Cooney Stagecoach Robbery Loot

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Cooney Stagecoach Robbery Loot

Lost Treasure NM • Grant County County
Description
Legend of stolen loot from a stagecoach robbery outside Cooney, Grant County, hidden near the old mining camp in the Mogollon Mountains country.
Historical Notes
Cooney (Cooney Camp) was a mining community in the Mogollon Mountains of Grant County. Folklore holds that bandits robbed a stagecoach nearby and cached the take in the hills; it was never recovered. The area is remote Gila National Forest / mining ghost-town country near Alma and the Mogollon historic district.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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