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I'm trying to verify the validity of a story concerning 200 missing gold ingots shaped during smelting into 4-leaf clovers. The gold was being transported by pack mules to Denver from the Pikes Peak area in 1860 by 4 men hired by the Clark and Gruber Co to be minted into coins. Three of the men were killed during an argument and the 4th man, Thomas Gavin, was wounded. Gavin buried the ingots in several Marmot holes along Cherry creek just outside of Denver. He died 2 days later and the gold was never found, despite a search launched by the Clark and Gruber Co. One of these ingots surfaced at a Denver gun show in the 1980's. The finder discovered it in Cherry Creek in the 1960's after a massive flood and believed it was made of lead. He could not recall or remember where he found it. Has anyone else heard of this story or have more information about it?