Treasure (1958 TV series)

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Treasure is a syndicated American television series created in 1958 [1] by Bill Burrud Productions. [2] [3] [4] [5] The series originally aired on KCOP-TV. It filmed documentaries on buried treasure, lost cities, shipwrecks, and ghost towns.

The crew included producer Bill Burrud, Milas Hinshaw, Buddy Noonan, Guy Adenis [6] (who received an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in 1971 for his work on Wildfire! [7] [8] which was narrated by Lorne Greene), Leland W. Hansen, Gene McCabe, Thomas Penfield, [9] Bill Southworth, and Ronald Munns. [10]

One episode included "Death Valley's Stovepipe Wells [11] " about gold prospecting during the mid-1800s [12] in Stovepipe Wells, California located in Death Valley. Other episodes included "Queho's Secret Hideout", [13] consisting of two episodes that focused on the legend of Queho, [14] a Native American who was portrayed in the series by actor Buddy Noonan. In that episode, Milas Hinshaw played the part of a prospector mining for gold in the Sierra Nevada. The series also produced "Ben Sublett: A Man With Two Faces" [15] [16] about Ben Sublett and his lost gold mine. Additional episodes included Slumach's Gold, Pirates Passage, Isle Royal, The Lost Adam's Diggings, Devil's Mountain, Percy Fossett's City Of Gold, Diamonds at Dead Man's Cave, The Vanishing Ace, Lost Loot of Pancho Villa, [17] Shipwreck of the Dry Tortugas, Aztec Gold, Death on the Wilderness Road, Treasure of Ulloa, The Legend of Louis Candelas, Golden Idol of the Incas, Sir Harry Oakes Lost Fortune, Search for Robert Livingston's Treasure, Massacre of the Richelieu, The Last Inca Princess, Lost City of Baroyeca, Secrets of San Miguel Island, Riddle of the Guardian Ghost, Treasure Sands of Tortuga, Trail of the Four Eyed Cat, Oak Island, [18] and the Search for the Holy Grail. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ Treasure series produced in 1958
  2. ↑ Bill Burrud Productions Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ American Classic TV Series Theme Music List
  4. ↑ Colorado Prospector
  5. ↑ "BURRUD Shows". Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-26. Treasure on the official Burrud website
  6. ↑ Guy Adenis on Emmys.com
  7. ↑ Wildfire!
  8. ↑ Wildfire! GE Monogram Series
  9. ↑ Thomas Penfield on Sublett.org
  10. ↑ Ronald Munns on Sublett.org
  11. ↑ Stovepipe Wells
  12. ↑ RV Life Magazine
  13. ↑ Queho's Secret Hideout
  14. ↑ Queho | the Forgotten Film Gallery
  15. ↑ TV Guide, The Man With Two Faces episode detail
  16. ↑ Sublett Family Association
  17. ↑ Saga of Soapy Smith
  18. ↑ Oak Island
  19. ↑ Treasure series on Amazon.com
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