Doc Noss - Victoria Peak Treasure

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Well said BA!

But I think it may been some thing else that has rubbed BerntOut the wrong way.

So Berntout you have spent time in Victorio Peak how interesting?

I am like BA interested in your inference of the Cache in the Caballo mountains may be connected to the Victorio peak legend?

Hardluck 



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Hello all. I have enjoyed the last few winters doing some "research" on some of the things that have been posted on these forums, when the ground is frozen and way too hard to dig.
News of Victorio Peak reached Ok. by the Daily newspaper and I tried to make copies of some of the articles that I saved. I'll try and pass them on as I can. They may be too hard to read, but I have the date of the Newspaper for references. Hopefully they will help to renew the spirit and stimulate the thought.

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I don't know why I added that last stupid statement in my diatribe regarding Victorio Peak. Must have been dippin into that Tequila bottle again!  Didn't want to ruffle any feathers but it looks like I did.
Many years ago while attending NMSU in Las Cruces, I spent all my free time wandering around the deserts around Southern NM. Fascinating place and that is why I chose to make it my home. Still wander around the deserts and still looking for and finding all kinds of interesting things.
Some friends and I one day while wandering around the eastern edges of the San Andreas Mountains, came up to an unlocked 3" pipe gate. It is funny as I remember the gate had crudely painted on it "Dave Berry is a dingle berry" or something very close to that. Later we were told by a rancher that Dave Berry was a Biologist who was studying the local mountain lion population. Unlocked gates used to mean pass through but leave things the way you find them. From the gate looking east was Hembrillo Canyon and Vicotrio Peak. I knew it was Victorio Peak but my buddies didn't know about the legend. We later confirmed using topo maps it was indeed Victorio Peak and Hembrillo Canyon. Beautiful place with water in the middle of a hellish desert. We had no idea it was off limits at that time. We went back many times exploring side canyons and VP all that summer and for a few more years. The only people we ever saw out there in the middle of nowhere was the rancher and a trapper...have a story about him  but won't get into that. One day we heard that some people had gone to the old Brutton (sp??) Ranch and had been busted by a Range Rider who notified MP's. I heard they had been stealing artifacts off Indian sites...bad juju. I knew exactly where they had been busted and the sites they had probably robbed. I have seen much Indian sign, arrow heads, literally tons of beads and pottery shards laying on a very large bulldozed Indian site. After that incident, I was told by the rancher that patrols were increased. I never went back into the area. Although I have been tempted as it is a wonderful isolated place to see and mostly BLM land.
My reference to the Caballo Mountains north of VP is some say Ness used VP as a "patsy" to trow off people trying to steal his dore bars. It has been said that Ness, who lived at the base of the Caballos in Hot Springs New Mexico, Now Truth or Concequences, found gold dore bars east of the Rio Grande River and adjacent to the Camino Real Trail or "Mission Trail" in the foothills of the Caballo Mountains. He is said to have told people he had found them at VP. There is much more to the story and I think most of it can be found on the internet. Start here   

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After reading Bernts report and other research I have been doing I think its time to move our focus to the
Caballo mountains. I just got Treasure of Victoria Peak by Phil Koury. today will finish it to night but don't think there is much of use in it.

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Great stuff all and thanks Bernt for the details. It always amazes me when I find an oasis in the desert almost like another world.

Seldom I am totally with you on the location.

Hardluck I am guessing Ova wasn't really as keen on the outdoors. I think the story of her going was part of the ruse and Doc either didn't tell her the true location or she just confused it over time. Just my take on it.

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