froggy
Full Member
In the 1880's, 5 bandits robbed a saloon in the booming mining camp of Mineral Park. While escaping, they robbed a stagecoach of a strongbox containing 400 pounds of gold bars, dust and nuggets and the passengers of additional valuables. The strongbox was too heavy to take with them and in their haste, pushed it off to the side of the road and covered it with dirt. A posse caught up with the gang shortly afterwards and killed them all. The posse found the stagecoach and its passengers not far from Topock and all made a thorough search for the gold, but nothing was ever found. The location is along the Yucca-Needles stage road to the W of the Yucca Stage Station
