Lyndon Graves 135 subscribers 10K views 4 years ago After 15 Long Years, and long battles with Government agencies , we have decided to reveal the treasures. With Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince. Waltz, now the sole possessor of all the gold, eventually moved to Phoenix where he died in 1891, but not before relaying his story to his neighbor, Julia Thomas. The story is that he was given a 5 million acre land grant from the King of Spain and vested with the title "Baron of the Colorados.". "Dutchman" was a common American term for a German ("Dutch" being the English cognate to the German demonym "Deutsch", and not a reference to the Dutch people). Small Group Apache Trail Day Tour with Dolly Steamboat from Phoenix. This account is usually dated to about 1870. The name comes from a prominent local legend of the enigmatic . They supposedly did and brought a good amount of gold back to town according to Tom Kollenborn Chronicles. Years later, a man called Dr. Thorne treats an ailing or wounded Apache (often alleged to be a chieftain) and is rewarded with a trip to a rich gold mine. The story of the Lost Dutchman Mine might have become just another obscure legend had it not been for an easterner named Dr. Adolph Ruth, an amateur treasure-seeker who ambled into the Superstitions in the summer of 1931. Jesse Capen was obsessed with the legend of the lost gold, despite the lack of hard historical evidence. Nevertheless, the lore has led to the publication of several books (and, in turn, a few movies), although they mostly just embellish off the basics of the existing oral legend one of the great tales of treasure in modern history. Only the materials differ. As predicted by Waltz none are miners, they are in fact like most folks that are reading this post, just regular hard-working everyday folks with normal jobs, going to their kids ball games, playing a round of golf, and in the fall deer hunting and going to Blue Jackets NHL games. Jesse Capen, a 35-year-old bellhop from. As the story goes, Waltz and his partner befriended a Mexican who had been working a mine in the mountains. "Dutchman's Gold" was a chart hit in 1960 for, "When the Man Comes, Follow Him" episode of the, "The Peralta Map" episode of the CBS Radio series, The Lost Dutchman Mine ride was a popular attraction at, The Lost Dutchman's Mine features prominently in the, The Lost Dutchmans Mine is the subject of Season 6, Episode 10 of podcast Unexplained. [29][clarification needed]. A lack of historical records leaves uncertainty as to whether a Peralta family ever had possession of land, or mines, in or near the Superstition Mountains. It was supposedly discovered and kept secret by a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz in the 19th century, hence the . Supposedly, the Peraltas actually found a very rich gold vein and set up a mining operation. each. The story continues that the Peralta family found and mined gold in the Superstition Mountains. The legend continues to explain that the luck of the Peraltas eventually ran out and they were ambushed by the Apache, who left no trace of the treasure and only a few survivors who brought the tale of the hidden horde back to Mexico. This first bucket of debris was five years in coming when the Forest Service finally released the first Treasure Trove Permit issued in the Superstition Wilderness. Magill's adventures were chronicled in the book The Killer Mountains, by Curt Gentry. If no one comes forth to rightfully claim the treasure, its anyones guess. None of the tribes in the area ever considered the mountains to be sacred, and while the Apache tribe does have a thunder deity in their religious beliefs, they don't claim he lives in the Superstitions. Waltz did claim to have a treasure, but he really didn't and was simply telling tall tales to make his life seem more interesting, then Julia Thomas believed him. Bus Tours. There have been many stories about how to find the mine, and each year people search for the mine. Here's the thing about the Julia Thomas map to the Lost Dutchman's gold mine, which is still sold and used today: Jacob Waltz didn't actually draw it. Believing that this mine is the source of Waltzs placer gold, Feldman theorizes that the bullion lies at the end of a long collapsed drift and speculates that Waltz never searched that area while working the site. I've never done a forum before, so I am new to this. As the legend goes, prospector Jacob Waltz found a gold mine but went to his grave without sharing the secret of where that mine was located. The first official recording of the Dutchman Mine is found in this story. Its said they saved his life, and in gratitude, the man (one of the two who had escaped the Apache massacre) took his new friends to several Spanish gold mines. 2217 KB. But he was soon known as the Lost . When: Open 365 days a year. It wasnt until the late 1870s that the man who would give the mine its legendary name was able to lock down the location with the help of one of the Peraltas descendants. The Lost Dutchman Mine Lost In The Woods Podcast True Crime According to legends, the Lost Dutchman Mine is hidden in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. When he was young he found the famous Lost Dutchman mine, but due to an accident shortly after he has no memory of the mines location. During Kinos time other Missionaries in California and Mexico were jealous and suspicious of Kino because, while they were poor and struggled his missions were rich and flourished, they said he had a secret gold mine from which he took rich gold and funded his missions and rancheros amassing 50 thousand head of cattle making him the Southwests first mega rancher. [volume], October 11, 1933, Page NINE, Image 9, "Arizona desert searched for missing Denver man seeking gold mine", "Mother of missing treasure hunter holds onto hope", "Body of man who hunted legendary 'Lost Dutchman's' gold mine believed found in Arizona mountains", "3 Utah men still missing on Arizona treasure hunt", "3 Search for men looking for Lost Dutchman's gold suspended", "More remains found in Superstitions; may be hiker's", "Escape - When The Man Comes, Follow Him", "The Lost Dutchman's Mine History and Bibliography", Arizona Mining Scams and Unassayable Ore Projects of the Late 20th Century, "Skeptoid #347: The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lost_Dutchman%27s_Gold_Mine&oldid=1137505190. For over a third of a century, he read stories and books about the Peralta Mines and the lost Spanish treasures hidden deep in the Superstitions, and he heard the tale of Jacob Waltzs famous Lost Dutchman Mine. The main shaft heads down to two tunnels. None of this rules out that he simply found a cache of abandoned gold, of course, and when he died, he did have in his possessions some high-grade gold ore, though its value is unclear and it may have just been for attracting potential investors in his prospecting operations. (From left) Eric Shervey, Ron Feldman and Josh Feldman discuss sweeping the area to ensure the tunnels are where they suspect. He pursued mining and prospecting, but seems to have had little luck with either. More please. While HEATs members would certainly hope to claim a portion of any find, they declare that its just as important to find and change a piece of history. He is blindfolded and taken there by a circuitous route, and is allowed to take as much gold ore as he can carry before again being escorted blindfolded from the site by the Apaches. What really happened to Ruth? LOST DUTCHMAN MINE FOUND - FINALLY! The Superstition Mountains in Arizona are bound to be home to at least a few good stories by virtue of their name alone. Most likely because Pedro de Peralta had been the Spanish Governor of New Mexico (in the 1600s) his family name of "Peralta" was the inspiration for a number of legends in the American Southwest. So who killed the Spanish treasure hunters that came to the land? [1], The Lost Dutchman's is perhaps the most famous lost mine in American history. The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Has Been Found! The Lost Dutchman Mine - Kindle edition by Ely, Sims. But the mine remains shrouded in mystery, so much so that it might not exist at all. Stories vary on how Waltz found this hidden treasure. Under his bed was a candle box containing some extraordinary rich gold ore. People off his Mine that he cover up with a ironwood tree :The books give me my Said to be the most famous lost mine of all time, it continues to draw prospectors to the Superstition Mountains of Arizona in search of its rich gold. In Lost Dutchman Mine 3D the player takes on the role of Fred Homestake. It does not matter if Tomlinson engraved them or someone else did, exactly when they were made is not important, what matters is what is on them. He gradually gained the respect of the old-timers who, in their later years, shared much of the knowledge they had gathered themselves. While the Jesuits were eventually allowed to return to the area, it seems they either forgot the treasure or couldn't find it, and so it was still in the mountains when it was perhaps discovered by none other than the Dutchman himself, Jacob Waltz. James Reavis tried to assert that the Peralta family had a Spanish land grant and a barony granted by the King of Spain, which included a huge swath of Arizona and New Mexico, including the Superstition Mountains. While he allegedly worked as a miner at numerous mines earlier in his life, eventually Waltz decided he wanted to prospect on his own. The exact year varies, but the story goes that a rich Mexican mining family named Peralta also came to the area in search of gold. Then around 1692, the Jesuit padre father Eusebio Francisco Kino arrived. The Lost Dutchman Mine: The Greatest Gold Horde Thats Never Been Found. Gina Dimuro is a New York-based writer and translator. The Weavers Needle rock column of Arizonas Superstition Mountains is often said to mark the location of the Lost Dutchman Mine. Waltz is attacked and wounded by marauding Apaches, but survives at least long enough to tell a man called Dr. Walker about the mine. Lost Mine found in the Superstition Mountains David Jones 14.3K subscribers Subscribe 6.6K 728K views 4 years ago #MOTSM #superstitionmountains #lostmine Mysteries of the Superstition. His naturalization papers are listed in the Los Angeles county archives and his name appears in an Arizona territorial census from 1864; other government documents confirm he did, indeed, live in Arizona territory from 1863-1891. Finally The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Is Found! While a few versions have Waltz outright stealing the gold, in other versions, he either rescued or fell in love with an Apache woman who shared the secret of a gold vein her people had been mining for centuries, but as punishment for sharing the knowledge with an outsider, her tongue was cut out, ensuring she could never speak again. Mine records show that one possibly two Peralta family members with possible links connecting them to the 1848 massacre, also worked at the Vulture mine during the same time period as Waltz. After the conquistadors and priests are purported to have come and gone from the Superstition Mountains, legend tells of another group who arrived sometime in the earlier half of the 1800s. The park is said to be haunted by the spirits of people who died over the years searching for the mine. The Superstition Mountains are a mountain range east of Phoenix and are known for their picturesque volcanic peaks and and jagged canyons. It was supposedly discovered by a German prospector named Jacob Waltz in 1876. According to the tales, a Spanish conquistador (often said to be Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, but sometimes reported as any number of other explorers, real and fictional) came to the Superstition Mountains in the mid-1500s searching for a mythical city of gold, one of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold, somewhere in the mountains, according to Legends of America. Soon, fact and fiction became easier to sort. This is very interesting and both are true. (Above) In early October, before digging, the crew monitored the surface irregularities with a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine - Found! The land contained parts of Arizona and New Mexico, including the Superstition Mountains. Waltz is also said to make a deathbed confession to Julia Thomas, and draws or describes a crude map to the gold mine. Everyone loves a good treasure hunting story. $169.00. John D. Wilburn in his book Dutchman's Lost Ledge of Gold (1990), wrote that the Bulldog Gold Mine near Goldfield, Arizona, fits very well the description Jacob Waltz gave as the location of his 'lost mine'. However, even armed with the clues and map, no one in the area could find the Dutchman's mine, thus giving it the name of the Lost Dutchman's gold mine. The story goes that in the mid-1700s, the Superstition Mountains were visited by a group of priests of the Jesuit Order, and they came with over 240 mules loaded down with gold, according to the Denver Post. The process began in early September 2004. [26], Blair wrote that "the national wire services picked up the story [of Ruth's death] and ran it for more than it was worth", possibly seeing the mysterious story as a welcome reprieve from the bleak news that was otherwise typical of the Great Depression. It's impossible to know for certain, but there is one big clue. For more than 120 years, the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine has haunted the minds and souls of treasure seekers throughout the world. Their bodies were never found. They found gold in the 1840s but were ambushed by a local tribe of Apaches. [9] As of 1975, ruins of the Peralta mine were standing.[9]. ARIZONA, USA It's arguably the most famous legend in all of Arizona: A gold mine of unfathomable riches in the . Through Coxs widow, Feldmans group gathered firsthand knowledge that Cox excavated a mine and uncovered a stash of Spanish bullion, a fact that has been almost substantiated by the use of Ground Penetrating Radar. Furthermore, Wilburn stated that geology indicates that there is no gold in the Superstition Mountains, which are igneous in origin. I feel the information on the Peralta stones is most likely from a very old map of Jesuit origin. Now, he may be on the edge of finding it. The lost Dutchman Gold mine is generally believed to be somewhere near or in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. The story of the missing mine started when the Peralta family moved to the area in the early 19th century to try their luck at mining. Because of what we have discovered at the site, Arcana Exploration believes we have proof for the first time that there is a common link between Waltz and the Peraltas. After one hundred and twenty-five plus years incredibly, the lost Dutchman gold mine has been found, proving that the legend is more than mere myth and as predicted by Jacob Waltz himself "No miner will ever find my mine". [16] A man called Jacob Walz was born in September 1810 in Wrttemberg. After one hundred and twenty- five plus years incredibly, the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine has been found, proving that the legend is more than mere myth and as predicted by Jacob Waltz himself "No miner will ever find my mine". 2017. They found what they were looking for and then some, according to Lost Dutchman State Park. Jumping ahead to the late 1860s, German prospector Jacob Waltz moved to Phoenix and began prospecting in the mountains east of the new city. The soldiers are alleged to have presented some of the gold, but to have been killed or to have vanished soon after. Both of these legends are sometimes set before the Dutchman arrived in Arizona, but some time afterward, and thus Dr. Thorne and the soldiers may have stumbled across the Lost Dutchman's mine. [42] The park was expanded to 320 acres (130ha) in 1983. This is considered to be the starting and gathering point for most Dutch Hunters. Ruth ended his note with the phrase "Veni, vidi, vici. 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