Lost Dutchman Goldmine

The every 4 years silly season has arrived. I have never seen so many people scared of a little lady from Alaska. The reason that McCain will stick with her is the fact that with out her he will not have a chance of getting elected. This attempted rescue of our financial system which has been reject...

I am going to start this post with the disclaimer that I do no think that either candidate is fit to become the next president of the U.S. As for my racial stance, I would have been pleased to have had the opportunity to vote for Colin Powell because in my estimation he had the knowledge and experie...

Welcome ScottB217. I joined this site several years ago thinking it was mainly an old timer's site where we would reminisce about what was and talk of what will be, boy, I was wrong. You will find that there are several camps which have different views of what you will find In the Superstitions. The...

I have always used "in situ" as meaning "in place", "on site" not picked up and moved to that location.

jim hamrick

In the past I have made my thoughts known about collecting of Hohokam artifacts. My time frame spans from when many people in the valley dug for artifacts to a major hospital selling digging plots to today where it is illegal to unearth artifacts. If you could explore storage sheds in the valley you...

What scares the hell out of me is that 90% +/- of the voters think that the two candidates for president are capable of filling that position.

jim hamrick

It appears that many of you have thoughts more detailed than mine of the Hohokam in the valley. I do know that the indigenous people the valley liked adornment because of the number of broken sea shells that had been expertly made by cutting the around the lip and drilling a hole in this ring. There...

One thing that has always perplexed me was the lack of metal found at Hohokam sites. These people were accomplished artists and worked stone into fine tools, so why is there no sign of working native ores? Since Hohokams covered this valley from the mountains to the east and to the mountains to the ...

Larry, when I was a teenager I remember slot machines stacked in a shed in Florence. These machines were taken from various location by Pinal County. From this I think that gambling was still active until the fifties. I was also told by one of my buddies that his uncle owned a bar near Apache Juncti...

I may be speaking out where perhaps I should not but I think that Mr. Rabaudo and I may have some difference of opinion on the minutia of our governments actions but we both think that there has never been a country like ours before. I do not like the younger peoples lack of historical knowledge and...

Mr. lazarus: I am not sure if you were referring to Mr. Rabaudo and myself. If I am to be called a Bush support please check this out first. I did not vote for Bush either time because I did not trust the direction he seemed to be going and I think that I have been proved correct. The war in Iraq wa...

Mr. Rabaudo: Your post of 7-24-08 with the quotes of Hitler was an awakening to my old brain. I have never read this book but it might help to explain why our society is headed the way it is. Rumor has it that there are people today who are exploring the concept of a fascist type government for the ...

Just a reminder, June 6 is "D Day". Some will say that FDR was a war monger. Others will say that he was responsible for saving europe from the German menace. No matter what each of you think it would be impossible to not recognize FDR as being the most notable president of the 20 century....

Let me say that I am not now, nor ever have been a supporter of the current President Bush. I did not vote for him and I think that future historians will severly criticized his his presidency. We have three past presidents still alive and each of these presidents had armed conflict during their adm...

Thanks Mr Ribaudo for the kind words about me. As a member of one of my construction survey crews loved to tell me, "Hamrick you are not noted for your brains". After many years of work plus the aftermath of a stroke which hit the math area of my brain I think that anyone who questions my ...

I would like to remind you that President Truman is considered, by many to, be one of the best presidents of the twenth century. Also President Bush has to deal with a congress with an approval rating of about 10%. If you have troops in the field they are to be supported, it you have problems with h...

Mr. Reynolds; Having been through what you have experienced, you have my sympathy. To minimize the damage done by the stroke is a hard, frustrating struggle but it can be done. Remember we old f***s are needed to keep the young ones from doing harm to each other. The best of luck to you. jim hamrick

It seems that we are at it again on the eve of another rendezvous so why do we bad mouth any participant? All those gathering this year have their thoughts about what is real and what is not. I have my own ideas but I don't put down other peoples beliefs as I like to be exposed to all threads to the...

From the LDM maps I was looking at the Richard Harmond map dated Dec. 3, 1875, it notes an "old well" by a military trail and in my mind I clalled it "soliders well". This map shows Marysville and Whitlow's ferry along with Mesa City. This maps also notes a "water station&qu...

Mr. Ribaudo, a tip of my hat to you for the map information. Probably the only good crossing location would be where the diversion dam is now located and this would be the location of Marysville. I havent been over the Bush Highway for many years but remembering the river as it looked in the fifties...

I do understand that this site is for "anything goes" but is it necessary to push porn? I am far from being a prude but I do not want to see porn on the LDM site. Is this another assult upon the LDM to kill it or harm it beond repair?

Jim Hamrick

I don't recall the reply from 2-14-05 but as I do not keep a record I could have just spaced it out. Thanks for the info you have added I found it found it ineresting. As I have said I am more interested in the history of the area and not looking for the Lost Dutchman Mine but If I stumbled over the...

In the mid forties an old man told my father that Waltz would hitch rides with teamsters going into the Superstitions. In the seventies I read a letter in a treasure magazine from a man in the south who said that his grandfather was a mason in the Phoenix area who had a source of limestone to burn t...

the is an old saying that goes somthing like, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". The American people have spoken and I like some of what they have said and dislike some. I am encouraged that many of the newly elected democrats are less liberal than many of the s...

I would start my comments with the statement that President Bush is not my favorite president and I did not vote for him. I will however defend him. This war was the result of many U.N. resolutions that Sadam chose to ignore and had the approval of the the U.S. congress so it is in no way an illegal...