Lost Treasure and Dimensional Anomalies: The Legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine (Episode #51)

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The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is said to have originated with Jacob Waltz, a German immigrant known as "The Dutchman". The legend says that Waltz discovered a rich vein of gold somewhere in the Superstition Mountains during the 1870s. On his deathbed in 1891, Waltz reportedly revealed the mine's location to Julia Thomas, a neighbor who had cared for him in his final days. Countless treasure hunters have searched for his mine and some have never returned, which according to legend is due to a curse. Where is the Dutchman’s Lost Gold Mine? Is it cursed? Does it only exist in another dimension? Or in a different timeline?

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EPISODE RESOURCES

• Bark, Dennis. *Gold, Glory, and the Lost Dutchman's Mine*. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1989.
• Gentry, Curt. *The Killer Mountains: The Perils and Perils of Treasure Hunting in the Superstitions*. New York: Signet, 1968.
• Roberts, Bob. *The Lost Dutchman's Mine: Fact, Fiction, and Legend*. Phoenix: Southwestern Treasures Press, 1995.
• Storm, Barry. *Thunder God's Gold*. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
• "The Peralta Stones: A New Look at an Old Mystery." *Arizona Highways*, May 2004
• Sikorsky, Robert. *The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz: The Peralta Stone Maps*. Desert Publications, 1993.
• Feldman, James A. *The Peralta Stones: Spanish Treasure Maps or Modern Hoax?* University of New Mexico Press, 2001.
• Purcell, Jack. *Missions and Mines: Jesuit Activities in the American Southwest*. Historical Press, 1985.
• Glover, T.E. *Dr. Thorne's Expedition: A Journey into the Superstitions*. Frontier Publishers, 1978.
• Dinwiddie, Edwin. "Geological Features of the Superstition Mountains." *Journal of Southwestern Geology*, vol. 12, no. 3, 1965, pp. 45-67.
• Browning, Susan M. *Legends and Lore: Debunking the Myth of the Lost Dutchman's Mine*. Skeptical Inquirer Publications, 2004..

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