Since his death many treasure hunters and looters have destroyed William Pogue's station looking for his money and also dug many holes surrounding the area but found nothing. It is said his money and gold mine are still waiting to be discovered somewhere in the foothills of Nevada.
The Lost Confederate Treasure: The Knights of the Golden Circle
This is Bob Brewer maybe the only man able to confirm that there is real Confederate Treasure buried as legends have claimed.
Basically the Confederate Treasure was gold and money that was stashed around America and Canada in or around the early to late 1800's. It was hidden by a secret society known as "The Knights of the Golden Circle” a group of slave traders, bankers, cotton field owners, gangsters with intentions of starting a second civil war sometime in the future. Although the war they hoped for never took place, the treasure was supposedly never dug back up or ever found so it remained a story. The only thing marking the locations of the buried loot is symbols on buildings, trees and rocks.
This is where Bob comes into the story. Growing up as a young boy Bob enjoyed spending time with his Grandpa Ashcraft. His grandpa used to bring him by the tree in the picture 52 years ago. Every time they would stop at the tree and he would say “If You Can Figure out the Symbols, You Will Find Gold”. Bob really had no idea what his Grandpa was talking about until he started hearing all the tails.
As Bob got older his interest in the stories Grandpa told him as a boy grew and took over. For many years he searched and worked hard to try and crack the codes left by the Knights. Many people thought Bob was some old coot or old man losing his mind obsessed with gold coins until he actually found some of the legendary Confederate Treasure. He cracked the code somewhere in the 80"s I think and since has unearthed over $200,000 in gold and silver coins.
Bob Brewer is now on the hunt for a much bigger gold and silver hoard estimated at over $2,000,000. He says he will die a happy man if he could find one big cache of gold and silver but who wouldn't right!
New Mexico's Red Hill Treasure
Now I'm not to sure how true this might be since there is way less information on this story then the others but there where witnesses at the time that verify a little of this tale.
It is said that an old prospector named “Adams” was out prospecting just North of Silver City, New Mexico when one day he basically crawled into town with gunshot and arrow wounds.
The residents of the town quickly rushed Adams to the doctor but there weren't anything to done. As Adams lay dying, he told his story on how he been prospecting about 6 kilometers outside of Silver City when he noticed Red Hills. As he approached the hills he could easily see gold nuggets of all sizes scattered around. Without hesitation Adams began loading his backpack with as much gold as he could carry. As he picked up the last nugget he was going to take a shower of arrows and bullets started flying at him. Adams quickly took cover and soon seen 12 Natives firing at him.
Adams story goes on to say he waited the Natives out until nightfall and then made his retreat back to the town. He died hours after telling this story. When residents were going through his personal affects to see who he might be, they discovered his backpack had about $7,000 worth of large gold nuggets.
Soon after treasure hunters came from far wide to search for the mysterious Red Hill with the abundance of gold but it has never been found.
Lost Mormon Treasure
It is said a group of Mormon pioneers in the 1850's similar to the ones in the picture where passing through the valley of Redding, California on their way to the tiny settlement of Horse Town.
While crossing the valley they came across Clear Creek which they needed to cross in order to reach their destination. The group was a little impatient and only after a couple of days after flash flood waters had resided they attempted to cross.
Everything was going fairly well until one of the stagecoaches entered into the creek from a different direction then the others and was soon in trouble. The water was much deeper in this certain spot and the current was much stronger which eventually caused the coach to roll over and wash down the creek. To everyone's amazement no one died or was injured but the coach had contained the group's life savings which was about $40,000 in gold coins. The Mormons spent only a week searching but were convinced the gold had been totally washed away.
Eventually the story was forgotten until decades later in 1910 when a gold prospector named “William Dreestelhorst” while panning for gold in the same creek found a ten dollar gold coin dated 1841 and with the words “California Gold” stamped around the edges. After collectors looked at and study the coin they came to the conclusion it was that of the Mormons lost gold from decades before.
To this date that one coin has been the only thing found but it's also said the rest are probably spread through out the banks and bottom of the creek waiting to be found.
So this is it my list of five almost forgotten lost treasures. The best thing about these treasure stories and accounts is there's a real possibility in discovering these someday.
