On Friday last Lucio Lazo, a Mexican boy…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

On Friday last Lucio Lazo, a Mexican boy in the employ of Bell & Stephens, at Pinos Altos, while digging holes for fruit trees, unearthed a tin can full of twenty dollar gold pieces. He put the money into his pocket and at noon started home with it, but a Chinaman, also employed in the yard, saw him counting the gold and reported the find to Bell & Stephens. Mr. Bell, it is stated, buried the money several years ago. Lazo has since made a demand for the money through his attorneys, Bail & An- cheta and Fielder & Fielder. Lazo claims the money at treasure trove. Bell & Stephens had the money counted by William Watson who stated that the total amount of the find was $600. It is thought that there is more buried treasure in and around Pinos Altos.