Lost Dutchman Goldmine

I don't think we can lay the problem at any administration's doorstep, if what I recall is correct, this trend started during the Kennedy-Johnson presidency. When I was in highschool in Florence a company wanted to build a refinery there but the town's people were against it. At Mobile Arizona they ...

I don't know how what you suggest would work. From figures I have seen in the media the profit from a gallon of gas is only 8 cents+/- per gallon for the oil companies. There have been estimates of at least 100 years of petroleum reserves within the U.S. and its territorial waters. I would suggest t...

I never met Jan but I still feel a loss because of one less person seeking their on end of the rainbow. I am sure her not contributing to this site will leave a weak place in the posts. I am not a religious man but I have no doubts that Jan is in a place much superior than our existance. May her fam...

Destances and location for claims were approximate in that time and were usualy very general. I doubt that this area was surved for townships and sections at that time. Trying to tie the claim down accurately from the location description probably would be hard but the area indicated would be a reas...

Barne's "Arizona Place Names" says that there was never a station on the railroad for Kyrene but the area was served by "Paterson's Switch" so if you would go west on Chandler Blvd. past Gadalupe Rd. for app. 6 miles you would be matching most of the description. This would put y...

I have had more trouble trying to post a reply to this, but here goes another try. Some points in favor of this story: there has been much gold recovered from this area and as of 35 years ago I knew of one Papago who in his spare time was still recovering placer gold. Also, months ago I found a web ...

Roger your post is right on. This reflects my opinion right down the line, (so I have to praise you for your insight) and needs to be stated. I do not think that I will have any problem with any of the steps listed except for profaity as I tend insert this from time to time, but I will be careful no...

I wish you sucess with your camping trip and hope the weather cooperates. I am sorry I could not be there. Maybe next year?

If possible, could someone post a short review of the camp out and what the out come of this event was?

Jim Hamrick

To all of you good people who follow this site, have we not had enough of this. I though that this site was for people to express their feelings, ideas, and opinions about the issue raised. I do not care if you have b.s. running out your ears I read it all and find some things to think about. Many t...

Please, will someone inform this old country boy what in hell is going with this site. As far as I know I have never meet any person on this site, I think that I am sane but I supect everone else. Having said that please tell me why there is such rancor expressed. I understand that there seems to be...

The post of Joe Ribaudo on 10-01-05 reflects much of my opinion of the Dutchman's gold. But my opinion and five dollars will get you some coffee concoction at Starbucks. Thoughts: 1. Waltz was not a poor man as he had 160+/- acres in phoenix with a house. 2. There have been accounts of rich gold ore...

Years ago when the valley was mainly farms and desert, bee hive colonies were every where. The bee keepers would establish these colonies and the bees would help to pollenate the crops and produce honey. I am allergic to bee stings and have had both eyes swollen shut from being stung but I did not f...

It is truly sad to see the forum moderated so heavly but I think that it has become necessary to save this forum. I have found much information in this forum and have been pleased with the overall knowledge of its subscribers. Lately it has disintigrated to something I can not understand and because...

If you take a cube 75ft.by 75ft by 75ft It would be almost impossibe to move this much material via donkey. If you tried to move this ammount by semi and rock beds you would have to have several trucks and a good haul road. If I hit the right keys on my calculator, I have not done haul calculations ...

I have been recovering from a hip replacement and other related work upon my body and am hoping to be able to explore some places that I know about or have been told about. I have promised a friend of mine to take him to and old mine site where in the fifties you could pick up nuggets of turquoise. ...

The number of camps along the Gila were porbably related to the time of year that the map makers traveled along the Gila. The aboriginal people were both farmers and gathers and might have more than one camp depending on the season. For what it might be worth to anyone. In the late years of the sixt...

search for "Treasure of the Estrellas" site. This site has what is supposed copies of old maps and one of them, if real, shows Kino's map of the area. because of the maps from this site I have had to revise my thoughts about the possibility that the Spaniards might have sent mining expedit...

I wish to thank all of you for the information I received in answer to My post of 2/14/05. I was trying to get information concering a letter to the editor that was printed in a treasure magazine in 1973. The letter writer said that his grandfather mined lime for mortar, as he was a mason. This sour...

Could any of you knowledgable people point me in the direction of web-sites that would have maps showing wagon roads that existed from the Leighi-Mesa area where it would intersect the Fort McDowell-Pinal rd. at Marysville (Rowes Station) where it crosses the Salt River? Is it possible that there wa...

Mr Ribaudo The discription of a worn pathway came from a presentation by Northcutt Ely to the Fortnightly Club in Redlands California on March 3, 1988. In this presentation Mr. Ely also said that he had been allowed to make a photostatic copy of Mr. Ruths blood stained notebook and this he had sent ...

I do appreciate all of you who took time to answer my post. I am amazed at the number of hits this site gets. It seems that there are many people who think there is lost treasure or a lost mine in the superstitions. Not knowing all of the history I would like to pose a question, why do so many of yo...

Being a relative newcomer to this site I am not sure how much of what I see posted is just banter between mempers of a group who are seeking treasure or gold in the Superstition or out right hostility among this group. Please recall the number of people who have died in the mountains, some because t...

Reading past posts regarding the stone maps, it looks as though the location of the maps seems to have more than one place named as the site where they were said have been found. Not that I believe that the maps will lead one to anything, the location should be on the small hill at Florence junction...

Several years ago one of my neighbors would hunt deer in the Superstitions. He told me that he had seen rockfenced pastures(not rock corrals as they covered large areas). These pastures were north of the Queen Creek wash. Has anyone checked the pastures out for any tie-in to the Peralta stone maps. ...

Thanks for the welcome. This is for Wiz------I was trying to repeat what I knew of a converson that happened about 58+/- years ago. The old gentelman had to be at least 65 years old or more (this was in 1946+-). I don't know what access the oldtimer had to any books are articles on the subject of th...