Parker's tomb which stands tall along the Gardeau road, which is actually about a mile outside of Cameron County in McKean County.
The Gold bars were said to have been lost on a trip between the City of Saint Marys and Driftwood, Pa. Driftwood is about 10 miles South of my residence. According to my history of Cameron County book, the gold was probably buried near the Hicks Run Area of Cameron County along SR 555, just West of Driftwood. It apparently was buried for an overnight stay, but an Indian attack ruined the evening and the gold was supposedly never recovered. I DID hear of a local who claims that he found a 50 pound gold bar in the Driftwood Creek near the Hicks Run area. Apparently he was running cattle across the Creek and noticed something shining in the water. When he inspected more closely, he found it to be a 50 pound solid gold bar. This is an unconfirmed story as far as I am concerned, but it is pretty much spoken as truth in this county. Many people claim to have seen the gold bar at the gentleman's farmhouse. I have not. Cameron County has lots of interesting history including these two tales.
Cameron County was a huge lumbering County at one time and there are many small towns, stores, dance halls, racetracks, reunion grounds and such that are no longer in existence. I have been using the winter months to do as much research on the locations of these "ghost towns" as possible, so if this snow ever melts, I will be in business. Not more than a mile from my house is an area that was fromerly called Bradytown. Bradytown was built around the mining industry. They built their own coke ovens to process, and they built a town that consisted of around 50 homes. There apparently was a store, a schoolhouse, some other small businesses and the residences. All that remains of this town now is rubble. The remnants of the coke ovens are still visible from SR 120 between Emporium and the Village of Cameron. The town sat behind the coke ovens, across the Driftwood Creek and persons were ferried across by boat. I never knew any of this before diving into the Cameron County history book, but I have some great leads to some potential treasures come Springtime!!
