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EPISODE · Jul 19, 2025 · 24 MIN

Lost Gold and Broken Dreams: The Blue Bucket Mine Mystery

from Same Crime, Different Time: A Historical True Crime Podcast With Jen Chambers · host Jen Chambers

What if the gold rush started three years earlier… and no one noticed?In 1845, a wagon train lost in the Oregon desert made a discovery that should’ve changed history—pebbles heavy and yellow enough to “fill one of these blue buckets.” But the gold was left behind, the location forgotten… and a 175-year-old legend was born.💰 Greed. Survival. Ghost trails.🔦 Desert treasure hunts and deadly mistakes.🌵 And one massive, possibly mythical, lost gold mine.Tune in now for a wild west mystery that still drives treasure hunters into the Oregon wilderness to this day.🎙️ Link in bio🌲 #SameCrimeDifferentTime#LostTreasure #OregonMysteries #HistoricalTrueCrime #PodcastDrop #BlueBucketMine #JenChambers #WagonTrainWoes #GoldRushBeforeTheGoldRush To hear more, visit jbchambers.substack.com

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