Quote Clayton: "Gary, by your responce to Roy and Allen earlier, about the gold being moved from
the first place it was buried. Doe's this mean you have changed your mind
about it being moved in the early 50's ?"
Clayton, I have never changed my mind, as I have never made my mind up completely. I have pretty much made my mind up about the 1950s site (the one that concerns Hougen and co).
However I have, as I have stated several times, more than one theory of how that gold came to be in their possesion. I tend to lean toward the one which involves Holmdahl as the original finder.
Something else I have mentioned before is that if evidence of the link between the Californian group and "Trabuco" should ever arise then that may swing my belief. I have also said I do not believe that will happen.
In all honesty if there was gold delivered to the 4 corners area in 1933 it is likely to be a different cache to the one being offered for sale by the Californians, but some how along the way the two stories were intermingled.
I think you will agree with me that everything post 1950 is well documented. The problem with associating anything prior to that with the story is no proof exists that the two are connected. As stated before there is circumstantial evidence that supports my theory, whereas there is none that I know of to support that the gold came from Trabuco as an original source.
I can show several documented links between Mexico, Wealthy Mexicans, Villa, Holmdahl, Noss, Hougen and co.
I can not however show a link between the 1950s group and the Mexicans mentioned in the 17 tons printed stories. I can not even find a circumstantial link (excluding the printed stories)
Who knows, today could be the day one of my theories gets turned on its head.

Gary