Genoa Hills Nail Keg Gold Coins

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Genoa Hills Nail Keg Gold Coins

Lost Treasure NV • Douglas County County
Description
1860 Carson Valley legend of outlaws robbing a nail keg packed with $20,000 in double-eagle payroll gold near Genoa — most of the cache still hidden after partial finds in 1916, 1948, and 1961.
Historical Notes
A paymaster shipped mine payroll in a nail keg by freight to outwit highwaymen, but two masked men held up the stage outside Genoa and rolled the keg into the pines. A dying Montana miner confessed he and a partner each took $1,000 and reburied the keg near a tall pine before fleeing Nevada permanently. The 1882 avalanche reshaped Genoa slopes; scattered coin finds keep the legend active in Douglas County treasure lore.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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