John Chisum Jingle Bob Ranch Specie — Chaves County

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John Chisum Jingle Bob Ranch Specie — Chaves County

Lost Treasure NM • Chaves County County
Description
Roswell-area legend of cattle-baron John Chisum's emergency specie buried near the Jingle Bob Ranch — once the largest ranch in the United States, five miles south of present Roswell.
Historical Notes
John Simpson Chisum established the Jingle Bob Ranch on South Spring Acres south of Roswell in the 1870s, running tens of thousands of cattle across the Pecos Valley. His operations made him a central figure in the Lincoln County War supply chain. Cattle-baron payroll and emergency-cache folklore clusters at Pecos Valley ranches where open-range wealth moved in cash before Chaves County banks matured. Chisum died in 1884; no authenticated hoard has been linked to the Jingle Bob. Coordinates approximate the South Spring Acres country south of Roswell in Chaves County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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