The outlaws Three Fingered Jack and Joaquin Murrieta buried a strongbox containing 250 pounds of gold nuggets

worth $140,000 on the banks of the Feather River, a few miles S of Paradise. This hoard was never recovered. The outlaw Joaquin Murrieta is credited with burying over $250,000 in loot before he was killed in 1853. In one of his forays, he robbed a stagecoach of several hundred of pounds of gold nuggets which he buried in a canyon a few miles S of Paradise along the Feather River where, according to Wells Fargo officals, it remains to this day. Most of the treasure stolen by Murrieta and his gang was cached in the area of their robberies, primarily in Shasta and Calaveras Counties. Much has yet to be found. $150,000 worth of gold nuggets weighing 250 pounds, along with valuables and cash stolen from stagecoach passengers, was buried on the muddy banks of the Feather River near the robbery and massacre site, 5 miles S of paradise. The Langley family operated a paying gold mine at (GT) Cherokee in the 1860's in the Cherokee Hills. In their workings they found a sizeable quanity of raw diamonds and had accumulated quite a large amount of gold dust and nuggets. The Langley's hid 2 saddlebags filled with their raw gold and diamonds about 1/2 hour's horseback ride upthe creek above their camp for safekeeping. The family was attacked by bandits and the brother who hid the treasure was killed. Not knowing exactly where the cache was made, the family never recovered the treasure. The remains of an arrastre and a wash-out dam mark the location of the old Langley campsite today. Charles B. Sterling was a rancher and miner in 1849. He buried $5,000 in gold dust contained in a gin bottle in the banks of a slough near French Crossing on Butte Creek for safekeeping while he took a wagonload of produce into the mountains where he panned for gold. His stay was longer than usual and when he returned he found that a fire had swept the area and obliterated his landmarks. He searched for, but never found, his bottle of gold

In 1849, Granville Swift settled at Bidwells Bar and hired a large number of Indians to mine his property. The mined gold was placed in earthen jars and buried somewhere on the property. He once made the remark that he had hidden so many jars that he could not remember either the exact number, or their locations. Swift died in 1864. All sorts of mysterious holes appeared on his land and around his old stone cabin. A few of his jars were found, but the majority of seekers came, dug and departed empty-handed. An unknown number of gold-filled jars still await recovery. A retired, highly-successful prospector converted all of his gold into gold coins and settled at Yankee Hill where he buried his hoard in the corner of the house. He accidently knocked over an oil lamp and the house burned to the ground. A neighbor tried to help the badly injured man, but he refused medical attention but, instead, asked for help to dig up his money. The neighbor assisted in uncovering a tub full of coins, then went for help. When the neighbor returned, the old man was dead and the tub missing, presumably reburied somewhere in the area during his absence. It has yet to be found Pioneer Peter Lassen became a very wealthy landowner and rancher in the 1820's and amassed thousands of acres along the S bank of Deer Creek. He is known to have buried his coins and dust in iron pots on his property near his home, at the confluence of Deer Creek and the Sacremento River at Vina or along the Lassen Trail which follows Deer Creek. Lassen was killed by Piute Indians at the age of 30 and his treasure hoard was never found