Troubles with the Apaches made the family's mining operation dangerous. Our guys have been training this summer with skilled climbers, two of which will accompany us on our next trip. He would stay at his hotel, rest, shower and then head back out a couple of days in, a couple of days out. I'll still watch if it is renewed. When he returned, his partner, Weisner, was dead.". After recording we discovered some more information about what happened with Kidd's will. The body, Cooper said, was found in a crevice roughly 35 feet up a cliff face in the southern portion of the Superstition Mountains, near the 4,892-foot Tortilla Mountain. He has a website on how over 15 years he worked out the historical references plus the geology. The Latin Heart or The Heart of Jesus is what was carved on the Stone Maps. I know your posts on Treasurenet and I know you know your stuff, Thank You for thoughts and good luck wishes. He was just too excited about the possibility of a quick discovery. To my surprise and delight I did pan out a few flakes and some fines from that material. We have spent a lot of time and money. Secrets of the Lost Map. Your description sounds in line with others. There is a trick in the directions on how to get there. Mike, you are exactly correct we need a sample of the Quartz matrix, that matches Waitzs known examples. "I'm sitting under a tree in a creek with leg broke, I've got to have help quick. Tuttle's been on a 40-year quest pursuing this potentially large "pot" of gold at the end of a rainbow. And you are incorrect that if anyone found the mine they would be quietly be getting rich, it is not that simple. Fairly generic directions, but he gave them nonetheless. If you do find the mine Well know. Our wilderness doesnt appear to have any gold in it, but a lot of people believe there is., Starwood Hotels and Resorts Area Managing Director Tom Curley said in a statement that the company is "relieved for the friends and family of Jesse Capen that his body presumably has been found.". An ardent believer in ghosts, Kidd specified in his will that his entire estate was to be awarded to anyone who could prove ghosts existed. photo by Reddit user pretzeloverlord, The strangest aspects of the human experience, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Dutchman%27s_Gold_Mine, https://www.desertusa.com/thingstodo/rocks/du_ttd_lostdutch.html, https://azstateparks.com/lost-dutchman/explore/the-dutchman, https://www.discovery.com/exploration/gold-mine-Arizona-Mountains, https://www.visitarizona.com/places/parks-monuments/lost-dutchman-state-park/, https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/23/lost-dutchman-seekers-remains-confirmed-to-be-jesse-capens/, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/superstition-mountains-lost-dutchman-gold-mine_n_6835264?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMTXJvX4pDCtW8x5bkba70k4kh_9Gw80Vo0IjtMIkTlu7M_gmEYmWtImnQE36g-57yCVQqMxvm1h0G4nTNSJmFKrAJvn4NBdGSJxYZk9urDBcPdmWcCp-VgHvaHYe0mKmoCYqE449m98h5lNShk7lzuIOLI95uIGicPiK2a6uu70, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6172003/jacob-waltz. Senator McCain of AZ had the rules changed for Resolution so they could mine in restricted areas. Ongoing discoveries of the Lost Dutchman Mine have continued for well over a hundred years. Some believe he was slain for his gold, another story tells of a man who dropped him off in the Superstitions and continued to check on him each month until he perished. "If the final word from Ruth is authentic it tends to discount the theory that he was murdered for the map he possessed. She speculates that he slipped off a ledge and tumbled to his death. At the end of November 2012, a day pack containing Jesse's GPS equipment, his mother's camera and his identification was found at the bottom of a 180-foot cliff on the same mountain. After 3 months of new research, I located the Jacob Waltzs trail, where it started and where it ended. Legal Statement. Jesse Capen's hunt for the elusive mine became a deadly obsession. 3) the map Frank Fish had was one of two maps he located in Mexico through the Peralta family. So Gary share something with us that you have found that will not give away your site, as we do. The Head of the Canyon, said by Jacob Waltz, which in fact is a large rock carved exactly like a mans head in front of the cave. Yes! At the age of 13, Trevor Tuttle sat at a campfire at the base of the Superstition Mountains, listening intently to the lore of the Lost Dutchman Mine's legendary, cache of gold. I wish you would take that back considering your health. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 14. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of. Eventually a decision of October 20, 1967, awarded the Kidd funds to the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. Yes! The Maricopa County Sheriff's Department sent a helicopter to the side of the cliff, and deputies rappelled down to a skeleton, which was retrieved in a wire basket. We need to find some loose, we cannot chisel any, I am sure we will find some loose samples. And, there are some chisel marks. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona . I am somewhat doing that with our book. The bottom line is if we do have the mine, our story will be one that will be of interest or it will not. From the mine you can see four peaks, but it looks like one peak. After searching for five years and reading most of the published material, the last paragraph in one book keeps haunting me. "It goes back to Jacob Waltz, an immigrant who settled in Arizona during the Gold Rush days of the 1800s, becoming one of the first residents of the township called Phoenix," Tuttle, a supervisor for a Phoenix electrical utility company, told The Huffington Post. Sincerely Jeff. What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of Secrets of the Lost Map (2015) in Australia? You are permitted to pick up small quantities of loose pieces of quartz matrix that contains gold. The stone house existsamazing. Not available. The show features Bob Schoose, Clay Worst and Others. I mean that sincerely. Because of the sheer volume of this information I will first address some of the clues accredited to him and connect that information with what we have found at our land-site. While the mexican miners not after years of mining the area. I am going to start with written and recorded clues from second and third-hand recorded sources. Tragicomically, she and her team passed over two enormous gold mines on their search for the Lost Dutchman Mine, which they didn't find. * The cave Waltz and his partner most likely stayed in is above the mine and to the side. Will I regret the day I can't get back in there? Yes! They were friendly, and he gave her hints about the mine's location. As we reach these adjacent plateaued spaces we continue to search for additional onsite entities that are of interest. Then late one night (2am) sitting at my desk alone in a darkened office there it was. Yes! Please bring back the show!!! Im thinking that maybe you guys are out there now? Tune in to "Legend. Waltz said Then I went to the spring and followed the old Indian Trail up to the mine. On May 6, 1965, the Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, declared the will fully acceptable for probate. Whether it be boulders, bandits, cliffs, the weather, or a curse, no gold is worth the risk. We took a compass reading, and when looking directly out of the mine opening, it reads 220 degrees, and late in the day the sun does shine into the mine. I'll be at peace with it when I get to that point. He died on October 25, 1891, after having been nursed by an acquaintance named Julia Thomas (she was usually described as a quadroon). I have ran a few buckets of material to confirm if there is a parent gold source up a particular canyon I have explored. I would like to go back and to a bit more investigating, however this location is on national forest land and I am told no prospecting is allowed unless one has the permits. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. He also said his shaft and the Mexicans shaft were very close together, but when you stood at either shaft you cannot see the other shaft. He said that he too tried to dig a mine just above them, but as the Mexicans had said, the rock in this section was too hard, so he gave up as well. Gold makes people do crazy stuff, like shooting at people ect. The film documenting Kesselrings search should be out January 2020. You can see it from the cave, along with the mine. Lost Dutchman Gold Mine: Does 'X' Mark The Spot? Maps. Here is the thing Mike I have seen everything found and presented before, compared to what we have( and we are not done) and it not close. Legend tells of the Lost Dutchman's gold mine hidden somewhere within the 160,000 acres of brutal Arizona desert known as the "Superstition Mountains." . And people have been hunting for the mine since 1892. Months after the search was abandoned, The Mesa Journal-Tribune reported the new discovery on Jan. 8, 1932. Join Facebook to connect with Wayne Tuttle and others you may know. Jesse had been 6 feet 4 inches tall. Why not post a high res picture of 2 foot thick Gold Ore Vein Waltz said it had? Its best for hikers and businesses that the mine not be disturbed and be left well enough alone. In June 1931, just a day into his first attempt to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, the amateur prospector vanished without a trace. Even though you cant have the gold it still would be great to be recognized as the one solving this. Some of our high-tech images are proprietary and cannot be shown at this time, others are exclusive to our book and others, again for security reasons, cannot be shown at this time. The next day he crossed at the gravel bar and then he traveled to first water and then on to second water. 1. is jewelry grade gold. To me it just sounds to good to be true. In the book I am trying to let people who are not LDM junkies like us, or have never heard of the LDM, understand from our point of view, as improbable as it may be, that five regular guys from Ohio, would be doing what we are doing much less finding something. The Perfill Map was made at the most Southern end of the canyon, and items were added in to show the locations of things inside the Canyon, There are 2 Sombrero Mountains but it was difficult to draw what was being thought of then. Testing today is much more accurate than the last time the Dutchman gold samples were lab tested. We just need to see the raw ore to be real believers , I started hunting in the Sups back in the late 1970s with some of the locals!! She was out getting a doctor. Could I be wrong of course anything is possible . And Jacob Waltz cache just feet from both. Or is it just a flat piece of rock that faces the mine? He said before his partner was killed, they stayed in a cave above and across from the mine either 200 feet or 200 yards. Tyler you are absolutely correct, I went back and looked at the notes of that day, and infarct it read 320 not 220, in the book I will show a reading from that spot and it is important. The book is done to this point and I am reaching and writing most everyday. He said the mine lies in a north trending canyon that is shaded most of the day. The waterfall depicted on the map, Jacob Waltz only went into that canyon when he knew there would be water in it during certain seasons. Over the last five years I have read close to 100 books plus other literary and research material regarding the history of the Superstition Mountains and its many inhabitants and visitors. (Courtesy: Robert Cooper). As youre aware, the only way to prove its the LDM is to compare it with existing ore, which even then isnt a %100 percent verification. It took many turns to throw off people that might try to follow him to his mine. "I've been in areas where it's said there would be no possible sign of gold. We believe when the time is right that the overwhelming body of proof that we have will encourage one of these safe-keepers to let a metallurgical comparison be made. Bryan. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of Ame Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of America's deadliest treasure. Thank you Jeff. As these legends go, the path to finding hidden riches generally depends on deciphering information contained in mysterious treasure maps. By now, wide-spread press coverage had resulted in claims to the estate from a number of individuals and organizations, including the Parapsychology Foundation, the Psychical Research Foundation, and the Neurological Sciences Foundation of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. You never know. He continued by saying that just below the mine is a tunnel the Mexicans dug, trying to come at the mine from below. But the gold find is intriguing for me nonetheless. So many cable channel shows are about finding this mine. I had to give up reading the replies because they change with every different question to answer. The boots and clothing matched as well. This was totally unanticipated. The XRF results should be on Unexplained and Unexplored tomorrow night Sunday November 17th on Science channel. About; British Mark; Publication; Awards; Nominate; Sponsorship; Contact He took a month off to go search for the treasure.. Episode: File 0011: Baba Yaga's Dutchman House. Part of HuffPost News. I was thinking she was his caretaking during his last six months, until the end, I should have been more specific, she was there for him, just not at the last minutes of his life. Your email address will not be published. But when his son, who worked in Mexico, found a map that might lead to an Arizona gold mine, Ruth couldn't resist. Written documentation, including books, historical documentationboth Jesuit and Spanish records (diaries, journals and secretarial expedition logs). If there was no stone house then, dammit it, it had to be but if I couldnt find. Just because no one has found the lost Dutchman . I've found mines that have been worked out and found ore samples that still hold traces of gold in them," Tuttle said. Located east of Phoenix, the Superstition Mountains stretch across 160,000 acres of desert, and somewhere in these almost supernatural-looking canyons is a reported gold mine worth several hundred millions of dollars. The window to find it is rapidly closing. Several years after Kidd's disappearance, it was discovered that he left a half-million dollar fortune behind. Waltz and his partner, Jacob Weisner, went to the mine where Peralta offered them a deal, giving them temporary deeds to the mine. With the Knife or Sword beside it. Starring: Wayne Tuttle, Frank Augustine, Woody Wampler, Eric . EPISODE 2 The Mark of the X Wayne and the crew follow a 200-year-old map to a heart-shaped stone with an X carved on the face; an unexpected discovery awaits them. Full episodes of the current season can be viewed here. We need to bring a golf range finder on our fifth trip, to record distances. We know what we have, and it is more that just a piece of ground. We had the correct location, we had the mine site, and if the legend was correct there had to be a stone house at the head of the north trending canyon. This was two months ago.". No one has found, or at least shared, any viable proof that matches the man-made or natural clues. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-contributor/2016/05/13/mesa-history-ruth-mystery-only-deepens-findings-remains/84344690/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcTFEXMUJM&feature=emb_title, https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/04/denver-mans-search-for-lost-dutchman-mine-likely-ended-in-fall/, https://www.ranker.com/list/lost-dutchman-treasure-disappearances/lyra-radford, https://www.thelostdutchmangoldmine.com/lost-dutchman/james-kidd-missing/, Many people believe the slayings could be connected to the, Apparently, stumbling across skulls is a regular occurrence in the. Yes! Even though we were on site, it took us until our third trip to locate the entrance. It was on July 19, 1861, in the Los Angeles County Courthouse, Jacob Waltz became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. On our next trip in October of 2016 we got one of the drones up the canyon and have some great 4k images, but they are proprietary for now and will be used in our book. But like Ben Crenshaw said in the 1999 Ryder Cup matches live on TV after Saturdays, matches. Most stories place the gold in the vicinity of Weaver's Needle, a well known landmark. More petitions flooded into the court, some of them merely facetious and invalid, others from reputable organizations like the American Society for Psychical Research. Actually, it is probably about 80 to 100 yards. Everything below matches what we have found on the ground, and most importantly, it is all in one generalized location. At the time, "Dutchman" was a catch-all for anyone. A copy of Estee Conasters The Sterling Legend: The Facts Behind the Lost Dutchman Mine billed as the definitive work on the lost mine was found in his tent. [The lost mine] is the reason why he went there. Jeff. Born in 1810, Jacob Waltz's early life isn't detailed but we know a few things. Jacob Waltz was born in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, Germany, circa 1810. Unable to proceed because of a broken leg, he probably died of starvation near the spot where the bottle was set on its journey.". So we kind of know what he was thinking and doing there, Cooper said. The network's all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming. It was loosely named Lost Deutschman or Lost German Mine, and to this day, anyone who researches or tries to find the gold are generally referred to as Dutch hunters. It was best I was alone. I am legally Disabled but managed to get in without too much difficulty. From what Ive been told, someone was working the mine around the mid 90s in secrecy, and also dug up the caches. What should be there are physical features, some man-made and some natural, that match the most historical and generally accepted clues. Ruth injured his leg so severely in the process that he developed a lifelong limp. We will welcome it. The fact you have this site is proof to me that you are simply mining for book sales. "For about 20 years, I hiked and explored the mountains on my own. Yes! Read more. Let me guess Copper/Gold What they discover may have finally put Wayne on the right path to solving this 150 year old mystery. Even if it passes all of that, it is not 100% that it is LDM Ore. Not 100%, but it will be enough to be taken more seriously than the multitudes of others that appear online claiming to have found the LDM. The reported mine was dubbed Lost Dutchman around 1892 after Waltz died. Lost Dutchman Treasure Hunter Wayne Tuttle was followed around by the History Channel. In December 2009, a month after Capens disappearance, his campsite was found and clearly indicated his level of devotion to his newfound infatuation, Cooper said. "This is beyond obsessed," Burnett told the newspaper. And in the Superstition Mountains outside Phoenix Arizona, rockhounds and treasure hunters have been searching for the Lost Dutchman Mine since 1892. I expected some things would fit but that a lot would be misinformation from all the years of hash and rehash. The enigma of the LDGM is that it has been a puzzle with many pieces that, up until now, no one has been able to solve. . We will be posting some information about the book in an upcoming post. Thanks Jeff. I believe he mined at least two sites in the general area. The mine has never been found. Hi guys, if you have found the true mine well done, my only message is to stay safe as a lot of people have died trying to fine it or getting to places they think it is and as they say you cant take it with you. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. In June 1931, just a day into his first attempt to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, the amateur prospector vanished without a trace. He had no family and a ridiculous sum of money - mostly from investments - but where he got the cash to invest in the first place remains unknown. Yes! The LDM has been found over the years by 170 different people and in 170 different locations throughout the Superstition Mountain Wilderness. Id love to go on an expedition to search around and try to solve the mystery and take in the beauty of this creation. You don't have to be a pirate to feel the lure of hunting for buried treasure. If that passes, then we can XRF Test it. Otherwise, nobody but a few nutjobs will pay a penny. Salt River AZ. Required fields are marked *, Hohokam and the Aztec culture that predates Montezumas era in central Mexico, Welcome to the Lost MineProperty of Jacob Waltz. Even before the will was validated, the first claim to the estate came from the University of Life Church, Inc., Arizona, as an organization conducting research on scientific proof of the existence of a human soul. A Murky Origin Story Mike. He said he had to slide in through a small opening, and that he chiseled it a bit so he could get in and out of the mine. They were all but toast and went on to pull -off a huge upset. I have come to the conclusion that, that telling our story and informing the Park-service just before the book does come out, so they can protect it for a lot of reasons, makes the best sense. Do not stake your life, life is precious and bad luck to bet on it. If you produce the ore samples, we can examine the crystalline structure of the quartz. One man found it in the Four Peaks and extracted several thousand dollars of ore back when gold was $20 an ounce. The gold belongs to the indians,rightfully they been protecting it for ever.Jacob Waltz must of been a very nice man,with a pure heart, walking the right road for the indians to let him take what gold he needed.most men would try to get all the gold,and probally would not live long after that, All of you have enjoyed the romance of the search, but a Mining Engineer has found ithes giving a presentation on the Feb. 24th 2020 at a Mining Engineers Convention in Phoenix, AZ.. (and this is most important! I too an am explorer, member of prospecting clubs and am very connected to the community. After one hundred and twenty- five plus years incredibly, the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine has been found, proving that the legend is more than mere myth and as predicted by Jacob Waltz himself "No miner will ever find my mine". Though, in my opinion, the site fits the clues nicely. The majority of my research has been focused on Jacob Waltz and the history surrounding his story as it relates the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. The Lost Dutchman story actually begins in the 1800s when the wealthy, Mexican Peralta family came to the region to work mines under a Spanish land grant. And heck yea we want book sales, that is the best way to market and possibly get additional revenue. But the icing on the cake will be what we document on the fall trip and absolutely must be in the book. His name appears on several California census records. There is a spring and an old trail. I have located the North Trending Canyon, a canyon in itself that has numerous carved walls, the Witch Priest being one of those as well as the Latin Heart laid out in the canyon floor. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The clues that are most generally accepted by Dutchman scholars are a good place to start, and it will make the most sense to start with the clues that pertain more directly with Jacob Waltz. But all in all, it is still an intriguing myth/legend. Another issue is that researching historical information has been very fruitful, so we continue to put efforts in this area and are often surprised and rewarded by what we learn that is relevant to our discovery. The first time we saw the tank was with one of our drones. Today people want to travel vicariously, hence, Gold Rush and all these reality shows. "It's hard to put a value to it, but he said most of the gold was the richest ore source he'd ever seen. or redistributed. I had been looking for months, I could not find it. I think that, now, it might be worth $200 million. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains. In late November 2009, Capen drove to Arizona to begin his search.
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