According to Atkins son, John, Holmes possessed key materials which were being used to press the Army into allowing Atkins and Holmes access to Victorio Peak. He also asserts that military security officers censored out of his report all references to military searches for the treasure. John Dean, the former lawyer for President Richard M. Nixon, mentioned that Attorney General John Mitchell had been asked to pull strings to allow some searchers to look for the gold. After some airmen from a nearby air force base claimed they found some gold at Victorio Peak, the Army and Secret Service began a secret search in 1961. In one of the most closely guarded crimes of recent history, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of tons of gold bullion were secretly and illegally removed from caverns on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the beneficiaries allegedly including former President Lyndon Johnson and individuals connected with the U.S. Army, the Central Intelligence Agency and organized crime. In 1979, he sold a small mail-order business to devote full time to the search. Part II: The bizarre history of Victorio Peak continues to unravel as the Army, the Treasury Department and the Secret Service authorize a top secret operation aimed at locating and bringing out the gold. He said I'll get F.D.R. Babe then began a regular correspondence with the military requesting permission to work her claim, but she was always denied. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. But in a dispute over the treasure in 1949, the business partner, Charlie Ryan, shot Mr. Noss to death. The gold, he said, was removed and smelted into old Mexican bars, 50-pound bars. The gold in its new form, he noted, had no marks to identify its origin. This writer conducted extensive interviews with Thomas Berlett. Mr. Delonas said the legend of the buried treasure obsessed the family for generations. Berlett and Fiege formed a corporation to protect what they had found and make a formal application to enter White Sands for a search and retrieval of the gold. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. We are a research and service division of: Placer gold deposits were an important source of gold in New Mexico prior to 1902, but placer production after 1902 has been minor. I was just a kid, about 13 or 14 years old, he told this writer. He was overcome with joy that they might be gold. The actual movement of the gold in this last, largest shipment, Shriver said, was done by [U.S.] military aircraft. Independent of Shriver, another source traced a number of large removals from Victorio Peak. Testing the old wooden pole attached to one side of the passage, Doc rejected the idea of using it and dropped into the shaft with a rope instead. While waiting for the rain to subside, he noticed a stone that looked as if it had been worked somehow. One partner, Charles Ryan, shot and killed Doc on March 5, 1949, in Hatch, N. M., after an argument. However, Terry Delongas stated, Were not accusing the military of stealing the gold, but I do feel that the Department of the Army in the 1960s treated my grandmother unfairly However, weve worked very hard over the years to establish a working relationship with the military, and were certainly not going to jeopardize that by accusing them of theft.. Sensing a double-cross by Ryan, Doc dug up the gold that was to be used in the exchange and reburied it in a place where Ryan was unaware. The secret stash of a gold mine owner? Edward Atkins himself died, reportedly of a heart attack, in April 1979 while returning to Illinois from El Paso on a matter pertaining to his claim. This time, the military began a full-scale mining operation at the Peak. The 1.93-kilogram bar was found by a construction worker during excavations for a new building along the Alameda, a picturesque park in the heart of the Mexican capital. Now, researchers say the bar was. The peak, named after a 19th century Apache war chief, apparently served as a repository for immense quantities of gold mined centuries ago by Spaniards and Indians and smelted into tens of thousands of crudely formed bars. [6][5] By 1992, a grandson of Ova formed the Ova Noss Family Partnership to finance additional searching. The Victorio Peak treasure (also seen in print as the Treasure of Victorio Peak or Treasure of San Andres) describes a cache of gold reportedly found inside Victorio Peak in 1937 in southern New Mexico. The gold concentrates by gravity in incised stream valleys and alluvial fans in deeply weathered highlands. From that moment onward, every attempt of Babes to clear the rubble from the plugged shaft met with a military escort out of the area. The charges concerning LBJs involvement included the following: According to this same source, Victorio Peak was just like a private vault to certain high-ranking people. They would go in periodically and get what they wanted. On the night of March 4, 1949, I went with Doc Noss and dug up 20 bars of gold at a windmill in the desert east of Hatch, New Mexico, and reburied them in the basin where Victorio Peak is. The buried cache was said to have been stolen from the Chihauhua-Spanish by the Indians during the Indian uprisings. (Reuters) A gold bar found in a Mexico City park in 1981 was part of the Aztec treasure looted by Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors 500 years ago, a new study says.For 39 years, its origins remained a mystery.INAH - National Institute of Anthropology and History/Handout via REUTERS Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History This was one of Apache Chief Victorios hideouts and was the site of a battle in 1880 between Victorios warriors and the U.S. Army Ninth Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers.. Led by U.S. Air Force Captain Leonard V. Fiege, the four had done extensive research on Victorio Peak, poring over old documents and records, and even traveling south into Mexico to check stories there regarding a man who has often been linked with the origin of the gold, Padre Philip La Rue. Another concerns renegades who robbed the Monterey Mint in 1743 and were in turn attacked by Apaches. Docs object at the time of discovery, of course, was more than old bones. Letha told Freedom that she herself handled 12 to 15 of the bars, and I even put one up and hid it for four days.. On the night of September 1, 1968, Porter drove to the peak with a friend and a civilian security guard from White Sands Missile Range named Clarence McDonald. The saga faded back into obscurity until the Watergate hearings, when John Dean, the dismissed White House counsel, testified before the Ervin Committee that F. Lee Bailey had approached John N. Mitchell, then Attorney General, for help in retrieving 292 bars containing 60 per cent gold and 40 per cent copper from the White Sands range. Now, cleared to go by an act of Congress, the best-equipped search ever is under way with $1 million in backing from the descendants and some investors. Mr. Noss returned in the late 1940's with a new wife, and a business partner. Too much evidence supports the treasure, including photographs, affidavits, and relics held by the Noss family. Using ropes for support and guided by his flashlights wavering beam, Doc Noss descended a series of interconnecting chambers which led downward for 186 feet. It could finally solve the mystery. Mr. Bailey will not say, but Mrs. Noss and, her dozen or so partners have filed a $1billion Federal Court suit charging that the Government, the Secretary of the Army, several military officers and 200 John Does were conspiring to bilk her out of the treasure. With legal ownership established, Noss began to work the claim openly, but he also became increasingly paranoid, hiding the gold bars all over the desert. The Army, which runs the missile range, required the searchers to put up $150,000 to cover the cost of environmental assessments, as well as increased security forces. Howard, E.V., 1967, Metalliferous occurrences in New Mexico: Phase 1, state resources development plan: State Planning Office, Santa Fe, 270 p. Johnson, M.G., 1972, Placer gold deposits of New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey. Over the weekend, he said, someone found the chest he had buried with gold nuggets, coins, gems and artifacts. [5] She later was part of an unsuccessful 1963 search. Lucky Gold Miners hit it Big in Downieville. After the death of Doc Noss, Ova and her family continued efforts to regain access to the big treasure room. Meanwhile, Tony Jolley, now a 69-year-old rancher living outside Boise, Ida., never forgot those bars of gold he helped bury in 1949. Some were sold on the black market, some were stolen but others remained hidden during the next seven years when Doc and a bevy of partners attempted to dig back into the caverns, she asserted. Passing through the large cavern, he came to a series of smaller caves rooms, he called them. Sometime around the year 1830, travelers were trying to find a new way to reach California from the newly opened route of Santa Fe. He said he often grew angry that his grandmother was ignored or ridiculed for her efforts. Try as he would, Captain Fiege could not penetrate the opening he had used just three years earlier. Another source confirmed the manner and the circumstances of E.M. Guthries death, noting that it was listed as just a natural death, but hed been worked over with a baseball bat. This source said that he had hired a team of experienced investigators to dig into Guthries death and more than 30 other deaths in connection with a massive, continuing cover-up of the removal of gold from Victorio Peak. Doc was trying to obey the law but they grabbed our gold, Mrs. Noss said, He blew up. They were searching in the wrong place, Mrs. Noss said. Mr. Mitchell is said to have forwarded the matter to the White House. Gold also concentrates above cemented gravels and clay layers within gravel deposits, which constrain downward migration of gold particles. Doc later brought one of the eerie things out.2. In 2019, evidence to support the theory that the gold never left Mexico was revealed when archaeologists confirmed that a gold bar found in 1981 was from Montezuma's treasure. Among those who attested to the accessibility of the peaks treasure was Lynn Porter, a businessman now residing in San Diego, California. The dispute was finally worked out when a federal court issued a compromise of sorts, which stated the Army would continue to use the lands surface, but no one would be allowed on the property without the Armys consent. November 16, 2015. He supposedly told his wife: "We can make John D. Rockefeller look like a tramp. This Nevada Gold Mine Produces Amazing Crystalline Gold Nuggets! Berlett viewed this as substantiation for the theory that Spaniards had been responsible for stashing the gold. Trace element analysis of placer gold can be used as a valuable exploration tool in order to determine the original deposit source and locating lode gold deposits. A new scientific analysis of a large gold bar found decades ago in downtown Mexico City reveals it was part of the plunder Spanish conquerors tried to carry away as they fled the Aztec capital . Even though the military refused any of Babes efforts to work her claim, it did not refuse other military personnel from exploring portions of Victorio Peak. An intense argument ensued, and Noss headed toward his car. In September 1961, Berlett and Fiege swore to the specifics of their discovery in detailed affidavits provided to federal officials. Joe Andregg, an electrician from Santa Fe, New Mexico, reflected on the days when he worked with Doc Noss in the late 1930s. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Additionally, the actual land where Victorio Peak is located was not owned by the State of New Mexico but rather by a man named Roy Henderson, who had leased it to the Army. That after he had been beaten to death, according to the information I received, his body was put back into his car, the car was doused with kerosene or gasoline, and then set aflame.. (1.93 kilograms), while digging for the construction of a central bank in Mexico City. When Maxmillian heard of the plot to assassinate him, he moved his gold and treasures out of Mexico. While Babe looked on from above, Doc inched his way down the narrow passageway into the mountain nearly 60 feet. Once again, Doc began to descend about 125 feet before the shaft again leveled off into a large natural cavern. Victorio used the entire Hembrillo Basin as his stronghold, refusing to live on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona, where the government wanted to banish him. A deal with a man named Charlie Ryan went south, and Noss was gunned down. A four-pound gold bar found on a building site in downtown Mexico City last month is believed to be part of the treasure seized from the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II by the Spanish. Shriver estimated the total amount of gold removed from Victorio Peak at 25 million troy ounces, of which 10 million came out in 1976. See the article in its original context from. It would also explain the presence of the Wells Fargo bags, packsaddles, letters, and other artifacts dating to Victorios time. However, the expert won the argument. The bars that Noss and his crew removed from Victorio Peak were, in general, crudely formed, indicating the use of primitive smelting processes. Four. A gold bar found in a Mexico City park in 1981 was part of the Aztec treasure looted by Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors 500 years ago, a new study says. In one room he discovered a large stash of old swords and guns, papers and letters from the 19th century, and a kings ransom in jewels and coins. Though the military confirmed that Swanner had served at White Sands during this time, they claimed there were no documents to support an investigation into the mine nor the removal of the gold bars. Topic at Watergate Hearings. Now there were two military commands involved. Bill Shriver, an international dealer in precious metals who proved very helpful in the initial stages of this investigation until his death, brought the total still higher. Ryan was charged with murder but was later acquitted. Porter subsequently brought the gold bar to the close friend, who was an Army major. The two decided to keep the discovery between themselves and return to inspect the shaft later. The. However, the Army placed a two-week time limit on the group, and they had hardly started before they were forced to leave, without finding anything. There were thousands of them, covered with old, dusty buffalo hides. Noss refused to obey, and Ryan fired again, hitting Noss in the head, killing him instantly. In the summer of 1961, upon the advice of the Director of the Mint, Major General John Shinkle of White Sands allowed Captain Fiege, Captain Orby Swanner, Major Kelly, and Colonel Gorman to work the claim. . They found nothing. Dozens of people claim a piece of the actionthat is, gold bars and treasure said to be hidden on the missile range, and worth from a few million dollars to $1.5billion. Mrs. Noss believes Mr. Bailey's clients to be mili tary officers and perhaps some of her husband's old partners. Fueled by suspicions that the military was working her claim, Babe Noss hired four men to enter the range secretly. Decades of Searching. He remained steadfast in his belief that the treasure remained, according to family members. If the treasure was real, Noss had poor timing. New York Times, July 29, 1992 Many Noss family members and friends believe that the military exploited Babes claim and that the treasure is now gone. Hunting by himself, Doc scouted the base of the mountain. Peering into the darkness, Doc saw an old man-made shaft with a thick, wooden pole attached at one side. It was on Nov. 7, we had 11 families on a hunting trip and I was doing the cooking, she said in an interview at her daughter's home in Clovis, N. M. She said her husband, called Doc, had come back, to the camp that night and secretly told her of lowering himself with ropes down a crevice on Victoria Peak into caverns laden with coins, jewelry, guns, swords, letters, 27 human skeletons, and hundreds of metal bars that turned out to be gold. It is estimated that 662,000 oz of gold have been produced from placer deposits throughout New Mexico from 1828 to 1991. According to the security guard, Johnson and Connally headed a team which brought in sophisticated excavation equipment to remove gold from the peak, the most modern Ive ever seen, he said. Things got complicated in 1937, when Milton E. Noss, a selfasserted chiropodist with a string of arrests for drunk enness, theft and practicing medicine without a license, said he had found the treasure. Just 12 years after discovering the treasure, Doc Noss died with just $2.16 in his pocket. Others believe that Noss found the treasure of Don Juan de Onate, who, in 1598, founded New Mexico as a Spanish colony. The three men had been on a hunting party when McDonald, who reportedly had imbibed several cans of beer, began talking freely about a huge stash of gold. However, it was a slow process, and in 1955, the White Sands Missile Range unexpectedly expanded their operations to encompass the Hembrillo Basin. This Massive Mine in Utah Has Produced More Gold than Most States! He worked with a succession of partners, the last of whom, Charlie Ryan of Alice, Texas, shot and killed Noss in an altercation in Hatch, New Mexico, on March 5, 1949. Ryan hinted that if Noss did not reveal the whereabouts of the gold, Doc would not live to enjoy it. In a special act of Congress passed in 1989, the Hembrillo Basin was unlocked for Terry Delonas and the Noss heirs; however, nothing has been found. The Army says the gold was never found. Word of the Doc Noss treasure spread, and keeping people out of the area was no easy chore. Mr. Fertig denied that the report had been censored. The night before his death, perhaps sensing that a business deal was going sour, Doc enlisted the aid of a cowboy named Tony Jolley to shuffle the locations of various stashes of the bars. Immediately reporting the activity to Babe Noss, Babe contacted Oscar Jordan with the New Mexico State Land Office, who, in turn, contacted the Judge Advocates Office at White Sands. Today, the Armys official position on the whereabouts of the gold remains cautious, maintaining that the burden of proof rests with the accusers. The mystery boils down to a single question: Was Milton (Doc) Noss telling the truth, or just a tall tale? Reaching down, he could not budge it, but after digging around the rock, he got his hands under it. A third, smaller stack, pyramidal in shape, stood about three feet high. But the legend of the hidden gold was fueled again during the Watergate hearings in 1973. Peak and look, accompanied by the missile range commander, Maj. Gen. John G. Shinkle, military pblicemen and Treasury agents. For three months beginning on June 20, 1963, the group used various techniques to search the area; however, they failed to turn up anything. However, the business often passes the tax onto the consumer by adding it to the selling price. Gold Bars Dozens of people claim a piece of the actionthat is, gold bars and treasure said to be hidden on the missile range, and worth from a few million dollars to $1.5billion. Doc Noss was extremely paranoid and buried everything he took out of the caves, not even trusting his wife, Babe. Becoming even more complicated, a search of mining records failed to turn up any existing claims including that of Doc Noss. A new scientific analysis of a large gold bar found decades ago in downtown Mexico City has confirmed it was part of the plunder Spanish conquistadors abandoned as they beat a temporary. Now, instead of having thousands of gold bars to draw from, Noss had only a few hundred that he had hidden in the desert. That while visiting Foss, a man we both knew, E.M. Guthrie, drove in to the station in a late model Ford Thunderbird. By James P. Sterba Special to The New York Times. Going public with information about the gold stored in Victorio Peak or removed from it, however, is something that people familiar with the subject are generally reluctant to do. Many streams in New Mexico contain at least traces of gold, enough to satisfy weekend gold panners. The cloud of death shrouding Victorio Peak has reached far. 7 Louisiana Ghost Towns Hidden Deep in the Bayou. He carries in his wallet a photograph of gold bars and old coins next to a flashlight he provided. Estimates vary on the number of bars removed, ranging up to 350 or so. Lyndon Johnsons name loomed large in the information that Freedom uncovered, with various sources claiming that the president was instrumental in the planning and execution of the removal of the gold. In March of 1949 I handled 110 rough poured bars of gold in the area which is now White Sands Missile Range which is now the area of Victorio Peak. Anyone can read what you share. Bill Shriver, before his death, told this writer that he had a copy of a transcribed order from Lyndon Johnson describing in detail how the president wanted a military escort to handle the supply of gold taken out of Victorio Peak and taken to his ranch. The family believes that as much as 100 tons of gold, which would be worth $1.25 billion at today's closing price of $358.90 an ounce on the Commodity Exchange in New York, remains hidden in. It all started in 1937, when Mr. Noss, who practiced as a foot doctor though it was never clear if he had a medical license, returned from a hunting trip at New Mexico's Victorio Peak with startling news: he had glimpsed a hidden trove of riches, 16,000 gold bars. The horde of an Apache chief? Asked about the bars, he said, I sawed one in two with a hacksaw., One person who worked with Doc Noss inside the cave was Jose Serafin Sedillo of Cuchillo, New Mexico. 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