Lost Dutchman Goldmine

Greg, Thanks for the information, of course who ever was at the ranch at the time would have been considered a suspect. We are all just going by names that were mentioned as to being at the ranch at the time Ruth was there. Do you have any information as to why Purnell and Keenan were involved in so...

Looks like some one ( Billy ) finally took out the garbage from this thread, good, it was starting to stink up the place.

Rochha

Bill,

I surely would like to know what make and model of the gun that was missing.

Rochha

Bill,

Just thinking out loud here, did Brownie Holmes know Herman Petrash?

Rochha

Bill, I had allways thought that who ever was at Tex's ranch at the time Ruth was there are prime suspects. What was brownie holmes movement after he ( Ruth ) was taken in. I cant help but think that Purnell and Keenan went driving around in Ruth's car to be purposely seen. I do not think they had a...

Wiz,

Actually I think the butler did it.....

Rochha

Bill, Why yes indeed it would in interesting reading about what you just described. I think it would also be neat to see if any of these people filed claims after his death and where. I have read a lot about maps Ruth had, has anyone ever postivily been able to determine which one Ruth supposedly ha...

Wiz,

Excellent observation............golf clap!!!!!!


Rochha

Ded, Thanks for the advice and the response, I dont entirely believe everything that I read in the newspapers, remember they are in the business to sell them. As I recall I believe that I read other Doctors as well looked at the skull and determined to that it was a gun shot wound. It would appear o...

S.C. Thanks for the response.....Ok, I can see that about the cattle, makes sense. So, Tex found the body of Ruth, did he say that he had been murdered? And did Tex have an idea as to who did it.? I assume that his head was still attatched and that happened afterwards? Wasn’t Tex the one that actual...

Bill, You raise some interesting questions that should have been asked, I doubt they were. It would be interesting to know what claims either one of them filed after ruths death, for that matter Tex Barckley as well. Lets say Purnell and Keenan were involved, could they have pulled it off by themsel...

DED, Bill I was going on the information about Dr. Hrdlicka from books about the lost Dutchman, and they all say the same thing about him. He was considered top in his field, just because he was arrogant I don’t think can take away his knowledge of his profession. I work with many Doctors who are ex...

Bill, There is a lot of this Ruth mystery that doesn’t sound right, like why they did not believe the famed Dr. Hrdlicka’s findings about Ruth’s skull. Especially the part about him saying “ The condition of the skull indicated that death occurred not more than a few months ago “. And his findings a...

Bill,

Ok I see what your saying now about them partying, these two guys should have known he was in no shape to be at all. If he would have waited for Tex to get back I think the outcome would have been different.

Rochha

Joe, I was getting my information about Ruth’s missing silver plate from Barry Storms book, he says “ and when the posse headed by such experienced mountain men as Tex Barkley and Jeff Adams finally ferreted out the remains, they saw at once that the detached head was not the work of wild animals, n...

Wiz, The Adolph Ruth mystery is indeed a mystery within itself; yes one of them could have had a dummy map used for such purposes. Bill, I had not taken into consideration the price of silver back then, assuming it was silver. It could have been just plain old stainless steel; I had not read that th...

S.C. Thanks for the response; it makes no sense on Ruth’s part to give either one of these two guy’s a copy of the map. He could just as well said “ lead me in there and I will give you a taste of the mine “. I wonder if in the investigation his wife or son let it be known that they had a copy of th...

Ruths involvement in the search for the lost Dutchman is one of intrigue, he claims to have a map from Manuel Gonzales. He show’s up at Tex Barcleys place wanting someone to take him into the Superstitions so he can find what the map eludes too. He doesn’t want to wait on Tex anymore so he has these...

Joe,

Yes Map tech does have satellite interface, it comes with a years subscrition to satellite imagery. This is a neat program.

John1170,

I have purchased a few books from Mitch, he is a good guy.


Rochha

Wyatt “ William “ Westwood…aka “ Bill “ Riley of Tucson….. Very few people here know my name, not that it is some secret or anything. You still believe in your Kino shades theory that you told me about over a year ago. At first when I heard this from you I thought you were joking! Then it dawned on ...

Joe, My statement about him selling a bogus book began with the word “ If “ because I was not sure what you were trying to say. Thanks for clearing it up for me! You have made it sound throughout your posting of his units of measurement that he cant possibly be right…..again a poor choice of words o...

Joe, You are missing the point badly about Spanish Units of Measurement! You are too busy trying to find fault in what is written and what I am posting that you are not grasping what is in the book. Maybe you should read it again and again and understand what it is saying. You do not understand how ...

Joe, Thank you for doing this, I appreciate your attention and time. I would bet that there are a lot of people who care about what you have to say in your post’s, I know that I find most of them informative and on topic so don’t sell yourself short. When I say most some other post are just general ...

Knun,

Sounds like you had a good time, it has been awhile since I have hoisted a few oyster shooters!

I took nothing you said personally!

Rochha

Joe,

You will be glad that you accepted my offer, I have heard nothing from Knun so Joe you will be the only one I extend that too.

Everyone stay tuned for Joe’s critique of the book in question.

Rochha