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HUNTER DEVOTES LIFE TO DIGGING IN SEARCH FOR STOLEN $85,000
Source: Lima News, Lima, Ohio, March 4, 1932
HARROGATE, Tenn., March 4 - Life for Calvin Disney; 56- year-old Cumberland mountain man, is just a lot of dirty digs. He lives in a cave high in the hills near here, and for the past three years he has done nothing but pick and shovel work with an $85,000 hidden treasure as his goal. Disney is devoting his life to a hunt for a payroll board which he says was stolen by a robber band during the Civil war. The robbers, he believes, took to the mountains and hid their gold in a cave because of the dangerous times. The war eliminated the robbers from enjoyment of the money and now Disney, who says he has a map which will lead him to the payroll, is busy exploring the cave. He is confident that he ultimately will turn up the spot where the $85,000 in gold is cached, and when he does he plans to hang up his pick and shovel and spend the rest of his life in mountain ease.
Source: Lima News, Lima, Ohio, March 4, 1932
HARROGATE, Tenn., March 4 - Life for Calvin Disney; 56- year-old Cumberland mountain man, is just a lot of dirty digs. He lives in a cave high in the hills near here, and for the past three years he has done nothing but pick and shovel work with an $85,000 hidden treasure as his goal. Disney is devoting his life to a hunt for a payroll board which he says was stolen by a robber band during the Civil war. The robbers, he believes, took to the mountains and hid their gold in a cave because of the dangerous times. The war eliminated the robbers from enjoyment of the money and now Disney, who says he has a map which will lead him to the payroll, is busy exploring the cave. He is confident that he ultimately will turn up the spot where the $85,000 in gold is cached, and when he does he plans to hang up his pick and shovel and spend the rest of his life in mountain ease.
