The Lost Dutchman Mine
The story of the “Lost Dutchman’s Mine” in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona is one of the most controversial prospector myths of the late nineteenth century. The hardest part of studying the lost mine is separating fact from fiction; ironically, tales have been so entwined over the past hundred years it is almost impossible to distinguish the truth from the legend that follows.It is told a prospector named Jacob Waltz had a rich gold mine deep in the mountains east of Apache Junction. The story tells of a German prospector who made periodic trips into the Superstition Mountains and returned to Phoenix with small quantities of bonanza gold ore. This old prospector braved the dangers of the marauding Apaches prior to the 1886 surrender of Geronimo at Skeleton Canyon. Many enthusiasts of the lost mines believed that Waltz had found a Peralta storehouse or cache since the gold was purer than other mined gold. Others speculated the Apaches hid the gold after they massacred a group of Mexican miners. Therefore, many early prospectors believed Waltz’s Peralta
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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