Monahans Sandhills 477 Gold Bars — Ward County

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Monahans Sandhills 477 Gold Bars — Ward County

Lost Treasure TX • Ward County County
Description
Ward County legend of 477 twenty-pound gold bars buried in the Monahans Sandhills — a massive bullion tale south of Midland in the dune country.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Ward County compilation cites 477 twenty-pound gold bars buried in the Monahans Sandhills. Texas Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures is among the guidebooks listing this variant. Related entry: "Monahans Sandhills Massacred Wagon Train — Ward County" documents a separate wagon-train valuables tradition in the same dune field. Shifting sand has frustrated decades of speculative searches. Coordinates approximate the Monahans Sandhills in Ward County south of Odessa.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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