Drogo
Jr. Member
- May 5, 2015
- 30
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi!
I'm a rancher from New Mexico. I grew up less than 100 miles from Victorio Peak and I've recently experienced a renewed interest in the subject.
I may add this to another thread just in case some people don't read introduction threads, but I have a tiny tidbit of information to add to the Victorio Peak saga.
Several years ago, toward the end of the 1990s if I remember correctly, an author contacted my dad about any information he might have about Victorio Peak. I can't remember the name of the author, but he told my dad he had more material than he could fit into one single book, that he would have to write an encyclopedia or something to that effect. Because of this statement I believe the author must have been either Whittle or Clarence who went on to write the Gold House trilogy.
My dad had been employed at White Sands Missile Range during the time the treasure allegedly disappeared.
My dad told this author that for some reason he and some of the other engineers had been forced to stay in the military barracks one night (to be there for missile tests or something...I don't remember the reason). My dad said that late in the night a soldier came in with his uniform covered in dirt. My dad asked him what he could possibly be digging at this hour, and the soldier told him, "General So-and-So has got us digging in Victorio Peak for some reason."
At the time, my dad didn't put two and two together, but later connected it to the legend of gold in Victorio Peak. He was always concerned that he not tell this story to too many people because someone might think he "knew too much."
Since my dad has been deceased for many years now, that is no longer a concern.
I'm a rancher from New Mexico. I grew up less than 100 miles from Victorio Peak and I've recently experienced a renewed interest in the subject.
I may add this to another thread just in case some people don't read introduction threads, but I have a tiny tidbit of information to add to the Victorio Peak saga.
Several years ago, toward the end of the 1990s if I remember correctly, an author contacted my dad about any information he might have about Victorio Peak. I can't remember the name of the author, but he told my dad he had more material than he could fit into one single book, that he would have to write an encyclopedia or something to that effect. Because of this statement I believe the author must have been either Whittle or Clarence who went on to write the Gold House trilogy.
My dad had been employed at White Sands Missile Range during the time the treasure allegedly disappeared.
My dad told this author that for some reason he and some of the other engineers had been forced to stay in the military barracks one night (to be there for missile tests or something...I don't remember the reason). My dad said that late in the night a soldier came in with his uniform covered in dirt. My dad asked him what he could possibly be digging at this hour, and the soldier told him, "General So-and-So has got us digging in Victorio Peak for some reason."
At the time, my dad didn't put two and two together, but later connected it to the legend of gold in Victorio Peak. He was always concerned that he not tell this story to too many people because someone might think he "knew too much."
Since my dad has been deceased for many years now, that is no longer a concern.
