Central City Gold Shipment — Lawrence County

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Central City Gold Shipment — Lawrence County

Lost Treasure SD • Lawrence County County
Description
Black Hills legend of forty-eight gold ingots buried about fifteen miles outside Central City just off the old road to Deadwood — a shipment that never reached the assay offices.
Historical Notes
Central City rose as an early Black Hills mining camp on the freight road toward Deadwood. Jameson and The Rocker Box Lawrence County list place forty-eight gold ingots concealed just off the historic Deadwood road roughly fifteen miles from town. The tale imagines a mule- or wagon-drawn shipment interrupted by road agents, washouts, or Indian scares, with bullion hurriedly buried and landmarks later lost to mining cuts and forest regrowth. Coordinates mark the prairie margin between Central City and the Deadwood approach in Lawrence County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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