Lost Dutchman Goldmine

Here are some quotes and comments from the Bark Notes related to Dearing's story: 1. "Well, I was camped at at a spring in a big canyon, and was headed for the King. I had my breakfast, took my canteen full of water and went to look for my burro. I saw him abut half a mile up the side of the mo...

Joe,

You are totally correct that you did not call Chuck Kenworthy a "nut case". You have been consistent in only looking for verification/documentation to validate his version of the Spanish map making rules.

I apologize for incorrectly stating your position.

Roger

I think we have been around the horn a number of times on "are the Stone Maps real or unreal????" and have never gotten to a successful conclusion - just tension. There is not evidence to prove or disprove them or much of what most of us believe in regarding the LDM - we all have our sorti...

The area of "cut mesquite timber" is well known as the Soldier's Camp and in located on the sloping SE shoulder of Peter's Mesa. We have touched on the location of Bark's Javaline Canyon and not much definitive was offered by Forum members. We have covered the "Superstition Mountains&...

A man's word is his bond and that bond creates trust. There is a relationship between individuals that is built on this trust. Break it and the the relationship will never be the same - even with the passage of time. The U.S. Marine Corps uses the term "semper fidelis" or the shortened ver...

There may well have been some historical inaccuracies in Wykoff's letter - suspect he had accumulated these "facts" from a number of sources and not surprised they have some major holes in them. The more important fact is that Wykoff claims to have personally gone into the cave behind the ...

Woodreau,

The LDM Forum is not much of a metal detecting hardware discussion forum which is probably why you have not had much response to this topic.

Again, suggest you go to TreasureNet.com with your questions and you will get some sound advice as that is the prime focus of that forum.

Roger

Woodreau, Joe has some good advice. My other suggestion along the line of Joe's comment would be for you to go the web site for TreasureNet Forum below, get a member ID and password, and post a request for recommendations of what make and model of detector to buy. You would need to describe what typ...

Woodreau, Based on my experience in owning a number of metal detectors since 1976 when I bought my first machine - a Bounty Hunter. I would recomment that you stick with either a White's Electronics or Garrett metal detector. The model you pick would depend on what types of items you plan to hunt fo...

Sluicebox & All:

Does anyone have the GPS coordinates on the Spanish Camp that is to the North of the Massacre Grounds? Sluicebox gave the Massacre Grounds coordinates and would like to have those for the Spanish Camp also.

Roger

The Arizona Times, Phoenix, ran an article on Henry H. Bruderlin in its Volume 4, No. 10 issue which was written by Gene McKinney, staff writer. The article gives an overview on Bruderlin's hunt for the LDM and includes the map he used to locate the "Mountain of the Shafts" in the Supers. ...

Helen Corbin has in her book, The Bible on the Lost Dutchman Goldmine (2002), what are supposedly the German trnaslations of the directions to the LDM that Jake Waltz gave Rhiney prior to his death (pages 184 - 187). One of the translated clues on page 186 reads: "Look for the spire(s) the Mexi...

I got several requests for copies of Chuck Kenworhty's photo's of the Stone Maps that I posted about in the Forum. Decide to just put them in the Member Archive for all to look at as the challenge is decoding then - not having good pictures! As I indicated, Chuck said these are copies of infra red p...

Bushrat, I also saw the Stone Maps on display in the Mesa Museum in the early 1990's that were in a glass display case. After talking with the Museum staff, I learned that the ones on display were replica's and the real stones were kept in a locked vault in the back of the Museum. I inquired if I co...

Chuck Kenworhty gained access to the original stones and then made special photographs of them. In his hand written letter to me dated 7/3/92 he describes the photo's as being: "Infra Red photos that were dodged and bleached". This methodology supposedly will bring out very faint markings ...

I purchased Bob Ward's "Superstition Mountains" map in the early 1990's in Apache Junction when it was still on public sale. As I noted above, it is a companion to Bob's book as it locates in general the places he talks about in the book. It doesn't have a copyright or date on it - only a ...

Bob Ward had a map that went with his book, "True Story of Superstition Montains - Ripples of Lost Echo's", that detailed a number of the locations that he discussed in the book. Southeast of Parker Pass, he marks on the map an area titled "Vicinity of Gold Bars from "The Tracy H...

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Roger

Joe, Bushrat, TGH, Larry: That's an excellent idea to make a group search the focus of the next Lost Dutchman Rendezvous this fall. If we get enough of us hunting with/without metal detectors, there is a good chance that some LDM ore will be found. If there is a limitation of 15 on groups going into...

A quote from page 279/280 of Helen Corbin's book, The Bible on the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine and Jacob Waltz, taken from the diary of Sgt. William Edwards regarding his finding of the Massacre Grounds skeletons and backtracking them in 1866 or 1867: "...Edwards continued to backtrack along the gr...

Greg, Would suggest you call the Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources and see what information they can provide you on geode locations in Arizona. They may have some publications with maps and other information that would be helpful. Their contact information is: AZ Dept of Mines and Mineral...

T.E. Glover in his book, "The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz", shows on a map (pages 302/303) the approximate locations where gold ore has been found in the Supers. He marks 10 locations with a "•" on his map and it does not show the more Northern area of the Supers where the ...

Buscar, From your picture of the hole along a trail and description, I would suspect that it is not Deering's "trick on the trail" for these two reasons: 1. From the Bark Notes (Probert version, page 36): When the Indians un-blindfolded Dr. Thorne Bark wrote the following: " I was sta...

Joe, Put my name on the list for the 2nd Annual Lost Dutchman Rendezvous. I would vote for late in October this year again as the weather was fairly pleasant. My vote would NOT to have a special topics presentation at our campout. We only spent 2 nights and 3 days together last year and I am more in...

Larry, you posted: "The trick that's being talked about is a narrow ledge about a foot wide that has a drop off on one side and a wall on the other side. You have to turn sideways with your back to the wall and inch along to get there." Do you think this is the "trick" that Deeri...