starsplitter
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- Jan 20, 2007
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Greetings Old Hands:
In Lost Gold and Buried Treasures, the author relates a story about gold being transported from Wheeling, West Virigina in 1863. He give names, two of which I found in the federal registry of soldiers. He also states that Pinkerton investigated the disappearance of the bullion.
According to the writer, Pinkerton detectives actually found about a quarter of a hacked bar inside a hollow tree. They determined that the gold had been stolen and divided. The trove is supposedly located in a defined area in or around the Alleghany National Forest.
I am suspicious of just about anything in a book, especially if it's hard to divine fact from fiction. Before I go diggin any further, has anyone heard of the above? Thanks.
Starsplitter
In Lost Gold and Buried Treasures, the author relates a story about gold being transported from Wheeling, West Virigina in 1863. He give names, two of which I found in the federal registry of soldiers. He also states that Pinkerton investigated the disappearance of the bullion.
According to the writer, Pinkerton detectives actually found about a quarter of a hacked bar inside a hollow tree. They determined that the gold had been stolen and divided. The trove is supposedly located in a defined area in or around the Alleghany National Forest.
I am suspicious of just about anything in a book, especially if it's hard to divine fact from fiction. Before I go diggin any further, has anyone heard of the above? Thanks.
Starsplitter