Treasure of Victorio Peak

The Treasure of Victorio Peak is (or was) a supposed cache of gold bullion that was said to have been stored within a cavern in Victorio Peak, a basalt outcropping in the Hembrillo Basin, part of the San Andres Mountains of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, very near the Trinity Site, where the first American atomic bomb was detonated, and now part of the White Sands Missile Range. The treasure is popularly known from stories about prospector Milton Ernest "Doc" Noss (1905-1949), who had staked claim to the site and apparently dynamited a shaft to conceal it, and later claims that the U.S. government seized it during the 1960s (or 70s), while the origins of the treasure and the identities of those who placed it, if it ever existed, remain unclear, though many sources have been suggested, including: the Casa del Cueva de Oro; the treasure hoards of Don Juan de Onate; the Mexican Emperor Maximilian; and Padre Felipe La Rue, a Catholic missionary.

Articles

 * &mdash; [an excerpt from Childress's book Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of the Southwest (Adventures Unlimited, 2009)]
 * &mdash; [an excerpt from Childress's book Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of the Southwest (Adventures Unlimited, 2009)]