Item - A Buried Box of Gold

(source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Online Full Text:	Digital Library @ Villanova University
Series:	The Boys of New York — v. 1 no. 45 — page 4
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	The Boys of New York, v. I, no. 45, June 26, 1876 (Issue)
Date:	June 26, 1876
First Sentence:	Tiburcio Tapia was Spanish Don, who had arisen to considerable affluence in those times, and besides being the proprietor of the Cucamongo ranch, conducted a small store somewhere above the Catholic Church, in what is now called Sonora.
Last Sentence:	But their efforts were bootless, and to this day the iron-bound money boxes of Don Tiburcio, with $50,000 in Spanish doubloons, lie securely hidden somewhere on the banks of the Arroyo Seco.