Alleged Missing Civil War Gold in Dents Run, Elk County, Pennsylvania

Alleged Missing Civil War Gold in Dents Run, Elk County, Pennsylvania – Federal Bureau of Investigation – May thirtieth, two thousand twenty‑two. This record is notable because it is among the first FBI files released concerning the long‑standing rumor that a shipment of United States gold from the Civil War era was buried in Dents Run, Pennsylvania. The document was released to the public on May thirtieth, two thousand twenty‑two as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, case number unknown, under the authority of the FBI’s declassification office. The original PDF is hosted at documents two dot theblackvault dot com, and the entry on The Black Vault was posted on May thirtieth, two thousand twenty‑two. The file begins as an FBI import form, serial number three seven four E dash P H dash two five five three five three two, revision October sixteenth, two thousand nine. The header reads: “UNCLASSIFIED Federal Bureau of Investigation Import Form. Form Type: Email. Date: March thirteenth, two thousand nineteen. Title: (U) LI ______ – ’I ~;mai2‑s Approved By: SA I L‑______ – Drafted By: –______ – Case ID number: 374E‑PH‑2553532 (V). The fate of United States gold in Elk County, Pennsylvania – Cultural Property Crimes – Other. Synopsis: (U) LI ______ – emaih; ++ UNCLASSIFIED.” The body of the record contains a series of encoded characters and placeholders, followed by a forwarded email dated February second, two thousand eighteen, six fifteen PM, subject “Pinkerton”. The email references internal FBI file identifiers such as b6‑1, b7C‑1, b7E‑1 and notes a pending request to check Pinkerton files. Later the document includes a response from the National Archives and Records Administration dated February twenty‑first, two thousand five, addressed to an unknown requester at seven hundred Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia. The letter states: “This is in reply to your letter requesting information about a lost Army gold shipment in Pennsylvania during the Civil War. Nineteenth‑century War Department records are in the custody of the National Archives, particularly Record Group ninety‑nine, Records of the Office of the Paymaster General, not arranged or indexed in a manner that facilitates subject searches. In order to search for information about United States Army payrolls and gold shipments—whether lost or not—one must know the full names of paymasters, exact dates of events, and the full names and unit designations of associated military personnel. Should you wish to visit the National Archives and pursue your research, be advised that Record Group ninety‑nine is currently held at the College Park, Maryland facility (Archives II). Information about visiting the National Archives can be found on our website, archives dot gov.” The record also contains a brief citation of Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency holdings, noting that the Library of Congress received a register of Pinkerton records in nineteen fifty‑six, with subsequent processing in nineteen seventy‑five and two thousand one. The entry lists various types of material, including photographs, microfilm, and correspondence, and indicates that some photographs have been transferred to the Library’s Print and Photographs Division. The document concludes with a series of cataloging details, including collection identifiers such as 22‑cv‑9 (FBI) and references to related archival collections, but the text becomes heavily garbled and includes numerous non‑alphabetic symbols, suggesting portions of the original scan were not rendered correctly. In May of two thousand twenty‑two, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began releasing records about the alleged missing Civil War gold, which was rumored to be buried in Dents Run, Pennsylvania. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For the full document, visit storyflo dot com and the canonical URL at https://www.theblackvault