Lost Dutchman Goldmine

Triangles! Is this what the indian lady was drawing in the sand????

Randy I beleive what Tom K said was that the samples LOOKED LIKE some of the ore believed to be deathbed ore. I am not a trained geologist, but much of the ore that has come out of the Superstitions...particuarly ore that has come out of on particular area, looks very much the same to my untrained ...

Randy, Tom Kollenborn is one of the few famous dutch hunters I have met. The first time I met him I asked what were probably some pretty stupid questions, he was very nice and took his time answering them. That he would take his time with some kid and treated my questions so serious goes a long way...

My stumbling block is if he saw things in I.S. Canyon that fit with what he expected to find there, why didn't he return there in 1931 instead of going to the Barkley Ranch? It leaves me assuming that there was another important landmark that he was looking for that he did not find there? or maybe ...

I do not believe he had a sample of "deathbed" ore.

Following that line of thought, it would throw a lot of stones at Kollenborns "Son knocked on my door with deathbed ore" story...

To match the vein with the particular sample, yes. If they match...well thats where the sample came from. If they DONT match...well, looks like theres more than one mine around here ....... Makes sense, if Walt had a piece of the deathbed ore, and believed that ore came from the LDM in the supers, ...

BTW,
I forgot to add that it was filmed before Ron's dig. He talks about his "dig later that fall"

Hey - why didn't the quote come up in a little box? Did I screw up a setting or something? Wiz, It seems if you leave the ="Wiz" part of the quote, in the first pair of brackets, it won't submit properly to the forum. Try editing it, and taking the ="djui5" part out and it will ...

If he was killed in his camp, why would they move him? Unless animals dragged him off...

Who knows. I have read in places that Jeff Adams thought Tex and Brownie were responsible for Ruths death till his dying day. More likely scenario is that they had a hand in the cover-up. This is possible, that he had a hand in the cover up. I think the answer would be obvious by Jeff's involvement...

This all leads me to believe that Tex knew the killer, and was trying to cover for him/them. Maybe they were someone close to his camp, and he didn't want all the extra attention... or maybe it was something else we all know nothing about

Peter,
Good point.

ahhh That's a lot of "if's" though. Maybe Tex did move the body, and buried it so no-one would find it. But why? Why would honest Tex do something like that? Also, if Tex moved the body so it would be found elsewhere, and then screamed "hey, I found him!" people might question it...

Tex related information to Gassler that could implicate himself.

What info?

I just saw it! Seen it before like Mike. Did you see the show before this about finding gold in AZ? It showed some guys metal detecting Rich Hill, and showed some of the Vulture mine. I didn't know they'd take you down in the Vulture mine for $5. Wish they wouldn't told us that when we were there, a...

Unbelievable.

Agreed...

There is only ONE LDM.

But there are several (many?) mines back in those mountains that fit the bill.

Makes sense. Thanks

Randy, I believe it was you who asked if I knew of any mines in the area of the Massacre Grounds. The thread got a little sidetracked, but I will give you an answer. The Palmer Mine is just around the corner. There are others, you will need to find them for yourself. :cry: Joe Ribaudo Ahh. I asked ...

Randy,

I am assuming here that what you mean is the mine that Jacob Waltz mined and collected his ore from.

Actually, its right where Waltz told Dick Holmes it was...... Still there, in fact.

You mean there is more than one dutchman mine?

Randy,

That's an easy one.

It's right where Waltz told Julia it was.

Joe Ribaudo

Sure, easy enough....I'll send ya pictures

This is funny...


Hey, I have an unanswered question!

ready for it?



here it comes....









where is the lost dutchman mine?

It would do no good for any of us to attack their character over statements they made that we have no knowledge of why they said it. Matthew LDM Matthew, Which statements of Ely's were these? I have his LDM book if they are in there. I'm asking because I want to focus on finding answers to these st...

zentull,
I found it strange that most places I read about a single map, but in a couple read about "maps", plural.

How many maps did Ruth have?

Seems likely that Gassler died on his way into the mountains, not coming out. Looks like someone is trying to make a story where, other than the man's tragic death, there was none. Joe Ribaudo In order to know Walt was on his way into the mountains, you'd have to know where he was headed, and exact...

you betcha

A little beginners luck never hurt anyone either

Let me see if I have this right. Are you all saying that you are taking the word of the "imposter" that the gold ore he had, was actually from Walt Gassler's pack? That's what Tom said, correct? How wold Tom know if it was from the backpack or not? Or did said person present a backpack, t...