I found the dagger, needle, and horsehead to be over five miles in size. History is filled with stories of buried fortunes, sometimes concealed in dangerous places. Or is it just a flat piece of rock that faces the mine? I think that, now, it might be worth $200 million. Its all very intriguing. "Part of the puzzle is when someone refers to a rock face, does that mean it's a rock that looks like someone's face? 4. A discovery at the end of 2011 helped searchers focus on Tortilla Mountain: Hikers found a note in a metal can atop the peak that said: "Jesse Capen was here. And people have been hunting for the mine since 1892. On our next trip our goal is to reach one area we have not, as yet been able to penetrate.. 0:57. I am highly dyslexic and actually see backwards (in my brains eye), I am always getting phone numbers wrong when I try to dial even though I have it in front of me. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. If there was no stone house then, dammit it, it had to be but if I couldnt find. Every time I'm in specific areas, I wonder if I've walked over that spot.". Searchers spotted a boot in steeper terrain above the day pack. I believe her place was either attached to or behind her ice cream parlor, I have read different versions of that. But I might to Clay Worst if I were to ever have the chance. "Delbert Daley of Miami retrieved the bottle but returned it to the river, not connecting the name with the lost prospector. The first test for authentic LDM Ore. Finder of this note please give to Howard Peterson. All it took was campaign donation (bribe) and there it went. Waltz and his partner, Jacob Weisner, went to the mine where Peralta offered them a deal, giving them temporary deeds to the mine. I believe he mined at least two sites in the general area. Rumor has it that he killed like 30 people. There was no sign that Jesse had been shot. Some of these are very important; for now, there are at least six that are extremely relevant. Jesse Capen, 35, had made finding the hidden treasure an obsession fueled by more than 100 books and maps on the legendary and perhaps nonexistent mine named for German immigrant Jacob "The Dutchman" Waltz. 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 in search of America's deadliest treasure. I am not sure of the original source, but it has been said that below the cave is a water tank. I'll be at peace with it when I get to that point. Even though we were on site, it took us until our third trip to locate the entrance. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Dec. 4, 2009.". Join Facebook to connect with Wayne Tuttle and others you may know. S1, Ep2. I have been studying the LDM since I graduated from High School in 1982. Cooper said Capen's undoing was likely the result of heading out in search of lost gold alone. It had to be up there. Talking to our editor Howard and the publisher they think some time early 2020 is realistic. But all in all, it is still an intriguing myth/legend. Anyways everyone be safe and treat other hunters with respect and thanks for sharing all your experiences and knowledge and great stories. "I'm sitting under a tree in a creek with leg broke, I've got to have help quick. 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. And, there are some chisel marks. Ive also seen the other maps he made forgeries of such as the Julia Thomas map and the profile map. https://superstitionmountainmuseum.org/exhibits/jacob-waltz-lost-dutchman-exhibit/#:~:text=If%20Waltz%20had%20a%20rich,the%20home%20of%20Julia%20Thomas. Jacob Waltz arrived in California about 1850. Some 30 years later, Jacob Waltz nicknamed "the Dutchman," even though he was German rediscovered the mine with the help of a Peralta descendant, according to legend. All rights reserved. Coroners used DNA extracted from bone marrow to make a match with DNA provided by his parents. You dont have to give away any locations, or show pictures that might give too much info. By now, wide-spread press coverage had resulted in claims to the estate from a number of individuals and organizations, including the Parapsychology Foundation, the Psychical Research Foundation, and the Neurological Sciences Foundation of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. We need to find some loose, we cannot chisel any, I am sure we will find some loose samples. There may still be gold to be found, but not likely enough to get rich on. If you climb some distance above my mine you can see to the south a sharp peak (Weavers Needle). I can understand that. The fact you have this site is proof to me that you are simply mining for book sales. At that time, we will need permission to retest the Dutchmans gold, but this is not as easy as you might think. Here is what encyclopedia.com has to say: In January 1964 official examination of Kidd's papers disclosed assets totaling $174,065.69 and a will written in Phoenix, Arizona. What I would like to do now is share some of the clues that are present at our landsite; this has never been done. And then we were able to spot a boot in a crevasse 35 feet off the floor, making it nearly impossible to see from any direction. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. 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 . YES! The Head of the Canyon, said by Jacob Waltz, which in fact is a large rock carved exactly like a mans head in front of the cave. At the time, "Dutchman" was a catch-all for anyone. His disappearance was reported on December 29, 1949, but probably would have been reported sooner had someone cared enough to notice he was gone. On May 6, 1965, the Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, declared the will fully acceptable for probate. I had to give up reading the replies because they change with every different question to answer. His name appears on several California census records. Capens father declined to comment, and his mother, Cynthia Burnett, could not be reached. So we kind of know what he was thinking and doing there, Cooper said. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. I restarted my research in the latter part of August 2017 and kept to only what Jacob Waltz mentioned as clues. You only have to submit ore from the two gold sources Waltz described that were in his mine. That is our goal not to mine, but hopefully to get some loose samples that can be tested . But in 2010, Burnett told the Denver Post her son had become obsessed with the legend of the Arizona gold mine. On our next trip in October of 2016 we got one of the drones up the canyon and have some great 4k images, but they are proprietary for now and will be used in our book. 3) the map Frank Fish had was one of two maps he located in Mexico through the Peralta family. Yes! For 10 years, Jesse Capen, 35, a graveyard-shift bellhop at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, had studied myriad theories about the location of the Lost Dutchman gold mine, sought by treasure seekers since the 1870s. Then, to recoup the cost of the failed expedition, Thomas started selling maps that she claimed would lead people to the mine. Legal Statement. I cannot give you all or most of my information because its best not to trust anyone on this, I might lose everything Ive worked so hard for. One of the forms for this testing is Laser ablation with a mass Spectrometer. 10. Skull found could be that of Wyoming hiker who disappeared in 2007, Treasure hunter who found Ship of Gold now sought by US Marshals, Snow hinders search for Wisconsin hiker missing in northwest Alaska. Ruth injured his leg so severely in the process that he developed a lifelong limp. . After 3 months of new research, I located the Jacob Waltzs trail, where it started and where it ended. He died on October 25, 1891, after having been nursed by an acquaintance named Julia Thomas (she was usually described as a quadroon). The trail on the Stone Maps leads from the cliff above the Carved Priest on the floor to the Heart about 2000 yards south. Hopefully we have a mild winter. As these legends go, the path to finding hidden riches generally depends on deciphering information contained in mysterious treasure maps. I've found mines that have been worked out and found ore samples that still hold traces of gold in them, The big prize, I think, for everybody, would still be - even not finding the mine - there is a stash of gold somewhere buried in a little pit in the ground near Waltz's camp, and who knows what that could be worth - two, three million dollars just sitting there under our feet. From what Ive been told, someone was working the mine around the mid 90s in secrecy, and also dug up the caches. Hey Dallas, some good points of view. 10,323 views Nov 10, 2018 227 Dislike Share Save Terry Carter 40.2K subscribers Wayne Tuttle. 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. 12. Wake up to the day's most important news. He took a month off to go search for the treasure.. Walter Beach was Kidd's prospecting and mining partner for more than twenty years. Lost Dutchman Mine, a 1989 video game for various platforms. But when his son, who worked in Mexico, found a map that might lead to an Arizona gold mine, Ruth couldn't resist. One good pic would make it so Scotty, Well since the intervention of Google Earth and using the pony for your map you can almost pinpoint it within 500 feet. Quick question: If the mine faces Northwest and you are standing in the mine entrance looking out how does a compass read 220? Fences, 24-hour guard, and an onslaught of people wanting to get rich quick. Relax and chill, you may find out you could actually be entertained. We had the correct location, we had the mine site, and if the legend was correct there had to be a stone house at the head of the north trending canyon. Mike do we have the Dutchman mine, I believe, we really do, because of the overall entities we have, but we are not done gathering proof. My research has gone back as far as the Hohokam (l-CE to 1450), a mysterious and little-known group of ancient Indians. Waltz said there is trick to his trail and no miner will ever find his mine. That will give the exact mineral content of the tested ore. You need to go to Oak Island do the research look around and talk to the brothers. Forget about what every yahoo has said, get down to basics. Part of the reason for this is that the topography immediately surrounding the mine is so severe and dangerous that it can take days to explore short distances. Yes! So Gary share something with us that you have found that will not give away your site, as we do. LOL Im not going to tell you that you havent found the LDM. So we will see, how it ends. Waltz said Then I went to the spring and followed the old Indian Trail up to the mine. My family lives in the Carolinas; if you care to send me an email would enjoy just talking to you. The once famous lost Mojave gold mine, located west of Quartzsite AZ, was at one time one of the most famous lost mines in AZ; today you can walk in to look it over. The most recent was done this past spring. Waltz and his partner returned, mining gold ore, and Waltz left to get more supplies. Waltz said that when he traveled there, he camped the night below the fort in a stand of Cottonwoods. Thank you Jeff. From the mine you can see four peaks, but it looks like one peak. The stone house existsamazing. . We are confident in what we have. What they discover may have finally put Wayne on the right path to solving this 150 year old mystery. And in some ways, it is. Wayne Tuttle has been looking for the mine for over 40 years. Arcana is the only one who has ever done this. We had been out there searching nearly every weekend for three years and this particular time we were scouring an area where a small daypack was located and had a few articles in it and we started scouring the cliffs, Cooper told FoxNews.com. "I've been in areas where it's said there would be no possible sign of gold. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. It was best I was alone. Its all here: https://mollymarieprospect.com, Jeff, with regards to my suspected site (suspecting it to be the same as yours), I feel impelled to ask if your expeditions have seen NFS people around the mine? The hearings were presided over by Judge Robert L. Myers of the Supreme Court of Maricopa County and occupied 90 days and some 800,000 words of testimony. New Evidence of Lost Dutchman Mine History writes "rmed 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. The Priest carved into the canyon floor in full robes holding a cross in front of a mine entrance, the only other one like it was said to be pointing the way to the Guadeloupe Mines but was destroyed by the Priests themselves. Waltz, who died without revealing the mines location, reportedly shot people who followed him as he returned to it for more gold. They allegedly hid one or more caches of gold in the Superstition Mountains. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-contributor/2016/05/13/mesa-history-ruth-mystery-only-deepens-findings-remains/84344690/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcTFEXMUJM&feature=emb_title, https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/04/denver-mans-search-for-lost-dutchman-mine-likely-ended-in-fall/, https://www.ranker.com/list/lost-dutchman-treasure-disappearances/lyra-radford, https://www.thelostdutchmangoldmine.com/lost-dutchman/james-kidd-missing/, Many people believe the slayings could be connected to the, Apparently, stumbling across skulls is a regular occurrence in the. At the age of 13, Trevor Tuttle sat at a campfire at the base of the Superstition Mountains, listening intently to the lore of the Lost Dutchman Mine's legendary, cache of gold. And there are so many misinformed stories about him, his mine, his history, etc. An autopsy took place on Tuesday, she said, and the results are expected to take weeks. I havent been back to the canyon since after November 29th, 2018 because everytime I go in I get a different illness everytime which has stumped my Doctors in both Phoenix and Charlotte, NC. In December 2009, a month after Capens disappearance, his campsite was found and clearly indicated his level of devotion to his newfound infatuation, Cooper said. After the finale of their first season, they never returned for a second season. He continued by saying that just below the mine is a tunnel the Mexicans dug, trying to come at the mine from below. With the Knife or Sword beside it. Just because no one has found the lost Dutchman . I have been researching this since I was a young kid and are starting to now think of doing some legwork slowly and carefully. Waltz said the Mexicans dug another tunnel from down below the mine trying to come in farther down into the vein because the pit mine was getting too hard to mine. Around 2002, I reconnected with a number of people and found a couple of guys who I felt comfortable with and trusted to go back into the mountains with. In a map called the Peralta Tesora Mappa (seen in the slideshow below), there are numerous drawings, "x" symbols, arrows and a giant heart. You don't have to be a pirate to feel the lure of hunting for buried treasure. (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. Hello Jeff, I too am from Ohio and an heir of Jacob Walz. Thanks Kal for the interest. As far as the book, it is concerned, it will be different than, the others I have seen it will as much, about our journey, and how our story ends and it will truthful no matter how it ends. Both were seeking the mythical Lost Jesuit treasure and it created a contentious situation between the two camps. Thousands have searched, some have died, all in pursuit of one thing: treasure. 1) the XRF has been done on the matchbox. "Waltz said it was a vein of gold surrounded by hematite in quartz," according to Tuttle. We do only what is permitted which includes not mining for gold. Maybe he stole it from other miners or was given it for political reasons or possibly worked/paid for it. I have thoughts on this that I will share later. Boy I had to sit here for a while let me just say I think you will be surprised, Promise me when the books comes out that you send it to me, I would like to write something personal in there for you, what you wrote here to me truly makes it special I want to make sure the guys see what you wrote. Ruth.". Thanks Jeff. I am getting a little ahead of myself, so back to the reason the LDGM has not until now been found. Tom Kollenborn, a cowboy, prospector, author, scholar and Renaissance man whose encyclopedic knowledge of the Superstition Mountains made him one of the world's foremost experts on the . is jewelry grade gold. We show photos that will not give away the site, but that do correlate things to our site. Everything else This is true, but there is something most people do not realize about this clue! Senator McCain of AZ had the rules changed for Resolution so they could mine in restricted areas. While the mexican miners not after years of mining the area. The majority of my research has been focused on Jacob Waltz and the history surrounding his story as it relates the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. We took a compass reading, and when looking directly out of the mine opening, it reads 220 degrees, and late in the day the sun does shine into the mine. Back at you buddy boy- So you think from what we have posted that like you we have also found the LDGM, and you want to protect it from the folks. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! They were all but toast and went on to pull -off a huge upset. Yes! Jeff. [The lost mine] is the reason why he went there. It is in a place that is hard to find. But our tale will be told honestly, and if we are wrong, that will be shared completely, it would be part of the story. "The Lost Dutchman" Ray Harlan & Sonny, the burro, The grave is located at 1317 W. Jefferson Street in the "Masonic Cemetery" section of Phoenix's historic Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. Until now, that is. For now, we will share some meaningful images, but for security reasons we cannot show everything that we have. The episode on the LDM which aired on November 15th and possibly other dates and times, adds a little color to other LDM asides. This is true and makes sense when you see them. Wayne has been hunting for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine for over 40 years. The skeleton was large. If you produce the ore samples, we can examine the crystalline structure of the quartz. That is when Dick Holmes got the ore from the candlebox. I think it is fun to explore the Superstition Wilderness and can be quite challenging. The next day he crossed at the gravel bar and then he traveled to first water and then on to second water. "The St. Johns herald. At the time, "Dutchman" was a catch-all for anyone. So if you have found it share something with me without giving away the location. What should be there are physical features, some man-made and some natural, that match the most historical and generally accepted clues. 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 in search of Ame 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 in search of America's deadliest treasure. Watch this video of the Dutch hunters following clues in the Peralta map: The reported mine was dubbed Lost Dutchman around 1892 after Waltz died. Other reports say that Kidd was in poor health when he paid someone to go out with him to his claim in the Superstition Mountains and leave him there to perish. The window to find it is rapidly closing. Fairly generic directions, but he gave them nonetheless. Eric "the real deal" Deleel is original from a little town in northern New York called Massena. The program is entertaining. As you probably guessed, they were fakes. Salt River AZ. I cannot and Will not give out locations or coordinates to the location of this canyon, because it it ever got out every yahoo in the country would be running wild and destroying everything inside that is well over 174-200 years old. By 1895, stories about the mine abounded, so much that they hit the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, leading a man named Adolph Ruth to his death. I was thinking she was his caretaking during his last six months, until the end, I should have been more specific, she was there for him, just not at the last minutes of his life. I think you will enjoy the book. Cant wait to hear more about this trip. Not All Clues are about what Jacob Waltz said. If we are discussing te same location, I can tell you where the inscription is. Starring: Wayne Tuttle, Frank Augustine, Woody Wampler, Eric . And Jacob Waltz cache just feet from both. Here is the thing Mike I have seen everything found and presented before, compared to what we have( and we are not done) and it not close. What they discover may have finally put Wayne on the right path to solving this 150 year . 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". I would only reveal it to someone I could trust and right now that is no one. I spend 2 months researching known and not so known maps of the ares corresponding with Google Earth. S1, Ep2. By 1864, Waltz was prospecting in Arizona and is reputed to have found a gold deposit near the Superstition mountain, known now as the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine. I will watch for other posts and chatter about the mine and wish good luck and safe prospecting to all who venture forth. Yes! History is replete with other people that have looked but not found the LDM. You will have a different outlook after doing your homework. Much of my research on the Superstition Mountains and its history, however, has been on the time of Spanish Conquest and New Spain, tracing those and related events forward up into the early 20th century. A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona.A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona.A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona. We just need to see the raw ore to be real believers , I started hunting in the Sups back in the late 1970s with some of the locals!! Explorers traveled to the New World in search of gold, jewels, the fountain of youth, and much more, and it seems as though - along with the plague and theft of native lands - treasure hunting it in our blood. Waltz said that at the head of a north-trending canyon you will find the ruins of an ancient Spanish house that sits hidden on a ledge, and that the climb up to it is so steep that you will not see it until you scale up onto the ledge that it sits on, as its stone walls lay before you. If so did you get any indication they might be removing traces of human activity to revert the area to a more natural wilderness state? "I'm a little slower now and wish I had the legs I had 20 years ago. 11. To me it just sounds to good to be true. Bryan. Even before the will was validated, the first claim to the estate came from the University of Life Church, Inc., Arizona, as an organization conducting research on scientific proof of the existence of a human soul. black organizations in kansas city, edward harold bell wife,