| California hidden treasure stories has much to do | | | | the property. |
| with the gold rush of the middle 1800's. There are | | | | Myrtletowne has a supposed buried treasure of |
| hundreds of abandoned gold and silver mines that | | | | approximately $125,000. In the late 1800's a |
| dot the State. Many of these mines are now lost, | | | | stagecoach loaded with gold bullion was robbed. |
| meaning that either natural forces caused the | | | | The outlaws apparently buried the bullion in the |
| entrances to the caves to crumble, or that the | | | | town's vicinity. |
| owners, or the Indians dynamited the caves | | | | The Ghost Town of Skiddo is located off State |
| closed. However, there are also stories of buried | | | | Rte 190 approx. 9 miles east of Emigrant Junction |
| treasures from robberies of different kinds. | | | | in Death Valley. This was a main borax-mining |
| In either case, below are nine lost treasures in | | | | town that was deserted before 1900. |
| California. | | | | The San Antonio de Padua Mission is located on |
| The Mission of San Luis Obispo is a Mission that is | | | | US 101 approx twenty miles southwest of King |
| still standing about 75 miles northwest of Santa | | | | City. This Mission was established in 1771. |
| Barbara. In 1772 a Spanish settlement was built | | | | Treasures are believed to be buried in the area. |
| around the Mission. In the 1900's when the Mission | | | | Mattole River located south of Eureka. There |
| was rebuilt workers found silver bars hidden in the | | | | have been gold and silver coins dated between |
| floors beneath the chapel. Legend has it that | | | | 1804 and 1809 found on the beaches. A |
| there is still buried treasure lying in wait, ready to | | | | shipwreck offshore is the apparent reason for the |
| be recovered. | | | | coins. |
| The ruins of the Mount Ophir Mintare located | | | | Town of Weed is located in Siskiyou Cty. A |
| outside of Mariposa and dates to 1850. A large | | | | buried treasure of stolen gold coins is believed to |
| number of gold coins are supposedly buried on | | | | be buried here. |