Lost Dutchman Goldmine

Ron, Fritzski's last posting in the topic where I was bitching about privacy has me intrigued. Are you really claiming to have found the LDM? If so, it would seem that there are only a limited subset of conditions under which you could verify it: it would have to be either an actual mine containing ...

My apologies, I didn't know about Ron's presentations and brochure. I guess we'll see if the result lives up to the promotion!

Fritzski, I agree that a reality check is in order. All throughout the last century, people have been searching for gold in the Superstitions. They have feuded, killed one another, and committed any number of acts of depravity (and, I'll wager, heroism) to protect themselves and their enterprises. W...

S.C., Here is what the Library of Congress says about it. This is more info than I have found anywhere else: ----------------------------------------- LC Control Number: 2002006802 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Brief Description: Corbin, Helen. The bible on the lost Dut...

I suspect that none of the above will lure any of the guys I mentioned back to this forum. I don't recall anyone having a problem following any threads in the prior forum. Just the idea of being denied access unless we identify ourselves is enough to raise the hackles of many people. This is the sor...

S.C., Your identity is not secret at all. These guys are tracking IP addresses (read the terms of membership) and can find out who and where you are any time they want. Dutch hunters prefer anonymity for a reason: they like to talk about things up to a point, but don't want anyone camping on their d...

Has anyone noticed how this forum has nose-dived since registration has become mandatory? I haven't seen any of the informative postings that used to come up when it was completely open. Azmula, Matt, Earl, the guys who really had some things to say, all are silent now. This is, of course, to be exp...

You mean until he got tired of the hole thing...

Just to jump-start this topic again:

Remember, the soldiers went up the creek for a ways, then encountered a waterfall/obstacle that prevented them from going further. They then retraced their steps until they found a way around the obstacle, and proceeded up the creek and up a high rough mountian.

Hi Mike, There's plenty of LDM legend to go around. Good luck putting the pieces together - you might just be the one to make the critical connection! The only difference between you doing research there in Illinois and us going into the mountains here is that we get to enjoy the scenery in the Supe...

Kenworthy's last book was "Treasure Secrets of the Lost Dutchman", available from the SMHS. I have been up to the area of Kenworthy's "X". It looked natural to me. If you look you'll notice he "enhanced" several of his photos with magic marker to make natural formations...

Mike,
Sure, I've been going there for years.

Yes, closed to hiking. People who ignore "no entry" signs are being cited.
I don't know how much rain will be enough to get them to open it again, but we need all we can get.

No, it's not nice to be restricted on the basis of the morons. Nor is it nice that your business is suffering. But if the morons would police themselves maybe this wouldn't have happened. Your business in Pine would not benefit from burning down. I don't say I approve; I say I understand.

Yes, the entire wilderness is closed. All of Tonto National Forest is closed except for the chain of lakes north of the Superstitions and a couple of other spots. You absolutely would not believe how dry it is out here! On one hand I object to restrictions like that, but on the other hand I see moro...

Tom K. says he made the trip each Memorial day for 10 years, beginning in 1981. So 1990 would be the latest documented trip.

Fritzski, Tom Kollenborn documents leading a group of riders carrying the American Flag to the top of summit 5024 (right above the Flatiron) for ten consecutive Memorial days. This was done via "a primitive trail that emerged from the head of O'Grady Canyon near the eastern side of Superstition...

The archived postings I see here are for the most part the worthless ones. Will you be making the rest of them available?