100 Tons of Gold

by David Leon Chandler

100 tons of gold by David Leon Chandler.

Genres: History

268 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

American journalist who wrote several historical and biographical books.

In 1962 he and his team won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for investigating and exposing corruption.

He was associated with early coverage of the Kennedy Assassination and was mentioned in the Warren Commission report.

Reviews

[Cory Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite true life treasure stories. I originally read this many years ago but it sits proudly on my shelf as a summertime favorite.

[Jared · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating little book about what may have been an unbelievable horde of colonial spanish silver in New Mexico. Research includes personal interviews with four different individuals who found it, small town New Mexico history, government records, and news reports. Still not sure what to believe about the ending, but whatever was there the army completely dug up the whole mountainside after the site was annexed as part of the White Sands missile range after WWII.

[Avery Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

The wild west was alive and well in southern New Mexico well into the forties and fifties. There are so many twists and turns to this story, and there really isn't a satisfactory ending. The gold has still never been accounted for, but that's life I suppose. I read this book because my Great Grandfather knew Doc Noss and claimed to be the first law enforcement on the scene at his murder, but the tale ended up being so fascinating that I would have been enthralled without a family connection. There is some information that could have been better organized, and perhaps a bit more editing could have helped, but I never really had trouble keeping track of things and the narration never dwells on anything long enough to get particularly bogged down.