- Jun 27, 2004
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Full disclosure, I'm a novice when it comes to this treasure site and I know there are a lot of folks on here that have been researching a lot harder and a lot longer than I could ever hope to. I take most of what I read at face value, in the absence of anything concrete to the contrary. I'm not a zealot though, and I appreciate the value of having different perspectives on any topic. That said, something has been really sorta bouncing around in the back of my head...
The sheer volume of treasure alleged to be in Victorio Peak would suggest that it is unlikely it was brought in through the shaft that Noss found. Noss himself claimed in some version that there was a way out from the side that was covered over with boards and that light came in. Additionally, Fiege is alleged to have found a side way in and seen the bars firsthand as well. It seems to me as well that one of the Treasure hunting teams that came in found a side entrance and recovered a bar in the process. All signs point to a side entrance, and common sense would suggest that so many tons of gold bars (among other things) would have likely been deposited by use of a side entrance.
My question is this, why would there have ever been a shaft in the first place? It's much easier to bring the treasure in from the bottom than taking it to the top and bringing it down a piece at a time through a shaft. What function would the shaft have ever served given it's impracticality as a means of introducing the treasure to the caverns?
The sheer volume of treasure alleged to be in Victorio Peak would suggest that it is unlikely it was brought in through the shaft that Noss found. Noss himself claimed in some version that there was a way out from the side that was covered over with boards and that light came in. Additionally, Fiege is alleged to have found a side way in and seen the bars firsthand as well. It seems to me as well that one of the Treasure hunting teams that came in found a side entrance and recovered a bar in the process. All signs point to a side entrance, and common sense would suggest that so many tons of gold bars (among other things) would have likely been deposited by use of a side entrance.
My question is this, why would there have ever been a shaft in the first place? It's much easier to bring the treasure in from the bottom than taking it to the top and bringing it down a piece at a time through a shaft. What function would the shaft have ever served given it's impracticality as a means of introducing the treasure to the caverns?