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Amador County Treasure Map

Amador County California treasure-history records: buried caches, source links, land-status warnings, field notes, and interactive map links.

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1 Amador County Record

  • Butler's Buried Cache buried cache · Amador County, Mokelumne River channel roughly two miles northeast of Lancha Plana (submerged under Camanche Reservoir). · Low probability

    During the Gold Rush, a prospector named Butler operated an incredibly rich placer claim on a bend of the Mokelumne River that yielded up to fifty thousand dollars daily. Distrustful of banks and under pressure from.