LIKELY TO SELL OUT*. There was a catastrophic flood in Phoenix in 1891, and Waltz's farm was one of many that was devastated. Over the next few weeks we will provide some images and photos taken at or very near the site. The Superstitions Mountains lie within the Tonto National wildlife refuge and consist of 242 square miles not counting other designated and preserved areas that boarder the Tonto National Forest and wildlife refuge. This bug is to make my fortune, he continued, with a triumphant smile, to reinstate me in my family possessions. Located east of Phoenix, the Superstition Mountains stretch across 160,000 acres of desert, and somewhere in these almost supernatural-looking canyons . 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. 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'. He found that even a neophyte like himself could pick up nuggets of information from other Dutch hunters who virtually inhabited the Superstitions. The Superstition Mountains are a mountain range east of Phoenix and are known for their picturesque volcanic peaks and and jagged canyons. 2217 KB. Here he worked at the Vulture Mine as a paid miner. Richman, Irwin. 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". In an addition to this legend, it's claimed two soldiers came to the Superstitions after hearing of Dr. Thorne's story to see if they could locate the cache. But they're even better known for something else: the legendary Lost Dutchman's Mine, a much-ballyhooed secret stash of wealth sought by daring adventurers known as "Dutch hunters." by Bob Willis | Apr 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation. It's not even out of the question the expedition was a misdirect to make it seem like she and her cohorts were looking for something to bolster the legend. Over the years, Feldman has accumulated a serious band of like-minded treasure seekers and Dutch hunters. The Lost Dutchman's Mine Legend in the Superstition Mountains Documented by Timothy Draper Categories & Site Details: Famous Treasure Stories, Field Research, Gold, Gold & Doubloons, Metal Detectors, Mining Legends, Mysteries, Spanish History, Spanish Treasure, Treasure Sites in America Table of Contents 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. $169.00. After growing up on the East Coast and California, Feldman moved in 1968 to Arizona where he established a successful stable offering trail rides and pack trips into the rugged mountains that were once home to the Apaches. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "The St. Johns herald. However, Ruth ignored Barkely's advice, and set out for a two-week stint in the mountains. Also, as previously mentioned, no Native American tribes in the region seem to have any history of treating the mountains as anything other than regular mountains. So what about Jacob Waltz? Julia, whose occupation is sometimes listed as a nurse and sometimes as a baker, took care of Waltz late in life and the two became close friends. So what do we really know about these legends, Waltz, and the Superstition Mountains? 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. Then, she took the map that was either from Waltz's imagination or her own and made a whole lot of money selling copies of it. , The Waterbury Democrat. During the miners escape to Mexico, Apaches attacked and 148 of the party were massacred. Now, Feldman and his team are on the prowl for the Lost Dutchman Mine. (Right) Bob Schoose (owner of Goldfield, Arizona) designed this headframe, which the team hand carried from the base camp to the site for construction. For instance, about six of the maps are relevant, others may be relevant, but for now do not appear to be. ARIZONA, USA It's arguably the most famous legend in all of Arizona: A gold mine of unfathomable riches in the . 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. PERALTA DESCENDENTS HAVE GIVEN US DOCUMENTS 100S OF YEARS OLD. He knew that gold had been found in the Superstition Mountains. The detailed record keepers the Mexican miners were, there is not another mine in here that would 'fit' for this time and location. And importantly I have hard facts that the Stones are linked to other historical information. It was supposedly discovered and kept secret by a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz in the 19th century, in Season 3, Episode 2, \"Guardians of Superstition Mountain.\" #AmericaUnearthedSubscribe for more from America Unearthed and other great HISTORY shows:http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYTFind out more about the show and watch full episodes on our site:http://www.history.com/shows/Check out exclusive HISTORY content:History Newsletter - https://histv.co/newsletterWebsite - https://histv.co/HistoryFacebook - https://histv.co/FacebookTwitter - https://histv.co/TwitterIn \"America Unearthed,\" host Scott Wolter uses hard science and intuitive theories to explain the most mysterious artifacts and sites in America. In the mountains east of Phoenix, a German prospector named Jacob Waltz began prospecting in the 1860s. Kino is believed to have had a rich goldmine somewhere in the Superstition Mountains. This late 1800s ore chute is proof of mining activity in the Superstition Wilderness. He really did die in 1891 of pneumonia. Arcana has had the luxury of having had the site location for over three years, and for this reason we have been able to reverse engineer, historical information and put many of the pieces together. 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. Background: The Lost Dutchman Mine was founded by a German prospector named Jacob "The Dutchman" Waltz in 1876. Later that year, two easterners went looking for the lost mine. Still, this doesn't dissuade treasure hunters. Top ways to experience Goldfield Ghost Town and nearby attractions. I want some feedback from people with knowledge about the lost Dutchman gold mine. With Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince. Except perhaps not. When he is down to $300 he returns. In 1847-1848 during the time of the Hidalgo Treaty when Mexico sold the territory to the United Sates the Peraltas, knowing they would lose access to their mines made one last trip bringing hundreds of miners from Sonora to mine as much as they could, but were attacked by Apaches. While on a voyage to Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared, and with them a camera. Or, he never made any such claims at all and Thomas made up the whole story based on some gold ore she found in Waltz's possessions. The reason you can see Weavers Needle to the south is the same . While this doesn't mean it's impossible there's gold to mine up there, it makes it far less likely. There's some evidence to suggest he engaged in a shady practice called highgrading basically claiming ore is more valuable than it really is. Dr. George M. Willing Jr. paid Peralta $20,000 for the mining rights for an enormous swath of land about 3,000,000 acres (12,000km2) in southern Arizona and New Mexico based on a deed originally granted by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century. Keep in mind for security reasons for now I have to be selective on what we divulge. Allegedly, people saw the Jesuits come up to the Superstition Mountains with their loads of gold, but when they were spotted again on the other side, the mules carried no loads. In most variants of the story, the family of a man called Miguel Peralta discovered the mine and began mining the gold there, only to be attacked or massacred by Apaches in about 1850 in the supposed Peralta massacre. This is very important! Official estimates vary (the Superstition Mountains are also a popular hiking area and sometimes it's likely difficult to tell if someone was just hiking and got lost or was looking for the Lost Dutchman), but there are at least some every decade. Much of the truth has laid obscured in old Spanish, Jesuit and Catholic Church documentation, including maps, expedition journals, and diaries and in many cases with those buried in long ago lost and forgotten graves. Though the remains had been scattered by scavengers, they were undoubtedly Ruth's. Arcana Exploration. The show follows Dutch hunter Wayne Tuttle on his 40-year . Come on. "Dutchman's Gold" was the season 4, episode 19 of, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 00:14. Researchers point to an old beliefby local farmersthat the nearby Pima Native American tribe were superstitious about the mountains. It was supposedly discovered by a German prospector named Jacob Waltz in 1876. Even if the stories of soldiers looking specifically for the Lost Dutchman mine are true, there's no evidence they actually found anything at all and didn't just move on empty-handed, no mysterious deaths required. The early Spanish the Peraltas the Jesuits and many others all came to the Superstition Mountains looking for legendary gold. The map is supposedly filled with clues, and there are many others purportedly given by Waltz at various points in his life according to legends, but it's hard to prove he actually ever said any of those things. Neither Thomas nor anyone since has been able to find the now legendary gold of the Lost Dutchman Mine, although that has not discouraged people from trying (one widely-circulated estimate from the 1970s claimed that 8,000 people a year search for it). Jacob Walzer and Heidelberg (Germany) were punched in the edges of the tintype, leading Ron Feldman to think it could be of Jacob Waltz. The exact location of the Lost Dutchmen's Mine remains a mystery. 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. Updated: 10:22 PM MST May 13, 2022. (2004). 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. He really did emigrate from Germany, though this seems to have occurred decades before the legends claim, because there are verified documents showing he filed to become an American citizen in 1848, long before he supposedly arrived in 1860, according to the Superstition Mountain Museum. Background Jesse Capen was born on June 2, 1974 in Colorado to parents David Capen and Cynthia Burnett. Feldman and his partners in HEAT (Historical Exploration and Treasures) go daily into the Superstition Wilderness east of Apache Junction in Arizona, and with government permission, manually dig for a lost Spanish Mine. "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). For one, the desert area bears remnants of the cliff dwellings of an ancient people whose identity is still unknown. 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. Further legends claim the conquistador and his men were bearing their own reserves of gold, looted from previous expeditions, but ended up leaving it behind when they escaped whatever was killing them. There May Be a Long-Lost Gold Mine in the Arizona Mountains By: Mae Rice For more than a century, adventurous souls have sought the Lost Dutchman Mine, and since 1891, more than a hundred people have claimed to find it. His head had been severed from his body and was lying several feet away. 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. Blair insisted that the Peralta portion of the story is unreliable, writing: "The operation of a gold mine in the Superstitions by a Peralta family is a contrivance of 20th century writers". But Blair suggested that this core story was distorted in subsequent retellings, comparing the many variants of the Lost Dutchman's story to the game of Chinese whispers, where the original account is distorted in multiple retellings of the tale.[15]. Bus Tours. For the first time ever, Arcana Exploration has undeniable physical proof that the mine exists, proof that is to say, photographic physical documentation that many of the generally excepted clues, are in fact real and do exist and are physically present in one location. [19][20] After this was unsuccessful, Thomas and her partners were reported to be selling maps to the mine for $7 each. Lost Dutchman Mine. have experience in the Superstition Mountains, actually looked for the mine themselves, found evidence to support the mines existence . While he allegedly worked as a miner at numerous mines earlier in his life, eventually Waltz decided he wanted to prospect on his own. Everyone loves a good treasure hunting story. The earliest documentation of him in the U.S. is an 1848 affidavit in which Waltz declared himself to be "about 38 years old". each. Waltz was buried in Phoenix at what is now called the Pioneer and Military Memorial Park. The name comes from a prominent local legend of the enigmatic . According to historian Tom Kollenborn, the Superstition Mountains were an unlikely place to strike it rich: Over the years, the Lost Dutchman Mine legend grew to become the Wests most famous lost mine, reaching a fever pitch in the early 1950s when hundreds of Dutch hunters flocked into the western end of the Superstitions. They were never seen again. The conquistador and his men arrived and made their way deep into the mountains, despite the warnings of danger from the local Apache. 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. The mine is named after German immigrant Jakob Waltz (c. 18101891), who purportedly discovered it in the 19th century and kept its location a secret. The man said Dr. Thorne could take as much as he could carry, at which point he was blindfolded again and led out. There are other legends about gold in the Superstition Mountains. OH, I almost forgot there is no cell phone service absolutely none. In some versions, he's not just a man but the chieftain of the Apache tribe. He vanished into the mountains in 2009 and his body was not discovered until three years later, hidden in a crevasse 35 feet up a cliff, and destined to become yet another chapter in the continuing story of the lost mine. Skeptoid Media, 29 Jan 2013. Campground check-in is 2 p.m. Arizona place-name expert Byrd Granger wrote, as of 1977, the Lost Dutchman's story had been printed or cited at least six times more often than two other fairly well-known tales, the story of Captain Kidd's lost treasure, and the story of the Lost Pegleg mine in California. 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. I will make a statement in the near future that will surprise a lot of Dutch Hunters it surprised me. In a story that echoes some of the earlier tales, Ruth's son Erwin C. Ruth was said to have learned of the Peralta mine from a man called Pedro Gonzales (or Gonzalez). Some sources of this clue say only from my mine and leave out THE RIDGE ABOVE. But what they actually found has been a hidden secret that people have been trying to piece together for last 125 years. Now, he may be on the edge of finding it. Erwin passed the information to his father Adolph, who had a long-standing interest in lost mines and amateur exploration. per adult. "Tex" Bradford of Globe Arizona went in search of the "Lost Dutchman Mine"; by October 1933 he had been missing for nine months. 54. 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. The U.S. Government issued the group one of few Treasure Trove Permits. The enigma of the LDGM is that it has been a puzzle with many pieces that, up until now, no one has been able to solve. [4], Robert Blair wrote "[t]here have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz". Around 1860 a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz moved into the Wickenburg Arizona area about 80 miles from Phoenix. In this series, forensic geologist Scott Wolter -- considered a real-life Indiana Jones by some -- travels across the country to uncover some of the hidden treasures and to reveal the history. [16] A man called Jacob Walz was born in September 1810 in Wrttemberg. The story sometimes claims there were arrows all around, and so thus it must have been the Apache protecting their sacred mountains. Among those hunters was Ted Cox, who had lived with several ranchers in the region who personally knew Waltz. This is considered to be the starting and gathering point for most Dutch Hunters. There's even been a ban on mining in the Superstition Mountains since 1984 due to the number of people coming and getting killed in mining accidents searching for the Lost Dutchman's gold. [3] Former Arizona Attorney General Robert K. Corbin is among those who have looked for the mine. Both fabled and mythical, they have helped to drive the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine. Even though some have said the stones story is much older (it is true the source information is likely much older) than the Dutchmans time and therefor there is no connection, they are going to be slapping themselves in the face trying to overcome their denial when they realize the stones leadto the same birds nest. In 1931, the two sought the Lost Dutchman's gold mine, but Adolph Ruth, against his son's wishes, went looking alone, according to Skeptoid. Three Aitons, father and two sons, are reported to have found what was known the past fifty years as the "Lost Dutchman" mine in the Bradshaw mountains. 585K views 1 year ago #LegendoftheSuperstitionMountains Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team. However, despite several men claiming to have found the mine, no one ever came forward with the gold. It's very possible the clues are also unverifiable legends people have clung on to in hopes of finding riches. The story continues that the Peralta family found and mined gold in the Superstition Mountains. from. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 18851903, September 8, 1892, Image 2", Dunning, B. That ore was recently analyzed by spectrographic analysis, and the results indicate that his ore does not match the ore from any known source. THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RUN THE LOST DUTCHMAN . In 2009, Denver bellhop Jesse Capen, obsessed with finding the Lost Dutchman gold mine, took a month's vacation into the Superstition Mountains outside Phoenix to . RaksyBH/Shutterstock There have been many stories about how to find the mine, and each year people search for the mine. 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.". File size. Josh Feldman of the HEAT team assists in excavating the main shaft by pulling up debris, loaded one bucket at a time. If no one comes forth to rightfully claim the treasure, its anyones guess. Ruth disappeared while searching for the mine in the summer of 1931. The legend then states that, sometime later, the last Peralta survivor(s) were helped out of some kind of bind by Jacob Waltz, and in his debt, they gave him the only thing they had of value: a map to the Peralta family mine in the Superstition Mountains, according to Cowboys and Indiansmagazine. The legend of the Lost Dutchman began in the 1800s when an Apache attack massacred a Mexican mining family. Legend of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Parts 2 & 3: Finally Found! The Lost Dutchman story actually begins in the 1800s when the wealthy, Mexican Peralta family came to the region to work mines under a Spanish land grant. Only one (sometimes two) could not be accounted for. Furthermore, Wilburn stated that geology indicates that there is no gold in the Superstition Mountains, which are igneous in origin. 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. There's another story that supposedly took place three centuries earlier also involving a treasure stashed away in the area. 1873. Arizona's most notorious lost treasure story for both believers and otherwise takes place in the mysterious Superstition Mountains. Watch on The reported mine was dubbed Lost Dutchman around 1892 after Waltz died. Pingback: Legend of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Parts 2 & 3: Finally Found! Waltz relocated to Arizona in the 1860s, and stayed in the territory for most of the rest of his life. Once again, only rumors kept the legend alive, and these events drove even more Dutch hunters to the dangerous mountains. Take, for example, the story of Adolph Ruth, an experienced treasure hunter who typically worked with his son, Erwin. The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine - Found! ZERO ZIP NADA!! One of the most professional and serious-minded efforts was led by Oklahoma City private detective Glen Magill, who organized multiple expeditions in the late 1960s and early '70s, and claimed on at least two occasions to have identified the location of the mine, later to concede he was either mistaken or the locations were "played out," or bereft of gold. 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