Doctor Dibb's Lost Gold Mine

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Doctor Dibb's Lost Gold Mine

Lost Treasure ND • Bowman County County
Description
1864 Bowman County legend of Dr. William Denton Dibb and Captain James Fisk's wagon train discovering a rich gold vein near Deep Creek — hundreds of pounds reportedly mined before the concealed shaft was lost on the return from Montana.
Historical Notes
Dibb left Minnesota with the 1864 Fisk expedition bound for Idaho gold fields and camped on a hill showing evidence of prior mining near Deep Creek. Journal accounts claim an abandoned shaft yielded a vein rich enough to make Dibb suddenly affluent; men later could not relocate the hidden entrance. The Minnesota Historical Society judged later journal copies a possible hoax, but the tale remains central to southwest North Dakota lost-mine folklore.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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