Lost Dutchman Goldmine

Another pause for the cause… Fill up the gas tank and my stomach. It is unbelievable how much traffic there is on Highway 10 on Christmas Eve! Truck Stop restaurant has a waiting line to get a table. Doesn’t anyone stay home for Christmas any more? Or, is everyone trying to get home for Christmas ...

Buscar,

I like your logic. Without diving too deeply into why at this time, (Since I am on a laptop via cell phone connection) I will offer you my simplified opinions of the stone maps, and some of the theories presented by a few of the major players in their legacy.

Although it has been suggested ...

Roger,

Re: When I examined the stone maps in person in Mesa, AZ, I found an item I had never heard reported. On the Horse stone there are two wavey lines that go to the left of the Horse's head and one is marked with the word "Rio". If you follow those lines, they go past the top of the stone and ...

Roger,

No offense taken at all. I allways enjoy your posts, even when they back me up a few steps. We all need to be reined in at times. The farther one gets off into a wrong direction, the harder it is to get back on the right track. I do appreciate your clear expression of your opinion and value ...

Roger,

re: "One man's idea is another man's/woman's truth!"


You have such a polite way of pulling the rug right out from under me. LOL

Yes, all of the photos I have of the stone maps are of reproductions. I have never been even close to the original stones. I do hope to see them at the gem and ...

Roger,

Thanks for the Kenworthy background about his study on the maps. I wasn't aware of anyone taking infrared photos of them. I fully agree with you about the possibilityof errors in the reproductions and I have been considering that. I do believe though that the latex mold process is a little ...

Joe,

I dunno Joe, I get these short periods of enhanced brain activity.
I guess I'm on-a-roll!

I sure hope your photos show what mine appear to show.
If they do can you email me a high resolution scan of that corner of the photo?

and one more makes 5 in a row.

Thanks,

Jan

Sorry about the double post Joe, I intended to edit out an error and hit the QUOTE button by mistake. Quoted myself resulting in a double post. Eggnog? Yuk! It sticks in my throat!

Merry Christmas to you too sir.

Jan

Gentlemen,

I was looking at Brad Coopers photos of the stone maps in the members archive section of this website and noticed something on his photo of the priest map that cought my attention. Just below the priest's robe and above the 1847 date there appears to be some scratchings that cannot be ...

Joe/Gary,

It is always nice to have FACTS, but when they do not exist or cannot be found we can only fall back on logic and reasoning.

I can’t offer any facts on the subject of Julia selling tickets for people to talk to Waltz on his deathbed, but I do have a strong opinion about it. First of all ...

Buscar,

Lots of good info, Thanks.

In your research did you find much infromation on Spanish/Mexican length measurements? I am interested in knowing what they would have called a distance of 1000 feet or 1500 feet.

Jan

While on the subject of scientific evaluations, I am still trying to find the post that discussed the FBI evaluation of the stone maps that was supposed to have been done when Bob Corbin was interested in them. I have searched this site over and over and cannot find any reference to it. If I ...

Thanks Roger,

That’s quite a detailed summary and it is appreciated!

I can add a little. It falls right in with a 4 page email I got from Jim Hatt about 6 months ago. In the email he states that he first got interested in the stone maps in 1991 or 92 when he attended a presentation on them given ...

Joe,

I am probably more familiar than some. I do have quite a few pictures of them. I am partial to hearts and crosses, and anything to do with the stone maps or the Jesuits, but there are many that are much more knowledgable than I.

Jan

Joe Ribaudo wrote:Jan,

Perhaps the crosses are more of a historical record, rather than some kind of treasure map.

Joe Ribaudo

Joe,

I suppose one could come to that conclusion if they had never translated the words on the crosses.

Jan

Joe,

You are asking the wrong person. I am rather new to the Bilbrey crosses compared to some of the members on this site. I've just been keeping an ear to the ground for historical events in 1751 because that year appears on one of the crosses. An Indian uprising could explain how them came to be ...

Great find Roger!

Did you happen to notice how many times the year 1751 appears in the text? Seems to have been a very important date in Jesuit history! Is it just by coincendence that the year 1751 also appears on one of the stone crosses that Mike Bilbrey found? Hmmm. Sure makes you wonder doesn ...

Roger,

Thanks for the information,

Do you know if it is true that Tom Kollenborn's father was a Dutchman Hunter and is it possible that that is what originally brought the Kollenborn family to Arizona?

Jan

Joe,

I always thought Chuning learned about the mine from Deering?
Being in print is not a criteria, but if there is no recorded history about a person then I have no story to tell about them right?

Roger,

I have a list of 212 names. I need to truncate the list in a big way. The real thrust of ...

Joe,

I understand that my research may be incomplete.

I was undecided about including Deering, I know he came here to specifically look for the Two Soldiers Mine, (according to Ely anyway) but to date it has not been determined if that mine is the Dutchman's mine or not.

Are there any books ...

Dedicated Dutchman Hunters

I am working on a story that I hope to sell to a Treasure Hunting magazine and am in the process of compiling a list of people that came to Arizona specifically to hunt for the Dutchman‘s mine, never left and continued to search for it the rest of their lives, or are ...

Jan,

"Although I believe that there are other sets of stone maps in the archives in both Spain and Mexico City, and that they were made using a standard set of rules which may have been formally or informally called the King's Code, My opinion is that Mr. Kenworthy took whatever shred of truth he ...

The whole idea of this "secret code" seems far fetched to me. It does not fit with the actuall events of the time. Are we to believe the Jesuits, and others, were hiding the king's share of gold and silver and using the king's code to draw maps to the locations of the loot? Just how stupid were ...

While Googling the Lost Dutchman Mine and the Peralta Stone Maps last night I came up with some interesting links.

re: Flagg Foundation to dsisplay the original Stone Maps in January. (Did I already post this? Seems like I did but I can't find it.)

Jan. 6-8, 2006
34th Annual Flagg Gem and Mineral ...

I found this on the Internet this morning.

So NOW they are called "Peralta Stone Tablet Treasure Maps"?

Somebody should tell Mr. Hatt :roll:

Jan

Jan. 6-8, 2006
34th Annual Flagg Gem and Mineral Show is set for Jan. 6-8, 2006, in the west parking lot of Mesa Community College (MCC), 1833 W ...