It was loosely named Lost Deutschman or Lost German Mine, and to this day, anyone who researches or tries to find the gold are generally referred to as Dutch hunters. The early Spanish the Peraltas the Jesuits and many others all came to the Superstition Mountains looking for legendary gold. 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. Legend of the Superstition Mountains: With Keenan Johnston, Mark Dodson, Frank Augustine, Wayne Tuttle. They planned to return, but once they left, they were never seen again. 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. 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. Sometimes, this discarded cache of gold is said to be the origin of Jacob Waltz's treasure. The start of the most famous legend to come from the mountains, that of the Lost Dutchman Mine, begins with these fortune-seekers. 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. A cache of gold ore was stolen from a candle box . This is considered to be the starting and gathering point for most Dutch Hunters. Since federal regulations restrict the use of power equipment, the headframe operates much like it would have in the 19th century. The first official recording of the Dutchman Mine is found in this story. According to legend, a family by the name of Peralta moved north from Mexico in the early 19th century to try their luck at mining in the American West and their efforts were rewarded when they struck gold in the 1840s. 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. HISTORY is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. Now, he may be on the edge of finding it. Ruth ended his note with the phrase "Veni, vidi, vici. A not-insignificant number of those Dutch hunters have gotten hurt or even killed. But the map to the Peralta mine was said to be missing. It is here were you will reach areas that are barely penetrable, this is where most trails stop abruptly for safety reasons. (In truth, Apaches make up just one of the tribes found in the area, but these were typically all lumped in as "Apache" by white settlers who didn't appreciate the differences in Native American tribes.). It appears no one ever bothered to just ask the Native Americans in the area if the mountains were sacred. Kinos Mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson unlike other missions in California was both massive and opulent, and still stands today. The nearly 70-year-old man was found dead about four miles south of his home on a trail near Roger's Canyon. An alternate view which better fits the lost mine legend is that he periodically appeared with large amounts of gold, The Sterling Legend by Estee Conatser reports that a Jacob Walzer sold $250,000 in gold to the U.S. Mint during the 1880s and had $1500 when he died in 1891. For one, the desert area bears remnants of the cliff dwellings of an ancient people whose identity is still unknown. Waltz is attacked and wounded by marauding Apaches, but survives at least long enough to tell a man called Dr. Walker about the mine. The exact location of the Lost Dutchmen's Mine remains a mystery. Some of you reading this may know a lot, about the Lost Dutchman Goldmine, others may be new to the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine, so before going much further, I will do a very quick overview. A fire broke out overnight at the Mining Camp Restaurant in Apache Junction and consumed the historic restaurant near Lost Dutchman State Park. 14 - 18 years. The process began in early September 2004. 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 main shaft heads down to two tunnels. 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. Is it possible he took his own life? 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. [1], The Lost Dutchman's is perhaps the most famous lost mine in American history. [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". His head had been severed from his body and was lying several feet away. 1873. 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 He gradually gained the respect of the old-timers who, in their later years, shared much of the knowledge they had gathered themselves. . This is very interesting and both are true. It's very possible the clues are also unverifiable legends people have clung on to in hopes of finding riches. Mules and horses carried raw ore to the chute; the dumped ore tumbled out the front into wagons that carried it away. Many people have dismissed them as a hoax. It's an entire genre all its own, from pirate maps to all the stuff Nicolas Cage got up to in the National Treasure movies. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 18851903, September 8, 1892, Image 2", Dunning, B. Keep in mind for security reasons for now I have to be selective on what we divulge. Jacob Waltz said, "From the RIDGE ABOVE my mine you can see the Military Trail, but from the trail you cannot see my mine". It was supposedly discovered by a German prospector named Jacob Waltz in 1876. There, he claimed to have. As early as Sept 1, 1892, a local newspaper relates . The fabled Lost Dutchman Mine may be about to be discovered in the Supernatural. All of these elements can be found in the search for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, reportedly well hidden in Arizona's mysterious-looking (and aptly named) Superstition Mountains (pictured above). When is the documentary goimg to start back up? 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. Ruth did not return as scheduled, and no trace of him could be found after a brief search. So what do we really know about these legends, Waltz, and the Superstition Mountains? [21], Were it not for the death of amateur explorer and treasure hunter Adolph Ruth, the story of the Lost Dutchman's mine would probably have been little more than a footnote in Arizona history as one of hundreds of "lost mines" rumored to be in the American West. The detailed record keepers the Mexican miners were, there is not another mine in here that would 'fit' for this time and location. This is only speculation, what I do know is that, people who have dismissed the information on the stones, no matter who carved the stones, those non believers have been badly mistaken. Though the remains had been scattered by scavengers, they were undoubtedly Ruth's. I've never done a forum before, so I am new to this. 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. 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. It's also worth noting the mountains aren't known to have gotten their ironic name from any of the above legends. Today along route 88 is a pull off gravel road, that leads out behind the Lost Dutchman Museum, you follow it to a designated area, here you will find marked trail signs with trails simply marked as the Massacre Grounds.. Courtesy Collection of Greg Davis / Superstition Mountain Museum , The Lost Dutchman is one of the greatest lost mine stories of them all. Under his bed was a candle box containing some extraordinary rich gold ore. While this theory did not ignore the two holes in the skull, it did fail to explain how Ruth had managed to remove and bury the empty shell, then reload his gun, after shooting himself through the head". Peralta's Family. 54. 372 23K views 2 years ago Justin and Emiliano investigate the Lost Dutchman Goldmine, a legendary lost mine in the mountains of Arizona, which is said to contain over 200 million dollars. 1873. The conquistador ordered the men to stay close together so they weren't picked off, but this didn't help. 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. Top ways to experience Goldfield Ghost Town and nearby attractions. The Lost Dutchman Mine: The Fabulous Story of the Seven-Decade Search for the Hidden Treasure of the Superstition Mountains of Arizona Hardcover - January 1, 1960 by Sims Ely (Author) 11 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $47.55 7 Used from $43.57 1 Collectible from $95.00 Print length 178 pages Language English Publisher But it was the Apaches who became the areas most famous native residents, using the mountains as a stronghold during the 1800s when the whites began their westward expansion, lured by the promise of gold. Jacob Walzer and Heidelberg (Germany) were punched in the edges of the tintype, leading Ron Feldman to think it could be of Jacob Waltz. After the land was ceded to the United States, the Peralta party was trespassing on U.S. soil. Without doubt the most controversial but easily the most studied, researched and written about of all the historical documentation involving the Superstition Mountains, are the famous Peralta Stones. 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. April 1, 2018 (Borrego Springs) - Way back in the late 1820s, Thomas "Pegleg" Smith got lost in a sandstorm and hobbled up a hill on his wooden leg to get his bearings. Eventually, the conquistador ordered his men to flee and he never returned to the mountains, which they called Monte Supersticin, thus giving the mountains the name of Superstition. Next week I will list some clues that are absolutely relevant to what we have physically on site. It involves murder, secrets, and a whole lotta sweet, sweet gold. 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. As the legend grew, so did the size of the fortune. After a five-year wait, HEAT obtained a Treasure Trove Permit for the purpose of re-excavating a mine in the Superstition Wilderness. The Superstition Mountains in Arizona are bound to be home to at least a few good stories by virtue of their name alone. Surprisingly, he was a real man. Blair suggested that this Waltz could be the same Waltz who later came to be regarded as the legendary Dutchman, and that he Americanized the spelling of his family name. The body of one dutch hunter (as they are known to locals) was found in the Superstition Mountains as recently as 2012. A group found the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Eastern Superstitions and extracted a considerable amount of rich gold ore. Mining records show that Jacob Waltz did file claims, two claims with others. Granger wrote that "fact and fiction blend in the tales",[3] but that there are three main elements to the story: In 1977, Granger identified 62 variants of the Lost Dutchman's story some of the variations are minor, but others are substantial, casting the story in a very different light from the other versions. Image property of Arcana Exploration, photo taken at the Lost Dutchman Museum Apache Junction, Arizona. This account is usually dated to about 1870. 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. The earliest Lost Dutchman Gold Mine in Arizona was said to be near Wickenburg, where in the 1870's a Dutchman was found dead in the desert, together with some saddlebags filled with gold. The photographic evidence taken at the site along with a selection of maps combined with historical documentation together, links the most generally accepted and related informational evidence too present day boots on the ground reality. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains. Finding gold at the Lost Dutchman mine. Dozens of prospectors in the Superstitions attempted to follow him to his secret mine. 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 name comes from a prominent local legend of the enigmatic . Troubles with the Apaches made the familys mining operation dangerous. The earliest documentation of him in the U.S. is an 1848 affidavit in which Waltz declared himself to be "about 38 years old". The Lost Dutchman Mine: The Greatest Gold Horde Thats Never Been Found. Ron Feldman has it and has had it all of his adult life. 2017. In gratitude, Gonzales told Erwin about the Peralta mine in the Superstition Mountains, and gave him some antique maps of the site (Gonzales claimed to be descended from the Peralta family on his mother's side). This image was made from a tintype found in the Superstition Mountains by Bud Dunn, circa 1960. There's the thrill of the hunt, solving the clues, and what could be a better payoff than a big cache of riches? To determine if the skull was Ruth's, it was examined by Dr. Ale Hrdlika, a well-respected anthropologist who was given several photos of Ruth, along with Ruth's dental records. The earliest Lost Dutchman's mine in Arizona was said to have been near Wickenburg, about 180km (110mi) north-west of the Superstition Mountains: a "Dutchman" was allegedly discovered dead in the desert near Wickenburg in the 1870s alongside saddlebags filled with gold. According to the story, in about 1912 Erwin C. Ruth gave some legal aid to Gonzales, saving him from almost certain imprisonment. 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. It seems likely there was no Dr. Thorne, but there was a doctor in New Mexico who told a similar tall tale, except he was kidnapped by the Navajo tribe in his story. [28], One fact against the existence of "Lost Dutchman Mine" is that Waltz was a "placer miner"; while the gold pieces he had were in quartz, the Superstition Mountains are in fact volcanic. In the next century, the Peralta family extracted gold from this mine. 2016 ISSUE. But he was soon known as the Lost . First, let's talk about the geology of the mountains. A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona. The body of George Mallory was found in 1999, while Irvine's body is still missing (allegedly). Later on came a long list of early and newly appointed Dons of Spain who also made forays into the Prima Alta looking for riches. Over the next few weeks I will share some images that are safe for us to show. Waltz found it in the mountains and came to grab gold out of it as needed. 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. Over the years, Feldman has accumulated a serious band of like-minded treasure seekers and Dutch hunters. There are other legends about gold in the Superstition Mountains. According to Blair, the story may have its roots in the efforts of three U.S. soldiers to locate gold in an area of New Mexico, based on an allegedly true story related to them by Dr. Thorne of New Mexico; see above. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. (Courtesy: Robert Cooper) Three years ago, a Denver bellhop ventured into Arizona's Superstition Mountains determined to find the Lost Dutchman's Mine, an elusive, vast gold reserve that has. Illustration by Jonathan Fehr. 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). He further stated, after examining the two holes [in the skull], that it appeared that a shotgun or high-powered rifle had been fired through the head at almost point-blank range, making the small hole when the bullet entered and the large hole when it exited".[23]. Sadly, the 35-year-old became another target of the fables when he disappeared from the Tonto National Forest in 2009. Some searchers for the mine have disappeared in likely wilderness accidents. Lemuria: The Fabled Lost Continent That Turned Out To Be Real Almost, How Al Jorden Made Doris Day's Life A Living Hell, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Then later the Mexicans including the powerful Peralta family made forays to the area from Sonora and are believed to have had 18 gold mines in the Supers. He disappeared after going on a quest for the legendary 'Lost Dutchman's' gold mine in the Superstition Mountains. True. In December, 1931, The Arizona Republic reported on the recent discovery of a human skull in the Superstition Mountains. It is still a mystery if both explorers were able to reach the summit before passing away. You need at a bare minimum, at least a three- man team. Then, see some astonishing photos taken at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Lost Dutchman's Cabin in the Superstition Mountains StrangeAgo October 21, 2017 In this article, two men went in search of the Dutchman's mine and claimed they found his cabin. 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. For 25 years he lives the good life and enjoys his riches. 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, things started going wrong immediately as men began to disappear, later being found decapitated. The lost Dutchman Gold mine is generally believed to be somewhere near or in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. As the story goes, Waltz and his partner befriended a Mexican who had been working a mine in the mountains. 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