Butch Cassidy's Buried Loot May Still Be Hidden In Utah's Canyons

Treasure hunters have scoured Utah looking for lost gold from the Aztecs and Spanish explorers who left stories of buried mines and caves stacked with precious metal. A more recent story of lost loot involves Utah's bank robbing legend Butch Cassidy.

Utah's Twisting Canyons Create a Maze to Disappear in

In the canyons that cut through the rocks of Southern Utah, a gang of outlaws known as the Wild Bunch hid out between robbing banks and trains. After the theft they would lose the posse and lawmen in the twisting canyons known as Robber's Roost.

I have hiked through this canyon on several occasions and can attest to how easy it is to lose someone. We spent the night trying to find a group that took a wrong turn. Butch and his comrades would lose those chasing them here after a successful heist.

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch's Train Heist of 1897

In 1897 this group successfully robbed a train when the payroll was rolling into town. They took off with $7,000 into the canyons. People who follow the history believe the outlaws buried the money bags in one of the canyons to retrieve later along with other money they had stolen.

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Due to harassment from the law and some of the gang being captured, it appears the money was never recovered. Today there may still be bags of money hidden in the area where they made their hideout.

Treasure Troves and Government Regulations

Because of a law passed by congress in 1979, if you find Butch’s stash, it belongs to the government. They consider it an archeological find at this point. This will probably keep the treasure hidden for many years to come.