Lost California Treasure

Trinity County Treasure Map

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

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4 Trinity County Records

  • The Lost Cabin Mine lost mine · Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, Trinity County · Low probability

    In the autumn of 1850, three prospectors named Cox, Wood, and Buck followed the Trinity River up into the rugged headwaters. Near a waterfall, they found a rich gravel bed loaded with heavy gold nuggets. They.

  • The Deloma Cave Indian Cache buried cache · New River Wilderness, Trinity County · Low probability

    During the California Indian Wars of the 1850s, local tribes reportedly raided several rich mining camps along the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. To protect their loot from soldiers and miners, they stockpiled gold dust.

  • Hickory Gulch Pocket Strike lost mine · Hickory Gulch, Coffee Creek Mining District, Trinity County · Medium probability

    In August 1897, a major pocket mine strike occurred at Hickory Gulch in the Coffee Creek Mining District of Trinity County. Prospectors Burgess and Murphy uncovered a large vein of decomposed porphyry yielding immense.

  • The New Blue Jay Mine lost mine · Morrison Gulch, Coffee Creek Mining District, Trinity County · Medium probability

    Discovered in 1886 in Morrison Gulch within the Coffee Creek Mining District of northeast Trinity County, the Blue Jay Mine was famous as a reliable pocket mine. In 1892, it produced over $60,000 worth of gold from a.