Metz Family Red Canyon Gold Dust — Custer County

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Metz Family Red Canyon Gold Dust — Custer County

Lost Treasure SD • Custer County County
Description
Red Canyon legend of $5,000 in gold dust concealed by members of the massacred Metz family south of Custer — a Custer County pioneer-cache tale.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Custer County compilation records $5,000 in gold dust hidden by the Metz family at or near the head of Red Canyon south of Custer. Red Canyon cuts through the southern Black Hills between Custer and Wind Cave country, scene of early prospector conflicts and Lakota resistance. Coordinates approximate Red Canyon headwaters south of Custer. National forest — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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