Copeland Canyon Black Jack Gang Cache — Lincoln County

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Copeland Canyon Black Jack Gang Cache — Lincoln County

Lost Treasure NM • Lincoln County County
Description
Capitan Mountains legend of Black Jack gang loot cached in Copeland Canyon — where Will and Bob Christian posed as trappers while hiding out from the law in the 1800s.
Historical Notes
TreasureNet researchers cite a newspaper account in which former El Capitan Cattle Company cowpuncher Wiley Sidwell reported that two members of the Black Jack gang hid in log cabins in Copeland Canyon in the Capitan Mountains, pretending to be trappers. The Capitan range west of Roswell served as outlaw and rustler country during the Lincoln County War era and afterward. Related Arizona entries document separate Black Jack Ketchum caches in the Chiricahua Mountains. Coordinates approximate Copeland Canyon in the Capitan Mountains of Lincoln County west of Roswell.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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