The Old Zackson Lost Gold Mine

[Tiredman]

Well looking into another of the old Penfield/Terry treasure briefs. I am up to the story of the fella named Zackson who had a mine somewhere and when he came into town for supplies paid with dust. When his bottle of dust was empty he went back to his mine with his dog and got more. He was never seen again but supposedly his dog showed up afterwards. Towns mentioned Phillipsburg, Anaconda, East Fork Rock Creek and Lookout Point. Well interesting developments they flipped the name around it is Point Lookout which makes it Ross Fork which empties into Rock Creek. Just posting a brief treasure update since folks are following here and on social media.

 

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[IAMZIM]

Well looking into another of the old Penfield/Terry treasure briefs. I am up to the story of the fella named Zackson who had a mine somewhere and when he came into town for supplies paid with dust. When his bottle of dust was empty he went back to his mine with his dog and got more. He was never seen again but supposedly his dog showed up afterwards. Towns mentioned Phillipsburg, Anaconda, East Fork Rock Creek and Lookout Point. Well interesting developments they flipped the name around it is Point Lookout which makes it Ross Fork which empties into Rock Creek. Just posting a brief treasure update since folks are following here and on social media. View attachment 1499905View attachment 1499907View attachment 1499908

That's awesome! I have heard the story before, but never seen a pic, cute dog haha! I see Medicine lake there in the map, BIG BIG cutthroat trout in there, all of that area is heavly wooded,(well, except for the big chunk that just burnt this summer...) My family and I have gone in that terrain to pick huckleberries for years. Alot of country in there.....

 

[Tiredman]

See any signs of the old mines?

 

[Tiredman]

We are finding plenty of articles on mining for this section of the state, lots of lost cabin stories and lost mines. Should have a nice hefty book when the next is done.

 

[Tiredman]

The first post on the story is a very brief account, in my book it is much bigger. Did post a story else where with 2 maps and captions and someone wanted to read the whole story, had to tell them there was 21 pages not posted.

 

[Tiredman]

We did find another report of a lost mine between Rock Creek and the Bitterroot, worth adding to the Zackson story in our book. Research continues.