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    1. Calvin Disney
    2. HUNTER DEVOTES LIFE TO DIGGING IN SEARCH FOR STOLEN $85,000 HARROGATE, Tenn., March 4 - Life for Calvin Disney; 56- year-old Cumberland mountain man, is just a lot of dirty digs. He lives in a cave high in the hills near here, and for the past three years he has done nothing but pick and shovel work with an $85,000 hidden treasure as his goal. Disney is devoting his life to a hunt for a payroll board which he says was stolen by a robber band during the Civil war. The robbers, he believes, took to the mountains and hid their gold in a cave because of the dangerous times. The war eliminated the robbers from enjoyment of the money and now Disney, who says he has a map which will lead him to the payroll, is busy exploring the cave. He is confident that he ultimately will turn up the spot where the $85,000 in gold is cached, and when he does he plans to hang up his pick and shovel and spend the rest of his life in mountain ease. Lima News, Lima, Ohio, March 4, 1932

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