Lost Dutchman Goldmine

Everyone, I do not remember who started this. Different layers of the same vein could "produce" different quartz all within six inches width. But, for example, only three inches may be producing gold. Also, if you are following a vein into the mountain by tunnel, you are probably following...

Sluicebox,

You are starting to catch on, but I can not comment any further. Try to work it out. I would not put all my beliefs into the Bark notes, but it is close.

Jesse

Joe, People will make a statement for the record because they want to protect themselves, either physically, monitarily, or politically. The Petrasches had a lot to loose if they told the whole story. You could say, they were stuck in the Superstitions. You could not say, it was easy. Respectfully, ...

Joe,

I believe they knew it all to well. Especially the Petrasches. Why do you think they did not find anything? Was it because of their ignorance? I do not think so.

Jesse

SLUICEBOX, I see no one has responded to your question. I find that amazing. That info is out there if you think about it. I believe Jacob went to the mts. very seldom to covertly retrieve caches in the late 70s because he was "kicked off the mt". - Not because of health or other hindrance...

Joe, Is it possible Jacob was trying to protect Richard in a sincere manner? A person can make statements that can only be interpreted at the time said. Or is it interpreted correct? I do not believe most of the written information from which people derive conclusive opinions pertaining to the L.D.M...

Joe, That is a very good analysis. I think the symbiotic relationship based on common things to each is described in my post to redison on page 2. I can see how a young Holmes has much in common with the old Waltz, given the dynamics of the times. Waltz is kicked off the mountain in the late 70s and...

Joe,

Why not?

Jesse

Redison

I thought your comment - "Why would you be reading recent publications Joe? That one doesn't even pass the giggle test" - was directed to my post but it obviously was not. Sorry for the confusion.

Respectfully,

Jesse

Redison Were you talking about me in code? My thoughts do have reason. Just entertain the thought that someone other than Jacob had control of the L.D.M. during and after the late 70s and that any trips into the mountains made by Jacob would be to secretly take caches he left behind. Joe, I may be w...

Joe, I do not believe Dick was entitled to the mine. That was someone elses by the late 70's and if Dick stuck his nose in it, it would have been shot off. Since the ore was under Jacobs bed and not in the mountains, Dick was able to get away with it. Do you not remember Dick and Julias court case o...

Correction.
Ore not bullion. My mind is in the mountains, not under Jacobs bed.

Jesse

REDISON, I believe Dick Holmes was a long time friend to Jacob. I believe Dick H. was a neutral character that leaned to the Union, Anglo, opportunists. After all he was born in the mid 60s. So you know what kind of world he lived in. The Union won over many factions and was here to build the countr...

Roger, John D. Mitchell put it at Iron Mt. As one of the greatest treasure hunters in the West, he adds some credence to your statement. I believe the "claim" that Jacob had workings near Goldfield is true. All of it is impossible to prove, but it doesn't have to be proven to believe in it...

rgm 840, We had two models of gpr machines at the site. One model cost twenty thousand and the other cost double that. Niether one accomplished anything except wasting our time. They were more of a curiosity interest that had no bearing on my decisions. If tempted, one could waste many hours thinkin...

Joe, The first thing you have to understand is - We did not dig in anything that was not dug by Cox except ten feet of tunnel. Cox claimed to have found artifacts. We have not, but that was expected. There is still twenty feet of tunnel that has not been dug since the first miners. I am confident th...

Joe, Teds letters and pics were the vehicle to show a possibility of treasure. That in itself is not enough. We had to prove a history on paper and in the field of mining within two miles. That was not a problem. To make it very simple to understand, there was a mill 1/4 mile away from the proposed ...

Joe, Some of the primary timbers will be tree ring dated. We found Alder, Juniper, Oak, Walnut, and maybe another. U. of A. dendrochronology will attempt to give us a year the Juniper timbers were cut. It is on a high priority but, I don't know when we will hear any info. Everything will be in the f...

Joe, It has been said, Jacob and his partner was in American states and territories early on chasing opportunity only to find things were not developed enough for wealth to be obtained. The U.S. had many issues to hammer out before its people could reap benefits. It is said Jacob then saw opportunit...

azdave35, Andy Sinbad or Synbad was born, I think, in California and at an early age went to Germany before WW1. He worked at a ship yard for the Kaizer where he smuggled himself back to New York and on to Cal. I only knew him as a kid. He dug many holes looking for a silver bonanza near Goldfield. ...

I forgot to mention a story of a spiral staircase on the south side of Blacktop Mountain. It just slipped my mind. The claim comes from people I know and believe, so their is no reason to discount them. I have been in the tunnel they spoke of, but without a light and unable to venture very far. The ...

Andy Synbad dug on a tunnel system with a spiral staircase just below Hyroglyphic Canyon. Andy thought it was an Aztec treasure vault. I have been to it but only went down the shaft to the now plugged tunnel. The tunnel is in view but a large boulder obstructs entry. The spiral staircase is alleged ...

Aurum, Joe To say it very simple but with the understanding you have, it says much; These people you speak of are a product of their enviroment. As I understand it humans are born with everything they need. All of us. When given the chance to be as free and close to the land as Apaches were, are, ev...

For Example; If Ely and Bark were reluctant to come forward with all info they knew and the people they acquired info from, including the Petrasches, did the same then the real story of the L.D.M. is always floating in thin air. Just a thought that is obvious but needs repeating. There is much to le...

Hey everyone, - Joe, Holy %x&#! I finally got Joe to reason logically. It only took 37 posts. It is hard to sit here and say this or that is a fact if we were not there to witness it. There is exceptions of course, but those facts are not so helpful. - Books, manuscritps, etc. can be a puzzle. S...