Two soldiers, recently
discharged from Ft McDowell, traveled through the Superstition Mountains on
the Old Military Trail, when they flushed out, and shot at, a deer. Not
finding the deer, the two happened onto a dark red outcropping of rich gold
ore. Later, the two were found dead near Black Top Mesa in the
Superstitions.
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The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz Part 1
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The Lost Dutchman Mine is
supposedly located within a circle, who's center is Weaver's Needle, and the
diameter of which is no more than 5 miles. Weaver's Needle is located deep
within the heart of the Superstition Mountains.
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Buried
Treasures You Can Find
The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz Part 1
The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz Part
2
Treasure Secrets of the Lost Dutchman
Dig Here!
Lost Dutchman Mine Discoveries
Lost Mines & Buried Treasures along the Old Frontier
Lost Mines of the Great Southwest
Lost Mines & Buried Treasure: A Guide to Sites & Legends of the
Southwest
Quest for the Dutchman's Gold
The Sterling Legend
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Dr. Thorne was a man that
befriended the Apache Indians, and for his services to him, the Indians took
him to a place where gold nuggets littered the canyon floor. But, he was
blindfolded on the ride in and out and could never relocate the canyon.
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Buried
Treasures You Can Find
The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz Part 1
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A prospector named Wagoner
found a ledge of gold, supposedly in La Barge Canyon, in the Superstition
Mountains. When he died, it was never relocated.
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Treasures You Can Find
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In 1937, a man named Jenkins, his
wife, and two daughters picnicked in the Superstitions, and found a pretty
quartz rock that was very heavy. Later, he was told it was heavily laden
with gold. Before he could go back into the mountains again, he died from a
heart attack. His wife could not remember where they were.
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Yuma's Lost Mine is said to be
located a few miles southwest of Winkelman.
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An enormous amount of gold and
silver, gathered by the Papago Indians and given to white men that had lived
with them, is said to be located between Red Rock Butte and the Silver Bell
Mountains.
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An iron pot or chest is said to
have been buried in the center of a wagon train, burned out by Apache
raiders, near Montezuma Head.
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The
Treasures of the San
Marcelo Mission is said to have been hidden in a cave in the Tortilla
Mountains by Spanish Missionaries during the Papago Indian revolt of 1751.
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Don
Joaquin Campoy's lost mine is supposedly located near Montezuma's Head.