Lost Dutchman Goldmine

I viewed the listed series of photo. Personally, I like the King Kong Series. Just up and right of King Kong or directly above the "Greys" describe by her, there is a very distinctive open-mouthed snake carved into the rock! Above and slightly left of the cactus there appears to be a direc...

As an experience Resource Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) regulator, you do not want to go there! Before any operation can start you must submit documentation that the site is contaminated and that cleanup and removal is critical for the natural resources to recover (Environmental Impact Statements...

Blackbeard, If you are looking for sites to search, try this one... From the intersection of Marsh Valley and Squaw Valley, go northwest up Marsh Valley for ~3/4 mile. Watch westward for an entrance into a "hidden valley" to the west. After entering the valley, check the southside of a pea...

I just got back into the reading of activitities. My wife got a new computer and we had to reset our operating parameters. It left me out of the wonderful exchange I have been reading. Lazarus asked about the "A"s and "V"s as markers. "According to Kenworthy"... The &qu...

I have read Kenworthy and noted his reporting a 1584 Ordinance from the King of Spain on how mines in the Americas were to be marked to be recognized. As in all government organizations, the King of Spain probably did not write the ordinance. Some regulatory official "ghost wrote" the ordi...

Oh to have the right tool for the right job. I am too sick of "jerry rigging" with make-do tools. If only someone had a copy of the King of Spain's Ordinance of 1584 that dictated the mine trail markers to obtain an authorized mine... I would like a copy. Anyone? That is the tool that shou...

Joe, I did say 210 foot for the height of a "bust" statue that I believe has fallen (or pulled down) on the ground. I will look at the site with two friends this year. I will report the findings. As for the "hidden in plain sight" and "in a mine known to be empty" refer...

As an initial reader of Kenworthy's books, his reference to "D"s is that they are "directional change markers" that tell the trail follower to go in another direction. Kenworthy also stated that distortions in signs usually meant using that distortion for a directional marker. Th...

I know little about Kenworthy and his brain trust. I gather he was a multi-faceted treasure hunter and acted like a butterfly to seek the latest interest while dropping searches that were waning. His sudden excursion into the pyramid story in one of his books was the act of someone I might worry abo...

Nobody is perfect especially myself. However, I would exspect the Jesuits to mark their mines with religious artifacts of gigantic proportion. Not necessarily with the King's markers. In November I will explore a site where I believe a statue measuring 210' feet was toppled to the ground. Not part o...

Tom, I have read your two books on the LDM. No changes should be warrantted. The material covered is broad and effective for beginners to novices. What I would suggest is another perspective. There is the background untterances that the LDM may have been a Peralta mine. Write an exploratory text tha...

I tend to believe that when something is said or written (even in stone) the meaning is dated to what it means. I believe we agree that names have changed in the Superstitions. Therefore without knowing what it was called, we do not know what it means. Physical structures (mountains, valleys and riv...

The proof is always in the pudding. What have you done to test your theory . That is all it is untill the find/mine is found. This fall I will be in the area investigating other interests. I hope to check out a small part of the Superstitions while in the area. What/when/how will you be testing your...

Sorry I have been out for a week. My job sent me to Orlando, FLA to present a paper on my work. I met with "body recovery" (my sfaety backup on my next trip) to finalize plans. Also picked up my first metal detector for miscellaneous use when all else failed. I do not care much about a rac...

If Weaver's Needle does not exist on the map (by title), but does exist physically, what will it be called. This may be a step prior to renaming the needle. Remeber how many names have changed when indians were replaced by the Spanish and then by the Anglos. How many places were named in the early f...

32, Where do you believe the race track is/was? I heard someone say it was found in LaBarge. Where? I would propose west of Tortilla Flat, not far from the creek. That is also where I would put the Peralta base camp. Not the day camps or work camps at or near each mine. If I get time in October, I m...

There is no comparison between people responding to illness and individual lucidity. My wife works as a pharmacy tech in a hospital and I have listened to her comments. Disease in itself from infections do not cause a loss of lucidity unless it affects the mind. Ill nesses of the lungs may cause pro...

Joe, I believe the term is "perveyor of untruths" and not liar. A liar telss a falsehood while knowing what is said is false. A perveyor of untruths tells an untruth, but may not necessarily know that it is false. There are so many myths and mis-spoken stories that what is true and false a...

And...Your Point. Society has continually noted canabalism noted in society when dealing with defeated enemies. "SKOAL" would be the toast as a Norseman drank a toast from the skull of a defeated enemy. The blood or heart of an enemy was thought to give your enemies' powers to the victor. ...

There may be no Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstitions, but there is a Peralta family mine, if not eight mines. Not to mention the other family that mined nearby. If there is a LDM, I believe it was a Spanish family mine before the Dutchman's mine. If there is not a LDM, I do not care. There are su...

Rosebud,

Sorry about not responding. I chased down a book by J. Frank Dobie and was busy reading it. I have since finished and ordered two more books by Dobie.

I have been monitoring the postings, but I try to speak only when I have something informative or thought provoking.

Azmula, I need to clarify somethting. Which Twin Buttes? I noted in some readings about the Peralta mines the North Butte and South Butte were referenced as twin buttes. I also found a Twin Buttes so named east and south of the Santan Mountains. When looking at the Twin Buttes, having an east and we...

Sorry about the mix-up.

Names are always my weakness. However, technology, puzzles and chemistry are my strengths.

I will try to do better.

I normally cite references, but I cannot locate my copy of this book. An author of an LDM referenced book who was in Julia's camp for awhile reported that Julia was grub-staked for her adventures. If she was wealthy by her own means, grub stakes would only protect her money. I suspect like most avid...

Azmula, Sorry if I cross paths. Only brainstorming to keep the mind agile. It would be nice to fins the Jesuit treasure, Montezuma"s treasure, or an Incan cache. If I live long enough and succeed on my early quests, I might look at the Twin Buttes. Too many easier trails to follow first. Howeve...