Show DIUS DIGS UP IN GOLD COINS CONCEALED ALED UON ON FARM kentuckian Kentuck lan unearths Un earths treasure buried by his father during the days of the civil war demopolis ala added by old papers liis his father left him gayus bayus whit louried held cid of middleboro Midd leboro axy has unearthed gold valued at more than boo on the hie whitfield farm near here the discovery of the clr treasure asure came as the result of a search which began in the spring I 1 directions tor for locating the gold were contained in n papers left to his wn ion by C boac hoaby Whit Held member of one of the oldest nod and most aristocratic f families of alabama and of the pioneer general gon cral nathan bryan eld when gayus began his search 85 35 negroes were employed ito to uncover nn an old boundary stake on the shady grove farm is 18 nilles miles from near jefferson for a week the ho large force worked without results but later a large cache of gold coins was discovered it consists of 20 gold pieces minted in 1850 and before which were buried by the wealthy boaz whitfield in civil war days there fire are eight ields w A ito ho may put in claims for the gold all of or them and SOM fous ot of tile the four whitfield brothers born in civil war days themselves sons of 0 nathan whitfield other goli cold coins had bad been found on oil the old whitfield place prior to the discovery it la Is learned but the matter of instituting an fictive active search for burled treasure was never given much attention by the fantilly fat tilly un lin ill tho the old ley key left by C bonz boaz whitfield was found in kentucky citizens here express the belief that boaz eld burled buried the gold to prevent its seizure by union forces force similar instances are recalled by older in habitants but in no case Is so large an amount involved |