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The Great Kentucky Hoard is a hoard of more than 700 gold coins unearthed in an undisclosed part of Kentucky, United States, in the 2020s by a man on his own land. The finder of the hoard has remained anonymous. There were a total of more than 800 Civil War–era coins, of which over 700 were gold coins.
Gold was discovered at the South Pass-Atlantic City-Sweetwater district in present Fremont County in 1842. The placers were worked intermittently until 1867, when the first important gold vein was discovered, and prospectors and miners rushed to the area.. The towns of South Pass City, Atlantic City, and Miner's Delight catered to the miners ...
A man in Kentucky has struck gold after finding a treasure trove of Civil War-era gold coins in a cornfield. Dubbed “The Great Kentucky Hoard”, the lucky man, whose name and location have not ...
To get a sense of how unglamorous it was, here are 11 historical photos of treasure seekers who gave it their all in pursuit of gold. 1. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (1885)
Today [when?] it is known to hold ten 1933 Double Eagle gold coins, a 1974-D aluminum cent, and twelve gold (22-karat) Sacagawea dollar coins that flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia, specifically STS-93 in 1999. The depository is a secure facility. Between its fenced perimeter and granite-lined concrete structure lie rings of razor wire.
Frederick Coleman was born in Kentucky in 1829 and was probably a former slave. The 1880 U.S. Census stated that he was a "Mu[latto]." Farming in the country in 1863, he married an Indian woman, took up land west of Wynola, and in January 1870 discovered placer gold in a stream named for him, Coleman Creek ... beginning the Julian gold rush.
A couple of weeks before Christmas 1900, he sold the mine for a stupendous $100,000, which equates to about $3.7 million today. The Tropico kept yielding for a while before it didn’t, and was ...
Winfield Scott Stratton (July 22, 1848 – September 14, 1902) was an American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist. He discovered the Independence Lode near Victor, Colorado on July 4, 1891, and became the Cripple Creek Mining District's first millionaire in 1894. He provided to build buildings, improve the street car system, build the ...