Trinidad and La Veta Treasures

It's said there are 8 burros' loads worth of 50 pound gold bars buried on the eastern slope of the Spanish Peaks, buried there by the Spaniards. That's a hell of a lot of gold!

The story goes that the gold was buried about 300 feet from a weird formation of rocks that stands 30 feet high and is shaped in the shape of a woman, or close. Before the Spaniards could retrieve the gold, they were killed. Now, Spanish Peaks got their name because they are 2 mountains, side by side, the same height, shape, well...to be honest the Spaniards thought they looked like women's breasts, thus, Spanish Peaks. Some say the gold is buried on the northwest quadrant of the east Spanish Peak, and some say it has to be on the west Spanish Peak. Wherever it is, it sure would be fun to find!

Back in 1880, three prospectors, H.A. Melton, E.J. Oliver and S.J. Harkman were prospecting about 2 miles from Dead Man's Camp, just over the pass from Silvercliffe in the Wet Mountain Valley. A storm rolled in and they began to seek shelter. They spotted a small opening in a sheer cliff wall and made their way to it. It was barely tall enough to stand in so they made their way to the back of the cave where they discovered several narrow openings. They choose one and before long came into a large room in the cavern.