gollum
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It is a very interesting story but highly unlikely.
IPUK
IPUK,
Its easy to say "highly unlikely" without knowledge of all the facts.
I don't know which version of the story you read, but there are some EXTREMELY interesting facts. When SRI (Stanford Research Institute) came in with Quest (Kenworthy) in 1975, between Ground Penetrating Radar, Ground Resistivity, and Sonic Surveys, the team of Stanford Physicists and mining engineers found the entry shaft exactly as described by Jones. They also found a large chamber underneath the rock that was the same size as described by Jones. Only, when SRI did their testing (1975) the rooms were filled with silt. Now, if those rooms were filled with silt, how was Jones able to accurately measure them in 1941?
Multiple sources connected with the Victorio Peak Story also state that at the same time in 1961, when the military was emptying out VP, they were also emptying out the Ft Huachuca Cache.
In Jone's Case, its' not a question of "a friend of a friend saw something." Jones was in that place twice. The second time with a flashlight and a tape measure. He personally saw the gold bars and throne. He accurately measured the size of the cavern (verified 34 years later by SRI). I know this to be accurate because I know Dr Lambert Dolphin, who was the Chief Physicist at SRI for about 35 years, and is widely known as the father of modern ground penetrating radar. Jones also swore to the day he died that he was absolutely certain of everything he witnessed inside that cavern, and that he was telling the truth.
Believe or not, it doesn't make a difference anymore anyway. Nothing left in those tunnels but silt.
Mike