Lost Dutchman State Park is named after the rumor called Lost Dutchmans Gold Mine which is thought to be in this area. While you may not find gold here you will find plenty of desert scenery and hiking trails. Originally this was a simple day use area but in 1977 it became a state park and today this park. Named after the fabled lost gold mine, this park is located 40 miles east of downtown Phoenix. The park offers a variety of hiking trails, nature trails, 35 regular campsites, picnic facilities, and special programs throughout the year.
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Entrance toThe Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine (also known by similar names) is, according to, a rich mine hidden in the southwestern. The location is generally believed to be in the, near, east of,. There have been many stories about how to find the mine, and each year people search for the mine. Some have died on the search.The mine is named after immigrant Jacob Waltz ( c. 1810–1891), who purportedly discovered it in the 19th century and kept its location a secret. Before the, the demonym 'Dutch' was used for and alike.The Lost Dutchman's is perhaps the most famous in American history. Arizona place-name expert Byrd Granger wrote, as of 1977, the Lost Dutchman's story had been printed or cited at least six times more often than two other fairly well-known tales, the story of 's lost treasure, and the story of the in.
People have been seeking the Lost Dutchman's mine since at least 1892, while according to one estimate, 8,000 people annually made some effort to locate the Lost Dutchman's mine. Former is among those who have looked for the mine. Contents.Other Lost Dutchman's mines Robert Blair wrote 'there have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz'. One Lost Dutchman's mine is said to be in, another in California; two are said to be located in Arizona. Tales of these other Lost Dutchman's mines can be traced to at least the 1870s. The earliest Lost Dutchman's mine in Arizona was said to have been near, about 180 km (110 mi) north-west of the Superstition Mountains: a 'Dutchman' was allegedly discovered dead in the desert near Wickenburg in the 1870s alongside filled with gold.
Blair suggested that 'fragments of this legend have perhaps become attached to the mythical mine of Jacob Waltz'. Stories about the mine Granger wrote that 'fact and fiction blend in the tales', but that there are three main elements to the story:'They are, first, tales of the lost gold or Dr. Thorne's mine; second, tales about the Lost Dutchman's; and, third, stories of the soldiers' lost gold vein. the most complete version of the Lost Dutchman's story incorporates all three legends'.
Blair argued that there are kernels of truth at the heart of each of these three main stories, though the popular story is often badly garbled from the actual account. Other theories have materialized that speculate the mine is buried at the bottom of Apache or Roosevelt Lake.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.Lost Apache gold or Dr.
Thorne's story In this story (actually two interconnected stories), members of the Apache tribe are said to have a very rich gold mine located in the Superstition Mountains. Famed Apache is sometimes mentioned in relation to this story. 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. Years later, a man called Dr. Thorne treats an ailing or wounded Apache (often alleged to be a chieftain) and is rewarded with a trip to a rich gold mine. He is blindfolded and taken there by a circuitous route, and is allowed to take as much gold ore as he can carry before again being escorted blindfolded from the site by the Apaches. Thorne is said to be either unwilling or unable to relocate the mine.The truth about the Peralta Mine Most likely because had been the Spanish Governor of New Mexico (in the 1600s) his family name of 'Peralta' was the inspiration for a number of legends in the American Southwest.
Tried to assert that the Peralta family had a Spanish land grant and a barony granted by the King of Spain, which included a huge swath of Arizona and New Mexico, including the Superstition Mountains. The is a legend that Apaches supposedly ambushed a mining expedition the Peralta family sent into the mountains. Some carved stones in the area are referred to as ' and Spanish text and crude maps on them are considered by some to be clues to the location of a Peralta family gold mine in the Superstition Mountains, although others believe the stones to be modern fakes. A lack of historical records leaves uncertainty as to whether a Peralta family ever had possession of land, or mines, in or near the Superstition Mountains.Blair insisted that the Peralta portion of the story is unreliable, writing: 'The operation of a gold mine in the Superstitions by a Peralta family is a contrivance of 20th century writers'. A man named Miguel Peralta and his family did operate a successful mine in the 1860s – but near, not in Arizona. The mine was quite profitable, earning about $35,000 in less than one year; Blair described this as 'an unusually good return' for such a small gold mine to earn in such a relatively brief period.
As of 1975, ruins of the Peralta mine were standing.However, the Peralta Mine eventually became unprofitable and after the money was gone Miguel Peralta turned to. Paid Peralta $20,000 for the mining rights for an enormous swath of land – about 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) in southern Arizona and – based on a deed originally granted by the in the 18th century. Trouble came after Willing learned that the deed was entirely bogus. Despite his efforts, Willing was never able to recover the money he gave to Peralta. Grave of Jacob Waltz, Pioneer and Military Cemetery, west of downtown PhoenixBlair 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.
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, where the original account is distorted in multiple retellings of the tale.There was indeed a Jacob Waltz who emigrated to the U.S. The earliest documentation of him in the U.S. Is an 1848 affidavit in which Waltz declared himself to be 'about 38 years old'. A man called Jacob Walz was born in September 1810 in. Blair suggested that this Waltz could be the same Waltz who later came to be regarded as the legendary Dutchman, and that he Americanized the spelling of his family name.
Note that tombstone pictured shows birth year as 1808.Waltz relocated to Arizona in the 1860s, and stayed in the territory for most of the rest of his life. He pursued mining and prospecting, but seems to have had little luck with either. An alternate view which better fits the lost mine legend is that he periodically appeared with large amounts of gold, The Sterling Legend by Estee Conatser reports that a Jacob Walzer sold $250,000 in gold to the U.S.
Mint during the 1880s and had $1500 when he died in 1891. In 1870, Waltz had a homestead of about 160 acres (0.65 km 2) near Phoenix where he operated a.There was a catastrophic flood in Phoenix in 1891, and Waltz's farm was one of many that was devastated. Afterwards, Waltz fell ill (he was rumored to have contracted during the flooding). He died on October 25, 1891, after having been nursed by an acquaintance named Julia Thomas (she was usually described as a ). Waltz was buried in Phoenix at what is now called the.Blair had little doubt that Waltz related to Thomas the location of an alleged gold mine.
As early as September 1, 1892, The Arizona Enterprise was reporting on the efforts of Thomas and several others to locate the lost mine whose location was told to her by Waltz. After this was unsuccessful, Thomas and her partners were reported to be selling maps to the mine for $7 each. The death of Adolph Ruth Were it not for the death of amateur explorer and Adolph Ruth, the story of the Lost Dutchman's mine would probably have been little more than a footnote in Arizona history as one of hundreds of 'lost mines' rumored to be in the American West. Ruth disappeared while searching for the mine in the summer of 1931. His skull – with two holes in it identified as bullet holes – was recovered about six months after he vanished, and the story made national news, thus sparking widespread interest in the Lost Dutchman's mine.In a story that echoes some of the earlier tales, Ruth's son Erwin C. Ruth was said to have learned of the Peralta mine from a man called Pedro Gonzales (or Gonzalez). According to the story, in about 1912 Erwin C.
Ruth gave some legal aid to Gonzales, saving him from almost certain imprisonment. 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).
Erwin passed the information to his father Adolph, who had a long-standing interest in lost mines and amateur exploration. The elder Ruth had fallen and badly broken several bones while seeking the lost Pegleg mine in California. He had metal pins in his leg, and used a cane to help him walk.In June 1931, Ruth set out to locate the lost Peralta mine. After traveling to the region, Ruth stayed several days at the ranch of Tex Barkely to outfit his expedition. Barkely repeatedly urged Ruth to abandon his search for the mine, because the terrain of the Superstition Mountains was treacherous even for experienced outdoorsmen, let alone for the 66-year-old Ruth in the heat of the Arizona summer.However, Ruth ignored Barkely's advice, and set out for a two-week stint in the mountains.
Ruth did not return as scheduled, and no trace of him could be found after a brief search. In December, 1931, reported on the recent discovery of a human skull in the Superstition Mountains. To determine if the skull was Ruth's, it was examined by Dr., a well-respected who was given several photos of Ruth, along with Ruth's. As wrote, 'Dr.
Hrdlicka positively identified the skull as that of Adolph Ruth. He further stated, after examining the two holes in the skull, that it appeared that a or high-powered had been fired through the head at almost point-blank range, making the small hole when the bullet entered and the large hole when it exited'.In January 1932, human remains were discovered about three-quarters of a mile (1.21 km) from where the skull had been found. Though the remains had been scattered by scavengers, they were undoubtedly Ruth's.
Many of Ruth's personal effects were found at the scene, including a (not missing any shells) and the metal pins used to mend his broken bones. But the map to the Peralta mine was said to be missing.Tantalizingly, Ruth's was also recovered, and proved to contain a note written by Ruth wherein he claimed to have discovered the mine and gave detailed directions. Ruth ended his note with the phrase '.' Authorities in Arizona did not convene a criminal inquest regarding Ruth's death. They argued that Ruth had probably succumbed to thirst or heart disease (though, as Gentry wrote, 'one official went so far as to suggest that Adolph Ruth might have committed suicide. While this theory did not ignore the two holes in the skull, it did fail to explain how Ruth had managed to remove and bury the empty shell, then reload his gun, after shooting himself through the head'. Blair noted that the conclusion of the Arizona authorities was rejected by many, including Ruth's family, and 'those who held onto the more romantic murdered-for-the-map story'.Blair wrote that 'the national wire services picked up the story of Ruth's death and ran it for more than it was worth', possibly seeing the mysterious story as a welcome reprieve from the bleak news that was otherwise typical of the.
Other searches for the mine Throughout the 20th century, various expeditions and individuals continued to search the Superstitions for the Lost Dutchman Mine. One of the most professional and serious-minded efforts was led by Oklahoma City private detective Glen Magill, who organized multiple expeditions in the late 1960s and early '70s, and claimed on at least two occasions to have identified the location of the mine, later to concede he was either mistaken or the locations were 'played out,' or bereft of gold. Magill's adventures were chronicled in the book The Killer Mountains, by Curt Gentry. Other deaths and disappearances Since Ruth's death, there have been several other deaths or disappearances in the Superstition Mountains. Some searchers for the mine have disappeared in likely wilderness accidents. In the mid-1940s, the headless remains of prospector James A.
Cravey were reportedly discovered in the Superstition Mountains. He had allegedly disappeared after setting out to find the Lost Dutchman's mine. In his 1945 book about the Lost Dutchman's mine, Thunder God's Gold, Barry Storm (pen name of John Griffith Climenson) claimed to have narrowly escaped from a mysterious he dubbed 'Mr. Storm further speculated that Adolph Ruth might have been a victim of the same sniper. In late 1961, George Conrad 'Shorty' Mueller exalted to friends in the Phoenix area that he'd found the mine. He claimed he needed help removing the gold from the cache, and asked two friends to accompany him back into the area around Weaver's Needle.
However, less than two weeks later on January 1, 1962, Shorty Mueller died of a heart attack. In late November or early December 2009, resident Jesse Capen (35) went missing in the. His campsite and car were found abandoned shortly afterward. He was known to have been obsessed with finding the mine for several years and had made previous trips to the area. Capen's body was found in November 2012 by a local search and rescue organization, wedged into a crevice.
The program covered the case (mentioning others) in the episode 'The Dutchman's Curse'. On July 11, 2010, hikers Curtis Merworth (49), Ardean Charles (66), and Malcolm Meeks (41) went missing in the Superstition Mountains looking for the mine.
Merworth had become lost in the same area in 2009, requiring a rescue. On July 19, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department called off the search for the lost men. They presumably died in the summer heat. In January 2011, three sets of remains believed to be those of the lost men were recovered.Lost Dutchman State Park. This article appears to contain references to.
Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture, using to, rather than simply listing appearances. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2018). Legend of the Superstition Mountains premiered on the on February 8, 2015. The first season of the entertainment program comprised six episodes. The Haunted Treasure of the Espectros, a 1962 juvenile adventure novel by, is a pastiche of the Lost Dutchman legend.
French comic book authors, and had their western hero explore for the Lost Dutchman's mine in the 1972 albums La mine de l'Allemand perdu and Le Spectre aux balles d'or (English title was Marshall Blueberry: The Lost Dutchman's Mine, Epic 1991). Lost Dutchman's Mine is a game by the Programmer's Guild written in.