The Many Lost Treasures of Mariposa, CA (Photos Added)

[trixie charger]

First off, let me say THANK you for your memorise Next I live in Greensboro North Carolina, The last Confederate Capitol.
It was here Jefferson Davis Took the Treasury and Disappeared. It has been Estimated at over $20 million value and none has been recovered!! Most local stories say that they had mines in NC,GA,NV and Cali. You may have found one of them in cali. There is a creek near me along the route many think they took and when younger I would fish along it. I found a rock with a arrow pointing up stream.
Now that I have got a MD I am going to try and find it again!. I always heard to follow the signs so that's what I'm gonna do.

 

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[EagleDown]

Halito trixie charger.

You're welcome to the memories. Though I guess most of the credit should go to my Spiritual Guide. He taught me a couple of easy exercises many years ago so that I would be able to retain and call up memories when desired.

I wasn't aware that the CSA mined gold in CA, though after my find, I kind of suspected that it might be so. I do recall a story about a group of men who were caught and confined here in CA as they headed East to join the Southern forces, (at least that was their story.) Not sure what the outcome of that was.

Thanks for the information!! When I get back to my spot, I'll let you all know what I find and what further conclusions I come up with.

Eagle

 

[EagleDown]

did you say that some of that treasure is somewhere here in California? and if so, how'd that happen? Let me know if you enjoyed the "university"....I wish you well, and good luck.....SushiDog

Halito SushiDog,

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Please read the story again. All of my "stories" concern the area around Mariposa, CA. That is, except for the first one at Lynx Creek Arizona. And the one at Palmdale, CA. Besides; it wasn't really a "treasure" from my perspective. More like an interesting find.

Eagle

 

[SushiDog]

Eagle.....photo's you requested have been sent to your email.....SushiDog

 

[EagleDown]

Eagle.....photo's you requested have been sent to your email.....SushiDog

I recieved them. Thank you my Friend.

Eagle

 

[SushiDog]

I just sent you a PM with instructions / advice Eagle....let me know how it goes for you....SushiDog

 

[calisdad]

Mariposa declared state of emergency:
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/1205198/Mariposa-County-State-Of-Emergency.html

I'm 1 county north of there and with the 2" we've gotten over the weekend we're over 25" for the season already. Mother Nature is moving that gold around. Be safe out there.

 

[SushiDog]

Not only is this year going to be great for gold....but if past history holds any water (pardon the pun), the following year will be great too!.....SushiDog

 

[EagleDown]

Yeppers!!! I'm quivering with anticipation.

 

[SushiDog]

Yeah? Anticipate this Eagle: Gold will definitely hit $2,000 per troy ounce this year, and believe it or not, gold will go higher in 2012....(If anyone wants me to validate this quote, I will be happy to give you a complete personal dissertation through a PM) ***now for the bad news.....for us here in the lower 48, and especially in California, gasoline prices will be at $5.00 per gallon at the end of March of this year....so....getting to the gold fields will be more expensive.....IF you can store some gasoline safely.....do so now.....***Eagle....I have the big quiver too! Ha, ha, ha!!!.....SushiDog

 

[SushiDog]

***Eagle....I have a question for you, and anyone else who may be able to answer this for me: Do you have any experience in dowsing? I am not talking about dowsing for water....but....dowsing on a map with a swinging object to detect where something may be buried? I am sure IF you could do dowsing on a map with a pendulum of some sorts, it just may be restricted to water....but why only water? I know this question may sound strange to some people, but it's just a thought.....SushiDog

 

[Hemisteve]

Hey Sushidog,
Check out the dowsing section on here. Good stuff.

Eagledown,
Still enjoying your stories, the CSA finds are very interesting. If you are so inclined, do you have any stories on the northern goldfields you would like to share?

Thanks
Steve

 

[SushiDog]

Okay....will check it out on T-Net?.....SushiDog

 

[EagleDown]

Hey Sushidog,
Check out the dowsing section on here. Good stuff.

Eagledown,
Still enjoying your stories, the CSA finds are very interesting. If you are so inclined, do you have any stories on the northern goldfields you would like to share?

Thanks
Steve

Good morning Steve. Oh, I think I might have one or two that might intrigue you. Of course it depends on what part of the "northern goldfields" you are closest to. I'll try to find the time today to type up one of my favorites.

Just remember, most of my prospecting experiences were in the area of Mariposa. It was only due to requests of friends that I made brief excursions out of that area. Mostly to "prove out" their claims for them, or to map out what should be gold deposit areas for them. I built a pretty good reputation for pointing them to deposits of gold. It's no big deal I know. Anyone can learn to spot the "fall-out" zones, if they only bother to take the time. But, there's always the "Newbies".

Eagle

 

[SushiDog]

Here you go Eagle.....this article was published in the Sacramento Newspaper....Wow!.....SushiDog

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 - 12:21 pm

There is apparently still gold in those hills.

An anonymous Nevada County resident has turned up a nugget weighing nearly 100 ounces and will have it auctioned off in March.

The man, working on his own property near the historic mining town of Washington, turned up the nugget and some others embedded atop an ancient river bed that was mined during the gold rush.

The nugget was brought to Fred Holabird, a noted Nevada auctioneer and collector of historic artifacts who wrote that he screamed when he saw the monster rock.

Having a long background as a mining geologist, Holabird immediately recognized the area it came from and suspects it is the largest existing gold nugget from California, since most historic large finds have been melted down for bullion.

It's value, in gold alone, is estimated as approaching $140,000. However, Holabird believes it may be worth as much as $400,000 as an artifact.

It will be auctioned to the highest bidder March 15 in Sacramento.

 

[bill-USA]

***Eagle....I have a question for you, and anyone else who may be able to answer this for me: Do you have any experience in dowsing? I am not talking about dowsing for water....but....dowsing on a map with a swinging object to detect where something may be buried? I am sure IF you could do dowsing on a map with a pendulum of some sorts, it just may be restricted to water....but why only water? I know this question may sound strange to some people, but it's just a thought.....SushiDog

Sushidog, go to Amazon.com and do a search for Modern Dowsing as a title. I am about half way through the book and it not only describes how to dowse, but has 'self-training' exercises for the reader to learn dowsing skills. I've found it interesting, and believe you will also.

 

[EagleDown]

Eagledown,
If you are so inclined, do you have any stories on the northern goldfields you would like to share?

Thanks
Steve

Hokay Steve, I don't know if this is far enough North for you, but, this next story is just for you.

Eagle

 

[SushiDog]

Thanks Bill.....will do.....and thanks for sharing this with me and the board.....SushiDog

 

[EagleDown]

Eagledown,
If you are so inclined, do you have any stories on the northern goldfields you would like to share?

Thanks
Steve

Hokay Steve, I don't know if this is far enough North for you, but, this next story is just for you.

Eagle

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Poor Mans Creek
(An oxy-moron?)


Note: The following story is especially note-worthy due to the fact that yesterday, thanks to a post made by Sushidog in this thread and in Lanny in AB’s thread: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,453.0.html What makes this so interesting to me at this time is, the post that was made
has a link to the Sacramento Bee newspaper. And to get to the location in this story, you have to pass through the town where the nugget was found, a beautiful little town that I’ve visited several times. I doubt that it’s changed very much since the big “gold rush”. The town?............Washington, California.

About 40 years ago, I came across a journal kept by a “49er”. His name is lost to memory, but his story lingers on in my mind.

The author of the journal/diary and his companions were among some of the earliest hopeful prospectors to arrive in the Northern California gold fields. At that time, Sacramento was a bustling mining camp with the almost constant sounds of construction going on, amidst the sounds of the tent saloons.

They left Sacramento in the early morning hours, headed in a NorthEasterly direction with the intent of posting claims on the richest digs found so far.
The Yuba River!!

A couple of days out found them at a flat that was cut through by “Poor Man’s Creek". Since they still had some ways to go, they decided it would be best if they set up camp there, rather than get caught in the mountain forest after dark. So, they unloaded their pack-mules and prepared for night fall.

After they got everything ready for night, one of them started getting the fixings ready for their evening meal, while the other three decided to do a little panning to see if they could find any gold.

The basics of the story was; they were finding 3 to 5 pound chunks of gold. As a matter-of-fact, they were finding so much gold that they spent 3 days camping and prospecting there.

After the third day, they loaded one of the pack-mules with as much gold as the mule was able to safely carry and chose one of the partners to lead the mule back to Sacramento to cash in the gold and buy more supplies, while the other three went on to the Yuba River ahead of him, because they had heard how much richer it was in the diggings there. (lol)

A case of abandoning a sure thing, to follow a dream.

Strange are the ways of greed.

Anyway, I made a trip up to Poor Mans Creek in the early 1980s, just to “check it out”. As I said, the town of Washington is about the same as it was back in the late 1800s. I was kind of amused when I drove by the old hotel which now fills in as a boarding house, and saw the long haired, bearded, hippy looking miners, sitting on the old wooden bench in the front of the place. It was like a flash out of the past.

Right after Washington, I crossed a bridge over the (believe it or not,) Yuba River. Now that left me in a quandary. How could they have crossed the Yuba River, and still be headed for the Yuba River Hey, it was HIS story, not mine. I never checked the area enough to determine if there might have been another way to Poor Mans Creek where they didn’t have to cross the Yuba River. And, they might have been headed for what is now known as the middle fork of the Yuba River.(?)

Anyway, I continued on up the mountain towards the town of Graniteville. About a mile before Graniteville, I crossed Poor Mans Creek. Up the road just a little further, I found a nice camping spot under the pines, and right beside Poor Mans Creek.

I had a friend with me and he wanted to put in the little 4” dredge he had brought along, so we set up camp and floated the dredge right at the edge of the camp ground. We gassed up the engine and I fired it up while he dragged the hose and suction nozzle out into the creek.

After about 5 minutes of dredging, he came upon a crevasse in the bed-rock about 5” wide, going across the streambed. He dredged in the crevasse for about 10 minutes, then came out of the water saying that it was too cold for him. This was in the early part of Spring, and I guessed the water temp. to be around 35 degrees. So, I didn’t blame him one bit.

Anyway, when we cleaned out the sluice box, we found a lot of “pickers” and smaller, plus one nugget of approx. one quarter oz. He said that he had not reached the bottom of the crevasse yet, so I have no idea of how deep it might be. The thing about this area is; the stream cuts through a big alluvial fan that has been there for at least 100 years and could use some serious metal detecting. I would bet that there’s at least one five pound nugget that the “old timers” missed.

Eagle

 

[SushiDog]

Eagle....thanks for sharing that story!....you always amaze me with your stories, and as I am inside the house when it is 28 degree's outside right now.....sipping on some hot chocolate....well....what more can a man ask for on a night like this! (smile) SushiDog