Case file · Folklore / legend
Doc Noss and Victorio Peak
Milton 'Doc' Noss claimed that in the 1930s (1937 in most accounts, 1933 in some) he found a cave inside Victorio Peak, New Mexico, stacked with gold bars, skeletons and Spanish artifacts.
1937 CE · 32.92, -106.52 · status: claim
The account
He dynamited the entrance in 1939, sealing it, and was shot dead in 1949. The peak was later swallowed by the White Sands Missile Range, and searches were allowed in 1977 and 1992 without result.
The sceptical view
Noss showed no verified gold, and several investigators thought he was a con man.