Lost Dutchman Goldmine

I've been away for awhile, so in checking some of the comments, I'd like to say something of Iron Mountain. Of course that is close to where I will eventually excavate . Pinto Creek flows off the east side of Iron Mountain and is refered to as West Pinto. There is no sign of placer here. When it con...

Newbie dutchdigger,

I probaly won't be the one on the half day ride. I usually will take longer trips, but I will try to be here at that time to greet the ones going into the mountain.

I reviewed the information I had on Aylor on Chunning. This should muddy up the water more. Chunning was a change over attendant for the stage at Roosevelt. On weekends he boarded the stage and got off at Tortilla Flat. One day he was picked up and had two durham sacks of gold nuggets. He hired a co...

Well said Wiz. Peter, You are right about Jake having very good information. Jake didn't have tunnel vision, but one has to know he was out there for a different reason than most of us , I presume. His was the big con. To be sucessful at it , he had to be convincing and stay in one area. Back to his...

Wiz, Cox's words were actually that Keenan and Purnell were paroles. That could mean anything from on parole, having to do work outside the prison, or whatever. I have tried to confirm this from other sources , and haven't been able to. Based on other information that I have been able to verify from...

Let me first make a statement here. I like everyone else have read cover to cover Sims Ely and all others and although great reading it all has lead me down a trail to nowhere. It is of course all a process of learning , and without knowing most of it you would not continue to delve deeper. So I of ...

The information that I have speaks of Keenan and Purnell actually being inmates in Florence Prison, out on work detail. They are number one suspects, but the bigger question is who put them up to it.

I would also say that if the gold were still there, that as said before , comparing it to the ore with the Dutchman when he died , it would be rich; however, it would also be rich in silver, which I have not heard anyone mention . Part of the real expectation should also be that the ore in the mine ...

I'm afraid I hang my hat with Peter on the stone maps. I don't put much faith in them; however, I have spent time reseaching them and sometime allowing them to take me places. Unfortunately that is the problem with the stone maps. They will take you to many places. I do know that Bob Corbin had the ...

Peter,

You are right, I believe. Chuck Aylor, who I knew well, always refered to it as the oxbow. The whole Panknin story , I think hasn't generated much interest, compared to everythin else.

I finally was able to get that posted , before I got thrown off the web. Some after thoughts, that I should add, Some of the reason for silence is of course, not being able to divulge things until we have secured our final approval. All our people involved in this are in position and ready to go. I'...

I just did log on and had a answer in when I lost my connection. I apologize for not answering sooner. I have been very busy during Christmas vacation. This in the horse business is the best of times. I 'm still working with the Forest Service , and it is getting very close I feel. I'm at their merc...

S.C.The Sky Blue was on the east side of the mountains. It was a claim that had not too much direction, and could of encompassed from where Reavis is south to Iron Mountain , including alot of country east and west of that line. The Hidden Treasure was a little later , I believe but of the same era....

Books , no matter how bad or good help keep the legend alive. Not much different than we are doing in this forum, is it? There are tidbits of information in almost all books. No book or set of clues will find the mine, so have fun reading everthing, as I'm sure the authors all have had fun writing t...

Don't forget the set of clues that say directly across from the face , high up in a narrow ravine, lies the entrance to my mine..............., I don't think there was mention of east or west side , in connectiion to that clue, but I'll say as you know, I vote for the east side not of a ravine , but...

Thanks, Nicoh. Nicoh about summed everything I could say. I have talked with the Forest Service yesterday, and they are still saying the end of this month. With this project, there is only one way to handle it, and that is not to make the powers to be mad at you. That is a delicate balance , when de...

To answer ,I think Don's question, Sidney Brinkeroff was the director of the Arizona Historical Musuem , at the time of Magill and for many years. I don't think he actually endorsed Magill , on what he claimed he found , especially not after Glen Magill was indicted by the Grand Jury for selling pho...

S.C. It was the feeling I came away with ,after talking to Brownie. He withheld , I felt , much, and in the manuscript itself he told me , as I remember, that it was tampered with , so I always felt uncertain to put much stock into it, but remember, that was over 35 years ago. More than that , as I ...

S.C. I would say I agree with your total opinion of the rock maps, but who can say, as Joe said? What I don't put alot of stock in is the Holmes manuscript. This is largely do to the times I was able to talk to Brownie Holmes , and what I got from what he said. The most important thing in the Holmes...

Very good points , you all have made. As far as directions given to the mine , remember not much was named back then, thus it would be very hard to tell a woman and a boy how to go to the mine. I think the most important thing of this particular controversy is the existance of the gold itself. Who a...

A few years ago, while searching through some of the old newspaper files , I found an article , dated , I don't remember the exact date other than it was about a year after the Dutchman died. It was stated that Julia had taken Richard Holmes to court and sued him for the gold that he stole from the ...

Joe, Let me go on record as saying , of course anything is possible, and that is why we're all looking for the mine in different locations. I never want to throw anyone off course on their vernture. Certainly there are as I said other possibilities. I only speak for what I know, have seen, and have ...

LDM, I agree with most of your assessments,but did you mean the Goldfields to the west and Randolph District to the east. Also one must realize that the prodominent quartz in the Goldfields is epithermal, so there was different geology going on there . It is true that precambrian granites were layed...

Joe, Joe, I consider the mines in Superior and Globe having the same geology and mineralization as the extreme eastern end of the Superstitons. Your uncle is right as there is a fault which does run nortwest to southeast and runs through the Superstitions. It also cuts through Jerome , Az. This faul...

Joe, Once again, thank you for your imput and experiences you share with us all. There is no defining geological line , which separates the east from the west, but as you go east of Peter's Canyon , you are getting into the eastern part of the Superstitions. The part that I 'm interested in is not f...