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Elko County, Nevada

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  • The last recorded stage coach robbery was in Jarbidge. The $4,000 taken in the robbery is thought to still be buried somewhere near the robbery site in the canyon near Jarbidge.

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada


  • The Lost Sheepherder Mine is said to be located on the east side of the Bruneau River near the Idaho border.

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada

    Lost Ledges of the West

    Nevada Lost Mines and Buried Treasures


  • The mine of two Mormons, who worked the mine for several years, then disappeared without a trace, is said to be located in the Jarbidge area. A stage coach driver, who had several samples of the two Mormon's ore assayed, seemed to have also possessed the mine, but he too disappeared.

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada


  • An old Spanish Mine is supposedly located in the Ruby Mountains near Harrison Pass.

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada

    Nevada Lost Mines and Buried Treasures


  • $100,000 in gold dust and nuggets is thought to be buried at the site of an Indian attack on five prospectors. the battle site is on a ridge crest near McCann Creek at the head of Independence Valley in the Bull Run Mountains. 

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada


  • $40,000 in gold dust and coin belonging to George Washington Mardis, otherwise known as "Old Allegheny," is said to be buried near his murder site, near the headwaters of the Bruneau River south of Charleston.

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada


  • John Esterly's Lost Ledge is said to be near where he camped close to the headwaters of the Humboldt River.

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    More information can be found in

    Guide to Treasure in Nevada


     

 

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