Twelve Bags Gold Nuggets Knife–Missouri Confluence — Mercer County

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Twelve Bags Gold Nuggets Knife–Missouri Confluence — Mercer County

Lost Treasure ND • Mercer County County
Description
Mercer County legend of twelve bags of gold nuggets buried near the Knife and Missouri River confluence — a Fort Clark corridor cache also placed in McLean County by some writers.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Mercer County page places twelve bags of gold nuggets near the Knife–Missouri confluence, citing Buried Treasures of the Great Plains and Buried Treasures You Can Find. Historic Fort Clark and the Knife River meeting were major fur-trade and steamboat landmarks before Garrison Dam flooded portions of the bottomlands. Coordinates mark the Knife–Missouri confluence on the Mercer County side. Distinct from the Fort Clark $90,000 miner nugget legend in Oliver County — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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