The March 25th Pittsburgh-Post Gazette reports that Dennis Parada has asked for permission to go looking for lost gold in a state forest in northern Pennsylvania.
This was lost while being transported by Union cavalry from Wheeling, West Virginia to Philadelphia. It is estimated to be worth $20 million today. There is some question as to the story's validity, however.
During the summer of 1863, with Confederate forces in Pennsylvania, it was decided to move the gold. A very northerly route was chosen to avoid the southerners. Two wagons, 8 soldiers, and 26 fifty-pound bars of gold made the trip, but never arrived.
Parada claims to have found bones and other articles at an undisclosed site.
That Might Be Enough to Fill Up Your Gas Tank by the End of the Summer. --B-R'er
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