Lost Dutchman Goldmine

If anyone wants to see photos of the mine tailings mentioned here, reference my writeup for the "Aylor's Arch" hike on HikeArizona.com.

Joe, If you felt like contacting Betsy to see if she was interested. Maybe you could suggest she read these posts and forward her the photos. Otherwise I can email her myself. PS Please let me know asap whether or not you got the photos (I sent them 4PM Sat), but I'm thinking there may be a problem ...

Joe, First of all I cannot in good conscience take credit for this discovery. In fact it was a friend of mine and his sister(lives out of state) who are novice hikers and know next to nothing about the Supes. They happened to inadvertently stumble across this site about a month or two ago. He then g...

Thanks Joe. As you suspect, it is a native American ruin site. It is very undisturbed with many stone structure remains (circles up to about thigh high), many pottery shards, and most surprisingly, many grinding holes, some with the grinding stones still in them! But the biggest surprise of all is t...

Thanks Joe. Jack finally emailed me back and informed me that he was unaware of this site. Frankly, this blows me away because when I first saw it, I Knew either this place was generally unknown or it was one of the best kept secrets in the Supes. Given that secrets usually don't stay that way for l...

I've come across a rather interesting discovery in the Supes recently that I believe has some historical significance. For the record, it has nothing to do with the LDM, unfortunately. My first step is trying to contact Jack Carlson to see if he is aware of it's existence. I haven't been hiking all ...

Thanks Joe. You guys are always a wealth of information. As I suspected, not much history when it comes to Hog Canyon. It's proximity combined with this very anonimity was actually what piqued my curiosity. The only references to the canyon I could find were in Dr. Glover's first book on pages 300-3...

Does anybody know how Hogg Canyon got its name or any interesting history regarding it? I was just up there a few days ago and would like to do a writeup on HikeArizona.com. I will be happy to give proper credits to anyone who can help. BTW Didn't find any gold, but plenty of cool glyphs which happe...

Just thought I'd pass along to you guys some exciting news about the mountains you probably love as much as I do: This whole state has been hit by about the most moisture laden summer storm system I've seen in my 13 years here - and its evidently not over yet. Three solid days of heavy downpours and...

From talking to Jack Carlson, he's told me that there is basically nothing left at the Magill site worth seeing - all covered over. For those interested, he gave me the GPS coordinates and if you email me I may be able to dig them up (no pun intended:). The route walker12 describes and the Ely-And T...

Very good points Wiz. I wouldn't ever expect anyone to overtly share their individual details on where they might be looking for the mine, my point was that anonimity doesn't help the site or the legend. Ron, Tom, and Clay wouldn't be the celebs they are or the ambassadors to the legend, had they ch...

Personally I have the utmost respect for the "old guard" - those well known Dutch Hunters such as Ron, Clay, Tom, Gregg, Jim Hatt and also the host of other authors on the subject. They willingly sacrificed their anonimity to promote the legend by writing books/articles and giving presenta...

What was his last book, and is it possible to still get a copy?

Thanks, much appreciated Wiz.

Nobody has yet to answer my real question yet though. WHEN were these trips made by Kollenborn? How long ago are we talking about? The gist of my question being that, from my own observations, the current state of the area would preclude any realistic possiblity of ascending the mountain on horsebac...

Re: previous thread - "Senner question". I can't believe with all the "horse people" that must frequent this site, that nobody even ventured so much as a guess as to when the last time a horse made it to the the top of the Flatiron. Ron, Jim Hatt, et al, you must have some idea ???

Something interesting in Vol 17 of the SMJ. On pg 29 in an article entitled "When the Bull Dog Was a Mine", Jack San Felice writes "...Binkley and five other prospectors". Then below he states that while Binkley managed to slip away from the fight, "two of the wounded died t...

I found Corbin's book to be well written and very enjoyable to read. Like Ron's book, the "faction" format is a neat way to bring history to life. I was wondering if anyone knows when the last time a horse was up on top of the Flatiron. It is obvious that the route taken in the book was fr...