Pottsville PA, & the possible Treasure Born of Disaster in 1878

[jeff of pa]

Gate Vein Colliery Powder Magazine & The Picnic Grove Half Mile Away;
May be worth Finding where that Picnic Grove Sat/sits.


I Think it's the First I heard of this:
I have not Researched this One Yet.

The Somerset herald. (Somerset, Pa.), 21 Aug. 1878.















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[jeff of pa]

The Cincinnati daily star. ([Cincinnati, Ohio), 19 Aug. 1878.

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[jeff of pa]

Magazine was 1 1/2 mile north / North West of Pottsville


Powder Magazine was 1/2 mile West of "Mount Hope Village" ?
1 Mile East of "Bulls Head".
1 1/2 mile from Pottsviille.

Picnic Grove 1/2 Mile North of Powder Magazine
possibly along seltzer road





The daily dispatch. (Richmond [Va.]), 21 Aug. 1878.
























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