While looking for local treasure stories near Logan where I live, I stumbled across this old article from the Hearald Journal dated April 1, 1952.
Rich Gold Strike in Cache Mountains Amazes Logan Men
They started out to photograph destruction to wildlife brought on by the severe winter, and ended-up by discovering a lost treasure!
Yesterday in Card Canyon, Spencer Falslev and Kay Crook, Logan, realized the dream of a lifetime during their photography jaunt. The men were crossing a ledge on snow shoes when they started to slip down, starting an avalanche which included an entire mountain side.
Mud, snow and rock plummeted down the steep sides.
After the slide was over, the two men found their way to a place where they could rest. While surveying the debris, Mr. Falslev noticed a dark spot in the slide, which appeared to be a cave - covered by the avalanche.
The men climbed toward it, and found the hole in the mountainside to be an old cave, in which some one had lived at one time. Mining tools could be found at the mouth of the cave; further back, there was an old burro pack, besides other supplies. They concluded the cave had been the hideaway of an old prospector in the 1880's.
A description
Mr. Crook described their amazing adventure as follows: "We discovered a map showing the location of a claim, which was about a mile or so from the cave. Mr. Falslev sat down upon a little ledge in the cave, sort of scratching his head over the discovery, when the ledge gave way under him.
"His foot struck something shiny, and in throwing the light back, he found a gold coin. Then we really began to scratch! We rummaged through the gravel and clay, and soon began to pull out more and more coins until quite a pile had been uncovered.'
Their luck was not to stop there, however. Mr. Falslev handed Mr. Crook a gold bar from a stack covered with clay. The gold bars were later found not to be quite pure - they were only 98.7 percent gold. The coins are 100 percent gold. From a collector's standpoint, the coins are worth a third more than the gold value.
The men have figured their "find" at more than $100,000 - found within 20 miles of Logan City. Many hours were spent in taking the gold out, which now is on display on the floor of a local bank vault.
It is suggested that the curious not spend any time after today (which is April 1) trying to view the gold coins and bars.
Rich Gold Strike in Cache Mountains Amazes Logan Men
They started out to photograph destruction to wildlife brought on by the severe winter, and ended-up by discovering a lost treasure!
Yesterday in Card Canyon, Spencer Falslev and Kay Crook, Logan, realized the dream of a lifetime during their photography jaunt. The men were crossing a ledge on snow shoes when they started to slip down, starting an avalanche which included an entire mountain side.
Mud, snow and rock plummeted down the steep sides.
After the slide was over, the two men found their way to a place where they could rest. While surveying the debris, Mr. Falslev noticed a dark spot in the slide, which appeared to be a cave - covered by the avalanche.
The men climbed toward it, and found the hole in the mountainside to be an old cave, in which some one had lived at one time. Mining tools could be found at the mouth of the cave; further back, there was an old burro pack, besides other supplies. They concluded the cave had been the hideaway of an old prospector in the 1880's.
A description
Mr. Crook described their amazing adventure as follows: "We discovered a map showing the location of a claim, which was about a mile or so from the cave. Mr. Falslev sat down upon a little ledge in the cave, sort of scratching his head over the discovery, when the ledge gave way under him.
"His foot struck something shiny, and in throwing the light back, he found a gold coin. Then we really began to scratch! We rummaged through the gravel and clay, and soon began to pull out more and more coins until quite a pile had been uncovered.'
Their luck was not to stop there, however. Mr. Falslev handed Mr. Crook a gold bar from a stack covered with clay. The gold bars were later found not to be quite pure - they were only 98.7 percent gold. The coins are 100 percent gold. From a collector's standpoint, the coins are worth a third more than the gold value.
The men have figured their "find" at more than $100,000 - found within 20 miles of Logan City. Many hours were spent in taking the gold out, which now is on display on the floor of a local bank vault.
It is suggested that the curious not spend any time after today (which is April 1) trying to view the gold coins and bars.
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