Salt Lake Herald | 1891-05-17 | Page 1 | Donner Party Treasure Discovered

Donner Party Treasure Discovered TRUCKEE May 16There is great excite sreat excic ment here over the discovery of a portion of the treasure carried by the Donner party I in 1S4647 which is said to amount to 10000 Nearly 200 in silver has already been found and a number of people are looking for the lookng remainder The coins are of all al dates prior to 1845 and consist of pieces from France Spain Bolivia Bolvia and the Argentine republic A number f republc of other foreign countries are also countres represented and also a a number of rare American coins C The relics are very valuable