izzitcat
Jr. Member
Anyone ever heard of Eleven Jones Cave in Louisville? The story goes :
On the south fork of Beargrass Creek which runs through Louisville, is a cavern known as Eleven Jones Cave. A legend over 125 yrs. old tells the story of this treasure site. The Jones brothers were scoundrels who specialized as highway men, bank- robbers, counterfeiters, and cutthroat killers during the 1830s. There were 11 gang members in all. The Eleven Jones gang used a cave on Beargrass Creek as their hideout. In this cave they carved out eleven manmade rooms in which they stored their ill-gotten gains, consisting of silver plates, gold, and jewelry. Some of the rooms served as heir living quarters. Finally the Joneses died or just disappeared, leaving their treasure to the first adventuresome cave explorer who might find it. Since the big rooms in the cave have never been found, it is presumed that they were sealed by a collapse of the cave roof. An army saber, dating to the 1830s was found in the cave in 1949. Old pistols, coins, and brass buttons from Confederate uniforms have been found as recently as 1956. No report of the treasure's being found can be learned, although several stories of the cave and its fabulous hoard have been written.
Personal note: I've personally been to this "cave" if you will and it definately shows signs of a cave-in or roof collapse. You can't really go too far in although there are definite signs of manmade carved out shelf areas by the floor of the cave. I ran my detector around the outside area but didn't find anything. I'm going back sometime soon and do some extensive searching inside and out. I haven't taken a detector inside yet so it's all gonna be new. If you don't know exactly where to look you can walk right by the thing and never know it which isn't hard to believe because the entrance is fairly small. It's going to be a couple of weeks or so before I do this. I'll post up when I do. Wish me luck!
izzitcat
On the south fork of Beargrass Creek which runs through Louisville, is a cavern known as Eleven Jones Cave. A legend over 125 yrs. old tells the story of this treasure site. The Jones brothers were scoundrels who specialized as highway men, bank- robbers, counterfeiters, and cutthroat killers during the 1830s. There were 11 gang members in all. The Eleven Jones gang used a cave on Beargrass Creek as their hideout. In this cave they carved out eleven manmade rooms in which they stored their ill-gotten gains, consisting of silver plates, gold, and jewelry. Some of the rooms served as heir living quarters. Finally the Joneses died or just disappeared, leaving their treasure to the first adventuresome cave explorer who might find it. Since the big rooms in the cave have never been found, it is presumed that they were sealed by a collapse of the cave roof. An army saber, dating to the 1830s was found in the cave in 1949. Old pistols, coins, and brass buttons from Confederate uniforms have been found as recently as 1956. No report of the treasure's being found can be learned, although several stories of the cave and its fabulous hoard have been written.
Personal note: I've personally been to this "cave" if you will and it definately shows signs of a cave-in or roof collapse. You can't really go too far in although there are definite signs of manmade carved out shelf areas by the floor of the cave. I ran my detector around the outside area but didn't find anything. I'm going back sometime soon and do some extensive searching inside and out. I haven't taken a detector inside yet so it's all gonna be new. If you don't know exactly where to look you can walk right by the thing and never know it which isn't hard to believe because the entrance is fairly small. It's going to be a couple of weeks or so before I do this. I'll post up when I do. Wish me luck!
izzitcat
