In March of 2011 three filmmakers set out to find the mine and document their entire process. As Curt Gentry wrote, "Dr. Hrdlicka positively identified the skull as that of Adolph Ruth. In a few scenes the characters are shown wearing their packs while walking one moment, and not wearing them the next. 2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC. Since Ruth's death, there have been several other deaths or disappearances in the Superstition Mountains. Legend of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Parts 2 & 3: Finally Found! Blair suggested that "fragments of this legend have perhaps become attached to the mythical mine of Jacob Waltz".[6]. In June 1931, Ruth set out to locate the lost Peralta mine. The Lost Dutchman's Mine has gone on to become a pop cultural legend, written of in countless books and appearing on numerous TV shows. Magill's adventures were chronicled in the book The Killer Mountains, by Curt Gentry. Animals like deer coyotes, pumas and bobcats live here, existing alongside birds, rodents, snakes, and other reptiles. Yet it is also a place of fabled mysteries, talk of dark curses, strange disappearances and deaths, high strangeness, and a secret treasure that it allegedly holds close to it, reluctant to ever give it up. 5: Museum Administration and Membership matters, E-MAILVolunteering questions: [emailprotected]Site rentals: [emailprotected]Membership questions: [emailprotected]Retail and event issues: [emailprotected]Accounting issues: [emailprotected]Administrative and other issues: [emailprotected]FAX(480) 288-6524. In the version in which the Apaches killed the Peralta Family, the surviving member then went on to get embroiled in a brawl fight years later. Hes led back to town and the tale spreads like wildfire. [13] In most versions of the tale, Jacob Waltz locates a rich gold mine in the Superstition Mountains (in many versions of the story, they rescue or help a member of the Peralta family and are rewarded by being told the location of the mine). Erwin passed the information to his father Adolph, who had a long-standing interest in lost mines and amateur exploration. He's written articles for MU and Daily Grail and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM and Binnal of America. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Cravey said he would walk out of the mountains on June 28, 1947. In gratitude, Gonzales told Erwin about the Peralta mine in the Superstition Mountains, and gave him some antique maps of the site (Gonzales claimed to be descended from the Peralta family on his mother's side). According to the story, the Apaches quickly descended upon the family to ruthlessly slaughter all of them but one, left alive solely to tell the tale not to mess with the lost mine to anyone who would listen. 1: Recorded description of the museum. Later on came a long list of early and newly appointed Dons of Spain who also made forays into the Prima Alta looking for riches. In January 2011, three sets of remains assumed to be those of the lost men were retrieved. This is only speculation, what I do know is that, people who have dismissed the information on the stones, no matter who carved the stones, those non believers have been badly mistaken. Superstition Mountain hasan elevation of 5,024 feet. This is very important! T Just a few miles south of Tucson lies Colossal Cave, an often overlooked natural landmark with well over a thousand years of history. The main thing is that they supposedly accidentally found this ancient Apache treasure somewhere in the mountains, but it was to spell their doom. In most variants of the story, the family of a man called Miguel Peralta discovered the mine and began mining the gold there, only to be attacked or massacred by Apaches in about 1850 in the supposed Peralta massacre. They removed his blindfold and let him take away as much as he could carry. In March of 2011, three filmmakers disappeared in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona while documenting their search for the Lost Dutchman mine. The staff and volunteers at this Museum were all very friendly and helpful. Children 10 and under VISIT The Dutchman " was a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz. You came for the yellow rag gossip. Afterwards, Waltz fell ill (he was rumored to have contracted pneumonia during the flooding). Other storytellers claim that the Peralta Family escaped with gold, but another family died in the massacre. (Chris J / Flickr). Many people took the landmark to be the Weavers Needle but had no luck finding any gold nuggets in its vicinity. But Blair suggested that this core story was distorted in subsequent retellings, comparing the many variants of the Lost Dutchman's story to the game of Chinese whispers, where the original account is distorted in multiple retellings of the tale.[15]. Legend of the Superstition Mountains: With Keenan Johnston, Mark Dodson, Frank Augustine, Wayne Tuttle. In March of 2011, three filmmakers disappeared in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona while documenting their search for the Lost Dutchman Mine. The Supers are east northeast of Phoenix. In 2003, a beautiful new museum, composed of an exhibit gallery and a gift shop and a small office, was dedicated and opened at 4087 E. Apache Trail (State Route 88). The Superstition Mountains, with a name like that you might as well give away fancy proton-backs, of the Ghostbuster variety, at the visitors center, is a series of jagger tooth mountains in Arizona just the east of Phoenix. In the year 1870, with his consent, they blindfolded him and took him on a 20-mile trip to an unknown location piled with gold ore. Along with the body was found a mysterious note ensconced within a bottle, which said that he had broken his leg and needed help, but which also stated that he had had managed to find the legendary Lost Dutchmans Mine. Theyre filled to the brim with ghosts and spirits. They were supposedly dug up in the desert, in area east of Gold canyon and Tucson in the late 1940s byTravis E Tomlinson. Wednesday Sunday He would take this secret location practically to his grave, but as he lie dying from a bout of pneumonia in 1891 he allegedly told all, laying out the secret location of the lost and cursed Apache treasure, giving detailed but cryptic instructions on how to navigate the rough terrain to the entrance, as well as scrawling out a crude map to it all as he lay on his deathbed. They even had the old rock crusher up and working. Lights, screams, and shadows of Apache armies have been reported. Some places have long been thought to be simply no good. In the 1800's, a german goldhunter named Jacob Waitz discovered a huge goldmine within the mountains that has since been named the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine (German <- > The Netherlands; let . People have been seeking the Lost Dutchman's mine since at least 1892,[2] while according to one estimate, 9,000 people annually made some effort to locate the Lost Dutchman's mine. They believed that the entrance to the underworld itself lay somewhere in among these peaks, and that powerful spirits roamed the withered landscape. The family is later attacked and butchered in the so-called, Jacob, meanwhile, the lone survivor, is near catatonic. Granger wrote that "fact and fiction blend in the tales",[3] but that there are three main elements to the story: In 1977, Granger identified 62 variants of the Lost Dutchman's story some of the variations are minor, but others are substantial, casting the story in a very different light from the other versions. [28], One fact against the existence of "Lost Dutchman Mine" is that Waltz was a "placer miner"; while the gold pieces he had were in quartz, the Superstition Mountains are in fact volcanic. According to Blair, the story may have its roots in the efforts of three U.S. soldiers to locate gold in an area of New Mexico, based on an allegedly true story related to them by Dr. Thorne of New Mexico; see above. The Peralta family would go on to be suspected of having left some evidence behind of their discovery in the form of a series of odd stones mysteriously etched with codes, pictograms, and cryptic messages written out in imperfect Latin, which are said to hold the key to finding the treasure and which have been dubbed the Peralta Stones. These stones were allegedly written up by the family shortly before their massacre and left behind by Apaches who did not know their true meaning and so left them to rot away in the sun. Today along route 88 is a pull off gravel road, that leads out behind the Lost Dutchman Museum, you follow it to a designated area, here you will find marked trail signs with trails simply marked as the Massacre Grounds.. This isn't another nauseating, shaky-cam mess. The story of the Peralta Stones is that they lead you to a small almost invisible ledge, like a small birds nest perched in the middle of a forest of giant oaks concealed by the natural elements, it obscures itself from all beasts of prey especially man. If you loved watching old westerns you will love this place. [3] Former Arizona Attorney General Robert K. Corbin is among those who have looked for the mine. Top Ten list of haunted spots in Phoenix. In his 1945 book about the Lost Dutchman's mine. The stories differ from here onward. "Dutchman's Gold" was the season 4, episode 19 of, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 00:14. Apache Junction, AZ 85119-8409, Phone options: Arcana Exploration is made up of a group of five friends and supporters, from central Ohio, who until five years ago knew very little if anything about the LDM. The story of the Lost Dutchmans Mine would go on to become a persistent legend and obsession for many would-be treasure hunters over the years. Blair cited evidence of the historical Jacob Waltz and suggested that additional evidence supports the core elements of the story that Waltz claimed to have discovered (or at least heard the story of) a rich gold vein or cache. Visitors are treated to a working display of historic large scale model trains and learn about the prominent role they took in the settlement of the West. January 1933 a Mining electrican named J.A. Assistir Dortmund X RB Leipzig - Ao Vivo Grtis HD sem travar, sem anncios. In 1847-1848 during the time of the Hidalgo Treaty when Mexico sold the territory to the United Sates the Peraltas, knowing they would lose access to their mines made one last trip bringing hundreds of miners from Sonora to mine as much as they could, but were attacked by Apaches. The Apache warriors who had massacred them are then said to have reburied the entrance to this enormous trove of gold, and to this day the area where this is believed to have happened has been labeled the Massacre Grounds, and there are other places names that denote this grim history such as Massacre Falls and others. The Superstition Mountains Superstition Mountain has an elevation of 5,024 feet. You need at a bare minimum, at least a three- man team. Wasnt it Dutch? The short "Discovery Trail" is a clear route with several placards giving the natural history of the area. Since the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of people have scoured the mountains in search of it, hundreds have lost their lives in the process, but not one has returned with an ounce of gold. The Superstitions Mountains lie within the Tonto National wildlife refuge and consist of 242 square miles not counting other designated and preserved areas that boarder the Tonto National Forest and wildlife refuge. The mans campsite would be found to hold many books on the lost mine, and this would join a further three more mysterious deaths in 2010 and 2011 in the same area, all of whom had been seeking the legendary Dutchmans Mine. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. On Valentines Day Elvis was available at the church for weddings. [5] One Lost Dutchman's mine is said to be in Colorado, another in California; two are said to be located in Arizona. The Peralta Stones are a set of engraved stone tableted works that are approximately 18 inches long and weigh about 25 lbs. It is here were you will reach areas that are barely penetrable, this is where most trails stop abruptly for safety reasons. Despite his efforts, Willing was never able to recover the money he gave to Peralta. The Native Apache people of the area had already long held this as a rather sinister scared place even before outsiders came in to settle the land. Im talking Smaug levels of the shiny stuff. From the Press Release Thorne claimed that he was taken captive by Navajos in 1854, and that during his captivity he had discovered a rich gold vein.