$225,000 in Gold Coins
Greg Hawk • May 12, 2022
This story was another one told to me by John, whom I mention in my book. It is also a documented robbery and some details can be found online.
The location of the old Pine Springs Stage station is approximately 45 miles north and west of Payson, Arizona. More details on how to get there can be seen on the video. The elevation is about 7,500 feet so it is nice up here in the summertime and a good reason to escape the desert heat and do some camping.
The story goes that in 1879 a stagecoach carrying $225,000 in newly minted gold coin was robbed at the Pine Springs stage stop. The outlaws, led by Henry Seymour, robbed the stage as it came from Santa Fe, New Mexico and heading to the territorial capital of Prescott.
A passenger was killed and the stagecoach driver, Mose Stacey, escaped out the back of the stage station. The outlaws didn’t worry too much about his escape as they knew it was a good day’s ride to get to Prescott and back with the sheriff. What the outlaws didn’t know was that the sheriff and the posse were only a few miles away looking for some other outlaws when Mose Stacey ran into them.
Within a short time, the sheriff and posse surrounded the stage station with the outlaws inside and a gun battle ensued. After an all-night siege, the sheriff ordered the stage station set on fire from the back. When the four outlaws came out the front door they were met with a volley of rifle fire that quickly killed all four outlaws.
When the stage station fire was put out the sheriff and posse searched the building and never found the cache of gold coins.
Where did the gold coins go? Did the outlaws have a camp nearby where they had taken the chest of gold coins to bury them? Was there another member of the gang that got away with the gold?
All good questions and in my video I point out to where I think the old stage station stood. I also show where I found some old rifle cartridges I believe were used in that shootout. Enjoy!
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