Listen carefully to the song, Desert Pete Song, Kingston Trio, for where Desert Pete hid his cache for anyone wanting to share it with him. I looked up "bitters jar" and found this: Bitters are alcoholic spirits that are infused with herbs, roots, fruit and leaves. Desert Pete was one of America's earliest geocachers, thank you kindly. The gold in them thar hills, a Sacagawea gold-plated dollar proof coin, was claimed by MPark for bein' FTF. He was ably assisted by dleet. Come to think of it, MPark resembles Desert Pete, don't he.
Other excellent western ballads from way back when include these:
Cool, Clear Water
Mule Skinner Blues
They Call the Wind Mariah