Lost California Treasure

Shasta County Treasure Map

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

2 Shasta County Records

  • Clear Creek Mormon Coin Cache buried cache · Shasta County, southwest of Redding near the historic Horsetown Clear Creek Diggings along Clear Creek Road. · Medium probability

    In the 1850s, a Mormon wagon train was journeying through the Redding valley toward the settlement of Horsetown when they attempted to cross a swollen, flash-flooded Clear Creek. One of the wagons, driven by an.

  • Waterfall Mine lost mine · Shasta County, located in the rugged mountainous backcountry approximately thirty miles up a tributary of Cow Creek, potentially near Bear Canyon. · Low probability

    In the early 1850s, a small party of prospectors from the East Coast traveled into Shasta County, crossing near Cow Creek and Fort Reading, and followed a rugged stream thirty miles into the high mountains. There, they.