Ben Sublett 200 Pounds Gold Guadalupe Mountains — Culberson County

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Ben Sublett 200 Pounds Gold Guadalupe Mountains — Culberson County

Lost Treasure TX • Culberson County County
Description
Culberson County legend that prospector Ben Sublett cached 200 pounds of gold in the Guadalupe Mountains but could never relocate the burial.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Culberson County compilation states Ben Sublett supposedly cached 200 pounds of gold in the Guadalupe Mountains but could never relocate the cache. Sublett appears in Lost Sublett Mine lore and West Texas mine-hunting oral tradition. Related entry: "Guadalupe Mountains Cave Gold" documents the famous 1953 ingot-recovery tradition in the same range. Much of the Guadalupes lie within Guadalupe Mountains National Park — prospecting and unauthorized digging are prohibited. Coordinates approximate the high Guadalupe Mountains in Culberson County north of Van Horn.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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