[thunder cracks] [thunder cracks] [door creaking] [dramatic orchestral music] ♪ ♪ [thunder cracks] - THE HISTORY THAT
WE WERE ALL TAUGHT GROWING UP IS WRONG. MY NAME IS SCOTT WOLTER, AND I'M A FORENSIC GEOLOGIST. THERE'S A HIDDEN HISTORY
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT. THERE ARE PYRAMIDS HERE-- CHAMBERS, TOMBS,
INSCRIPTIONS. THEY'RE ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE
THESE ARTIFACTS AND SITES, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THE TRUTH. SOMETIMES HISTORY ISN'T WHAT
WE'VE BEEN TOLD. [percussive music] SOMEWHERE HERE
IN THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS LIES THE MOST STORIED TREASURE
IN AMERICAN HISTORY. AT LEAST,
THAT'S WHAT THE LEGENDS SAY. IT'S CALLED THE TREASURE
OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND IT ON A PIECE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
NEVER SEARCHED BEFORE. CLUES, CARVINGS, AND EVEN A CURSE FIGURE INTO THIS MILLION-DOLLAR
MYSTERY, AND ARE WHAT LED ME HERE, BUT MY QUEST
TO CRACK THE CASE BEGAN WITH A TANTALIZING CLUE
I READ ABOUT-- A TREASURE MAP CARVED IN STONE THAT MIGHT JUST LEAD RIGHT
TO IT. AS THE STORY
OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN GOES, A MAN NAMED JACOB WALTZ
DISCOVERED A MASSIVE MINE THAT MADE HIM RICH
BEYOND HIS DREAMS. EVERYTHING HE BOUGHT, HE PAID FOR
WITH PURE GOLD NUGGETS. OVER TIME, WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE STORY
OF A LUCKY STRIKE TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. THE LEGEND OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN
WAS BORN. NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH GOLD
WALTZ LEFT BEHIND WHEN HE DIED. IN FACT, PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN AGREE
ON WHAT KIND OF GOLD IT IS-- GOLD NUGGETS OR GOLD DEPOSITS STILL LINING THE WALLS
OF HIS SECRET MINE. I, FOR ONE,
INTEND TO FIND OUT WITH THE HELP OF PEOPLE
WHO KNOW THE STORY. THIS WASN'T TOO TALL OF AN ORDER
TO HAVE US MEET HERE, WAS IT? - NOT AT ALL. IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE
ON EARTH. - YEAH, IT IS. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A LOT
OF HISTORY HERE. - WELL, MY INTEREST DATES BACK
TO 1944. MY DAD WAS ALWAYS A BIG BELIEVER
IN THIS LOST MINE, AND I SORT OF FOLLOWED
IN MY FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS, COLLECTING
AND RESEARCHING MATERIAL AND TRYING
TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT
IF THERE IS ANY TRUTH. - MOST OF THE MYTHS SAY THAT THE
LEGEND OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHERE OUT HERE? - WELL, THE STORIES ARE IT'S
BEHIND THAT MOUNTAIN SOMEWHERE. - DO YOU THINK
THAT THIS MINE EXISTS? WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? - I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD MEN THAT HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME BACK
HERE LOOKING FOR IT. - OKAY.
AND THEY HAVEN'T FOUND IT? - AND THEY HAVEN'T FOUND IT. I KNOW OF TWO ACTUAL HOMICIDES
THAT HAVE OCCURRED BACK THERE. - ASSOCIATED WITH LOOKING
FOR GOLD? - RIGHT.
- OKAY. - EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I HEARD ABOUT THE CURSE
OF THE THUNDER GODS. - NATIVE AMERICANS
BELIEVE THE THUNDER GOD PROTECTS THE SACRED
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS. AS THE PROTECTOR
OF A GREAT TREASURE, LEGEND SAYS HE PUNISHES
TRESPASSERS. SOME PEOPLE ATTRIBUTE IT
TO A CURSE, MAYBE IT'S JUST SIMPLE GREED. - GREED, AND ALSO THE LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE AND SURVIVAL IN THERE. PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE PIECE
OF EVIDENCE IS THE PERALTA STONES MAPS. HOWEVER,
HALF THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM, HALF THE PEOPLE
DON'T BELIEVE THEM. - THE PERALTA STONE MAPS
ARE WHAT ENTICED ME TO COME HERE TO LOOK FOR THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S
TREASURE. THEY WERE NAMED AFTER A MINING
FAMILY IN THE AREA THAT SUPPOSEDLY FOUND
THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S MINE AND CARVED THE MAPS
TO LEAD THEM-- AND ONLY THEM--RIGHT TO IT. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WHAT THEY MEAN. SUPPOSEDLY, THE HEART ON THE
PERALTA STONES IS A BIG DEAL. IT'S CONSIDERED THE KEY
TO THE ENTIRE MAP. THERE'S ALSO A HORSE,
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A YEAR--1847-- AND A FIGURE SOME HAVE
IDENTIFIED AS EITHER A PRIEST OR A BANKER. IF I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY
MEAN AND IF THEY'RE AUTHENTIC, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TURN UP
NEW LEADS ON THE LOCATION OF THE MINE
AND THE TREASURE. - THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC. THERE ARE ALL KINDS
OF INTERPRETATIONS HERE. - IF THERE'S ONE THING
THAT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH LOOKING AT MANY
DIFFERENT INSCRIBED STONES, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
TO BE LEARNED FROM THEM, AND I THINK YOU'D BE MAKING
A MISTAKE IF YOU UNDERESTIMATED
THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF THESE. - THEY WERE FIRST FOUND IN 1949. THERE'S TWO STORIES
HOW THE GUY FOUND THEM. HE STOPPED HIS CAR
ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 60, GOT OUT TO GO TAKE A LEAK, AND HE STUMBLED ONTO THESE. THE OTHER STORY
IS THAT A MEXICAN LABORER-- HE UNCOVERED THEM, AND HE SEEN
THAT THEY WERE STRANGE AND HAD SPANISH WRITING ON. - YOU KNOW, IN SPITE OF ALL THE
STORIES, I'VE HEARD MANY TIMES-- CARVED STONES BEING FAKE,
BEING REAL-- THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT, AND THAT'S TO GET YOUR EYEBALLS
ON THEM. SO IS IT POSSIBLE I COULD SEE
THESE STONES? - YEAH, I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND,
RON FELDMAN. HE'S SORT
OF AN AMATEUR GEOLOGIST. AND HE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO HELP
YOU FIND THE ORIGINALS. - IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE
THAT THESE THINGS ARE REAL, AND THEY POSSIBLY HAVE A CLUE
THAT CAN HELP US FIND THIS MINE, I'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND IF RON IS THE GUY THAT CAN
HELP ME SEE THESE STONES, THAT'S MY NEXT STOP. THE ALLURE OF A TREASURE
JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND HAS ATTRACTED THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE HERE TO THE DESERT. SOME OF THEM NEVER MADE IT OUT. IF THERE'S A CURSE HERE,
I DON'T BUY IT. BUT THERE'S NO DENYING
SOME PEOPLE WOULD KILL TO FIND THE TREASURE... AND APPARENTLY HAVE. IN 1931, THE BODY OF ADOLPH RUTH
WAS FOUND WITHOUT HIS HEAD, WHICH TURNED UP A HALF MILE
AWAY. BUT MORE OFTEN A SILENT KILLER
IS TO BLAME-- THE DESERT ITSELF. IN 2010, THREE UTAH PROSPECTORS'
BODIES WERE FOUND. THEY DIED AFTER GETTING LOST
IN THE HEAT. AND IN 2013, A DENVER MAN
WHOSE ROOM WAS LITTERED WITH TREASURE MAPS AND CLUES HE THOUGHT WOULD LEAD HIM
TO THE TREASURE REPORTEDLY STUMBLED OFF A CLIFF
AND PLUNGED TO HIS DEATH. I NEED TO SEARCH SMARTER, AND IF THERE ARE CLUES
ON THE PERALTA STONES, I NEED TO SEE THEM FIRSTHAND. SO, RON, I RECENTLY MET WITH
SOMEBODY I THINK YOU KNOW-- TOM KOLLENBORN--
IS THAT CORRECT? - THAT IS CORRECT,
GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. - HE SAID THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE AND, SPECIFICALLY,
ABOUT THE PERALTA STONES. - WELL, I'VE HUNTED THE LOST
DUTCHMAN MINE FOR 48 YEARS NOW AND RESEARCHED IT
AND BEEN IN THE FIELD. THE ROCK MAPS WERE DEFINITELY
PART OF MY SEARCH FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I INVESTIGATED THEM
AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHAT THEY KINDA MAYBE MEANT. THERE IS BASICALLY TWO TYPES
OF HUNTERS FOR THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE: THOSE THAT FOLLOW THE LOST
DUTCHMAN MINE LEGEND AND ALL THE STORIES THAT HAVE
BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT IT, AND THEN THOSE THAT SIMPLY HUNT
IT OFF THE ROCK MAPS. - DO YOU THINK THAT
THERE IS A LOST DUTCHMAN MINE? - ABSOLUTELY, UNDENIABLY,
THERE IS A LOST DUTCHMAN MINE, AND IT DOES EXIST IN THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS
SOMEWHERE. - SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU KNOW
WHERE IT IS. - I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
- THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. - WELL, ANYBODY WHO HAS SEEN
WHAT I HAVE, FOUND WHAT I HAVE, COME UP WITH THE IDEA
THAT THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE, NUMBER ONE, DOES NOT EXIST, OR NUMBER TWO, IT'S NOT
IN THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS IS A MORON. YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
BELIEVE IN THE LEGEND HAVE NEVER HUNTED FOR IT. THEY'VE NEVER PUT A SPADE
IN THE EARTH. AND THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT'S GONNA LEAD SOMEONE
TO THE MINE, IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY DONE SO-- HA HA--
IS GEOLOGY. IT'S GEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, AND WITHOUT THAT,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND IT. ALL THE STORIES ARE GOING
TO PUT YOU, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY STORIES. - NOW, TOM SAID
THAT YOU HAVE STONES, AND THE PERALTA STONES, TO ME,
ARE A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN THIS WHOLE MYSTERY. CAN YOU SHOW ME THE STONES? - THESE ARE THE PERALTA STONE
MAPS. AND THEY ARE PRETTY INTRICATE, AS FAR AS THE CARVINGS
AND SO FORTH. - I'VE SEEN A NUMBER
OF TREASURE MAPS ON PAPER, PARCHMENT, AND STONE, AND THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST
ELABORATE TREASURE MAP I'VE EVER SEEN. CAN I PICK THIS UP? - SURE, YEAH, GO AHEAD. [stone grinding] - WAIT A MINUTE. THIS ISN'T REAL ROCK. THIS IS A REPLICA. [horses neighing] - WAIT A MINUTE. CAN I PICK THIS UP? - SURE, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
- OKAY. [stone grinding] THIS ISN'T REAL ROCK. THIS IS A REPLICA. - THESE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL. - THEY WERE MADE SO YOU COULD
HANG 'EM ON A WALL, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO FRONT
AND BACK 'EM WHEN YOU LOOK AT 'EM. BUT THEY ARE THE SAME SIZE,
SAME SCALE, AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING
ON THESE MAPS THAT THEY HAVE
ON THE ORIGINAL MAPS, AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THE STONE MAPS ARE B.S. - OKAY. - THEY WERE CREATED
FOR A REASON, BUT IT WAS NOT FOR HUNTING
THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE. BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, THEY HAVE BECOME AN IMPORTANT
PART OF THE STORY. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HUNTING
THE TREASURE ON IT. - ALL RIGHT, JUST FOR NOW,
LET'S TAKE THEM AT FACE VALUE. LET'S SEE IF
MAYBE WE CAN FIND EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED. - IF YOU NOTICE THIS MAP-- AND THIS MAP ACTUALLY ARE FRONT
AND BACK. - SO THESE TWO CARVINGS
ARE THE SAME STONES. - THAT IS CORRECT. FRONT, BACK, ONE MAP,
SAME HERE, FRONT, BACK, ONE MAP. - OKAY, THAT HELPS ME. I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED
ON THAT BEFORE. - SO YOU HAVE THE HEART, AND THIS--THE CLOSEST THAT I
MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT AT THE TIME, COULD THAT BE WEAVERS NEEDLE? WEAVERS NEEDLE IS THE MOST
PROMINENT LANDMARK, A PINNACLE IN THE SUPERSTITION
MOUNTAINS. LIKE MOTHS TO THE FLAME, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HUNT THIS GO TO THE WEAVER'S NEEDLE
FOR THE LOST DUTCHMAN. - OKAY. - "DON" JUST REFERS
TO DON MIGUEL PERALTA. - OKAY, SO THAT'S WHERE THE NAME
"PERALTA STONES" COMES FROM. - YES. IT WAS THE FAMILY OF AND
RELATIVES OF THE PERALTA FAMILY, AND THEY WERE PROSPECTING MINING
GOLD IN THE EARLY 1840s. - THE PERALTAS WERE AN OLD
AND POWERFUL MEXICAN FAMILY. LEGEND HAS IT THEY WERE AMBUSHED
AND KILLED BECAUSE THEY'D FOUND
THE HIDDEN GOLD. - 1847 IS A VERY GOOD DATE WHEN THE SPANISH WERE
IN THE SUPERSTITION. - LET ME ASK YOU
ANOTHER QUESTION JUST TO GET A LITTLE MORE
CONTEXT. BEFORE THESE STONES WERE FOUND,
AND THAT WAS WHEN, IN THE '40s? - 1948.
- 1948, OKAY. PRIOR TO THAT, WAS THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE
A PROMINENT LEGEND? DID EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT IT
IN THE COMMUNITY? - YES. THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE STORY
AND LEGEND IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST FAMOUS
LOST MINE LEGEND IN THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN FOR PROBABLY
A CENTURY. - OKAY, ALL RIGHT. AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE WAS IT THESE STONES
THAT BROUGHT IT TO PROMINENCE, OR WAS IT ALREADY
A PROMINENT STORY? IT SOUNDS LIKE IT ALREADY WAS. - IT ALREADY WAS, BUT THESE STONES ABSOLUTELY HAVE
HELPED THIS. - TOOK IT TO A NEW LEVEL.
- YES, THAT'S CORRECT. - WELL, YOU REALIZE THAT FOR ME
TO REALLY DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS TRYING TO FIND
INFORMATION THAT CAN TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE OLD,
OR WHETHER THEY'RE AUTHENTIC, I NEED TO SEE THE REAL STONES. - WELL, THAT MIGHT BE A JOB, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN MOVED
AROUND FROM HERE TO THERE, AND WE'RE--NONE OF US
ARE REALLY SURE WHERE THEY ARE. THEY'RE SOMEWHERE,
BUT YOU HAVE TO TRACK THEM DOWN. - OKAY. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUMP ON
SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID BEFORE THAT, I HAVE TO SAY,
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU: GEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, GEOLOGY. YOU HAVE TO GET OFF
YOUR REAR END, YOU HAVE TO GET OUT
IN THE FIELD, YOU GOTTA GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY, YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE
TO FIND THIS THING. SO WHERE CAN WE FIND
SOME GEOLOGIC CLUES THAT MAY HELP US LOCATE
THIS LOST DUTCHMAN MINE? - YOU WANT SOME GEOLOGY.
I'LL SHOW YOU GEOLOGY. JUST MEET ME OUT FRONT. [horse whinnies] - ALL RIGHT. SO, RON, BEFORE YOU SHOW ME
WHAT YOU HAVE, I'D LIKE SHOW YOU SOMETHING. - GOOD.
- OKAY. WHEN I GRADUATED
FROM COLLEGE, MY FIRST JOB WAS WORKING
AS A FIELD GEOLOGIST FOR A GOLD COMPANY, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF SAMPLES
THAT WE GET WITH VISIBLE GOLD. - IT'S VERY, VERY NICE. BUT NOW LET ME SHOW YOU
A REAL GOLD SPECIMEN. - OH, WOW! THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE GOLD IS VISIBLE. IT'S ALL THROUGH THE QUARTZ. SO THIS REPRESENTS THE ORE. - THAT'S GOLD ORE FROM THE LOST
DUTCHMAN MINE, PROBABLY. - THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE? - OH, YEAH, YEAH. - HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? - WELL, ABOUT 1970, A CUSTOMER
OF MINE NAMED JOHN COCHERRA TOLD ME A STORY THAT IN 1962, HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE OUT
IN THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, AND IN SOME BUSHES ON TOP
OF A MOUNTAIN, THEY FOUND SOME ROTTED
SADDLEBAGS WITH 24 POUNDS OF VERY,
VERY RICH ORE. JOHN WAS DYING PRETTY QUICKLY
WHEN I LAST TALKED TO HIM. HE SAID, "WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BUY THE LAST SIX PIECES?" HE KNEW OF MY INTEREST. - RIGHT.
- I SAID, "SURE." WE TOOK COCHERRA'S ORE. WE ALSO HAD A PIECE
OF DUTCHMAN ORE THAT WE KNOW CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE DUTCHMAN'S
DEATHBED WHEN HE DIED. - YOU DON'T HAVE IT HERE? - NO. BUT DUTCHMAN ORE
AND COCHERRA'S ORE WERE THE SAME EXACT TYPE
OF QUARTZ, AND THE RESULTS WERE
THERE WAS A 75% PROBABILITY THAT THOSE TWO ORES CAME
FROM THE SAME PLACE OR A CLOSELY ASSOCIATED
GEOLOGICAL EVENT. - WELL, THAT'S A PRETTY
COMPELLING ARGUMENT. - YES.
- NOT CONCLUSIVE. - NO.
- BUT COMPELLING. - NOTHING'S 100%,
BUT YOU GO ON WHAT YOU GOT. - OKAY. WELL, THIS IS ALL GREAT,
BUT WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE, AND I WANT TO SEE SOME GOLD
DEPOSITS, HOPEFULLY. I'D LIKE TO GET A BETTER SENSE
OF WHERE THE GOLD OCCURS, WHAT THE GENERAL GEOLOGY
IS AROUND HERE. BECAUSE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I'VE GOT TO FIND
THAT LOST DUTCHMAN MINE, AND I GOT TO GET MY HANDS
ON THOSE PERALTA STONES. - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST
DUTCHMAN GOLD MINE STARTED WITH A GUY
NAMED JACOB WALTZ AND HAS PERSISTED IN ARIZONA'S
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS FOR CLOSE TO TWO CENTURIES. IT'S GRABBED THE ATTENTION
OF REPORTERS, TREASURE HUNTERS, AND NOW ME. SOME PEOPLE THINK JACOB WALTZ
REVEALED THE LOCATION OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE
ON HIS DEATHBED, BUT I HAVE TO WONDER
IF THAT'S TRUE, SINCE NO ONE'S EVER ADMITTED
TO FINDING IT. THE KEY TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY MAY BE COMPRISED
OF THE PERALTA STONES, FOUR CARVED TABLETS
THAT ARE MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING AND SAID TO BE PART
OF A TREASURE MAP. TREASURE HUNTERS HAVE BEEN USING
PICTURES OF THE STONE MAPS TO GUIDE THEIR SEARCHES
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. MANY PASSIONATE PERALTA STONE
BELIEVERS LIKE JIM SIEGLITZ-- THE GUY I AM ON MY WAY TO MEET-- HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME IN HOPES THAT I CAN BE THE ONE
TO FINALLY PROVE THAT THE STONE MAPS ACTUALLY
LEAD TO THE LOST DUTCHMAN GOLD. WELL, JIM, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THE PERALTA STONES. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE
SOME INFORMATION. UM, YOU KNOW RON FELDMAN. - I KNOW OF RON,
YES, I DO. - HE THINKS THE PERALTA STONES
ARE COMPLETE BUNK. OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T. SO I'VE LISTENED TO HIS SIDE
OF THE STORY, AND I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR YOURS. - I'VE MADE A HARD COPY OF EACH
OF THE STONES. - OKAY. - A LOT OF STORIES
HAVE BEEN MADE UP. A SPANISH GOLD TRAIN OR MEXICAN GOLD TRAIN HEADED
BACK TO MEXICO WAS AMBUSHED BY THE APACHES, AND THAT GOLD REALLY HAS NEVER
BEEN FOUND. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT MAYBE
THAT'S THE GOLD THAT THE INDIANS PLACED
IN A SAFE PLACE, WHICH THE DUTCHMAN FOUND. - OKAY, OKAY. SO YOU THINK THAT THE DUTCHMAN-- UNLIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE
WHO THINK HE FOUND VEIN GOLD-- YOU THINK HE FOUND
A CACHE OF GOLD THAT WAS MINED MUCH LONGER AGO
IN THE PAST? - EXACTLY. - GOLD COMES IN TWO FORMS. SOLID GOLD COMES IN THE FORM
OF GOLD NUGGETS, LIKE THE KIND YOU THINK
OF PEOPLE PANNING FOR. VEIN GOLD IS THE OTHER KIND AND IS EMBEDDED IN ROCKS
LIKE QUARTZ. IT HAS TO BE MINED
AND EXTRACTED. - NOW, TO SMELT THE GOLD, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE
WHAT IS CALLED AN ARRASTRA TO BREAK THE ORE DOWN. - RIGHT,
CRUSH IT UP. - EXACTLY. AND THE SMOKE WOULD GO OUT
THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TOP, MUCH LIKE WHAT IS DEPICTED
ON THE PERALTA MAP. YOU HAVE THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE,
AND YOU HAVE A HOLE. - AND THIS WAS A SPANISH WAY
OF MINING GOLD. - EXACTLY. NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, ONE OF THE FIRST ISSUES THAT
PEOPLE BRING UP IS THE 1847. - ON TWO STONES, RIGHT?
- EXACTLY. - OKAY. - TO ME, IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE DATE. IT IS AN INSTRUCTION.
- OKAY. - TAKE 18, TAKE 4, TAKE 7. THAT INSTRUCTION IS
THE NUMBER OF TRAIL MARKERS. THE TRAIL MARKER STARTS
AT THE DOT, OKAY, AND THE LINE TELLS YOU
WHAT DIRECTION TO GO IN. - OKAY. - SO THERE'S 18 TRAIL MARKERS, PLUS THE LAST ONE-- THAT'S A SYMBOL FOR GOLD. - IT'S A DOUBLE CIRCLE. A CIRCLE WITHIN A CIRCLE.
- EXACTLY. IT HAS THREE MEANINGS
HISTORICALLY: SYMBOL OF THE SUN, SYMBOL FOR GOLD, AND A SYMBOL
FOR THE STAR POLARIS. - AND THE SYMBOL
OF THE CREATOR TOO. - YEAH, WELL,
THAT'S TRUE. - JUST TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
FOR A SECOND, WHEN WE SEE THE 1847
AS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DATE, COULDN'T PEOPLE ACCUSE YOU
OF KIND OF PICKING THE NUMBERS YOU WANT
AND... - OH, SURE.
- YEAH. - IN TRYING TO DECIPHER
THE WORDS THAT ARE HERE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THE LAST THING THEY WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE IT PLAIN
TO EVERYBODY AROUND THAT MAY COME INTO THE MOUNTAINS
WHEN THEY'RE NOT THERE THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. - RIGHT, AND THEY CERTAINLY
AREN'T GOING TO TELL ANYBODY. IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO GIVE AWAY YOUR HONEY HOLE FOR FISHING OR HONEY. - THAT'S THE REASON
WHY IT'S STONE. YOU GOT FOUR STONES WEIGHING
OVER 100 POUNDS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT SOMEBODY CAN GRAB, JUMP ON A HORSE,
AND TAKE OFF. - OKAY, WELL,
I FOLLOW YOUR LOGIC HERE, AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE, AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE,
OF COURSE... - NO, THAT'S CORRECT. - BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE STONES GO BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN
THE STONES. I'VE LOOKED AT REPLICAS, BUT IF I WAS ABLE
TO SEE THE REAL STONES, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER
OR NOT YOUR THEORY IS VALID. SO I'M HOPING SOMEDAY
TO SEE THEM. I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT EVER WILL HAPPEN. AT THIS POINT, I'M CERTAINLY
GOING TO CONSIDER YOUR THEORY. I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD
WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO GET UP
IN THOSE HILLS, TO HIKE AROUND, AND SEE IF I CAN
FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE
IN A VEIN DEPOSIT. NOW, IF I FIND A CACHE,
THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT I THINK MY BEST CHANCE IS
FINDING SOME OF THE VEIN GOLD. - WELL, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED
BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IS THE EASTERN END
OF THE SUPERSTITIONS. - SO YOU THINK THE EASTERN SIDE
OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS IS A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK? - EXACTLY. - WELL, I CAN PROMISE YOU
ONE THING. I'LL DO MY BEST. - IF YOU FIND IT,
SAVE A PIECE FOR ME. - [laughs]
DEAL. - BACK IN THE 1800s, JACOB WALTZ WAS A GERMAN
IMMIGRANT--A "DEUTSCHMAN"-- WHO STARTED SPENDING GOLD
NUGGETS INSTEAD OF CASH. PEOPLE NOTICED. AFTER WALTZ DIED, THE STORY OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN
GOLD MINE SPREAD. OVER THE YEARS, MANY HAVE SEARCHED
FOR THE TREASURE, AND SOME HAVEN'T LIVED
TO TELL ABOUT IT. MORE THAN A HANDFUL
OF PROSPECTORS HAVE DIED FROM THE INTENSE DESERT HEAT
AND HARSH TERRAIN... WHILE OTHERS MAY HAVE
BEEN MURDERED. I TALKED TO A TIPSTER
WHO INTERPRETED CLUES ON THE ALLEGED STONE MAPS
CALLED "THE PERALTA STONES." HE JUST TOLD ME TO HEAD TO THE EAST SIDE
OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS IF I WANT TO GET LUCKY. BUT BEFORE I HEAD OUT
INTO THE MOUNTAINS, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHERE RON
FELDMAN THINKS I SHOULD SEARCH. THAT GOLD THAT YOU SHOWED ME, THAT QUARTZ VEIN THAT WAS
PEPPERED WITH GOLD-- YOU GOT ME JAZZED, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE IT
THE BEST EFFORT I CAN. - GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD. - I'VE PULLED OUT THIS MAP
OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS BECAUSE I RECEIVED A TIP. NOW, THIS GUY, UNLIKE YOU, BELIEVES THAT THE PERALTA STONES
ARE LEGITIMATE, AND THAT THEY DO REFER
SPECIFICALLY TO THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE, AND HE THINKS THEY POINT
TO THE EAST SIDE. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE MORE
THAN SKEPTICAL, BUT I HAVE TO CHECK OUT
EVERY LEAD. - WELL, EVERYBODY BELIEVES THAT THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE
IS SOMEWHERE, AND WE'RE ALL
IN DIFFERENT PLACES. - BUT YOU KNOW THIS AREA
PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANYONE. WHERE WOULD YOU SUGGEST
THAT I LOOK? - THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN
RANGE IS 160,000 ACRES, AND IF YOU DISSECTED A LINE
FROM CANYON LAKE SOUTHEAST, YOU'RE DISSECTING THE WESTERN
HALF TO THE EASTERN HALF. THE WESTERN SIDE, GEOLOGICALLY, IT CANNOT SUPPORT
GOLD DEPOSITION. - OKAY.
- THE EASTERN SIDE DOES. AND THERE'S SOME PRIVATE LAND, WHICH NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
HAVE GOTTEN ONTO TO PROSPECT ON THE EAST SIDE, AND I'D KINDA LIKE YOU TO GO
RIGHT ABOUT IN HERE. - OKAY. I THINK IF THIS IS THE AREA
YOU THINK IS HOT, I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. - GOOD, VERY GOOD. - WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
IN YOUR HAND THERE? - THIS IS A PIECE
OF WHAT YOU DON'T WANT. THIS IS FOOLS GOLD--
IRON PYRITE. - OH, YEAH. - MANY PEOPLE HAVE LED LIVES
SEARCHING FOR THIS, THINKING THEY WERE RICH
WHEN THEY FOUND IT. IT DOES RESEMBLE GOLD. ITS LUSTER IS NOT
QUITE THE SAME. - DURING THE CALIFORNIA
GOLD RUSH IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE 19TH CENTURY, MANY PROSPECTORS HOPING TO GET
RICH WERE FOOLED BY PYRITE, WHICH IS WHERE THE TERM "FOOL'S
GOLD" MAY HAVE BEEN COINED. BUT IT WASN'T WORTHLESS
TO EVERYONE... IT'S BEEN USED AS A COMPONENT
IN RADIOS, AS A SOURCE OF IGNITION
IN FIREARMS AND EVEN AS A CATHODE
IN SOME NAME-BRAND BATTERIES, THE MATERIAL THAT ELECTRIC
CURRENT FLOWS OUT OF. BUT NONE OF THOSE THINGS
MATTERED TO GOLD RUSH GUYS TRYING
TO GET RICH. YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT YOU CAN
TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD AND PYRITE--
FOOL'S GOLD-- IS IF I TAKE MY KNIFE,
I CAN DENT, OR I CAN PART GOLD
PRETTY EASILY. IF I RUN MY KNIFE ACROSS PYRITE, IT'LL SLIDE RIGHT
ACROSS THE SURFACE BECAUSE IT'S SLIGHTLY HARDER,
SO. - THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T WANT. - WELL, I DON'T WANT THE PYRITE, ALTHOUGH GOLD DOES OCCUR
IN PYRITE. - IT CAN RUN WITH PYRITE, YEAH.
- BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR QUARTZ. - THAT'S RIGHT, YOU ARE LOOKING
FOR THE MOTHER, AND THAT'S QUARTZ. - QUARTZ IS ONE OF THE MOST
COMMON MINERALS ON EARTH. THE REASON I'M GONNA LOOK FOR IT IS BECAUSE GOLD IS COMMONLY
FOUND INSIDE OF IT. IN FACT, MOST OF THE BIGGEST
GOLD DISCOVERIES IN HISTORY WERE FOUND INSIDE QUARTZ, INCLUDING GOLD FOUND DURING
THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. SO QUARTZ IS WHAT I WANT TO FIND HERE ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THE SUPERSTITIONS WHERE BOTH RON AND JIM TOLD ME
TO LOOK. - WELL, TWO DIFFERENT POINTS OF
VIEW TAKE YOU TO THE SAME PLACE. - THAT'S RIGHT. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU GET
THERE, AS LONG AS YOU GET THERE. - THAT'S CORRECT. - I REALLY WANT TO FIGURE OUT
IF THE LOST DUTCHMAN GOLD MINE IS A REAL LOCATION
OR JUST AN ARIZONA LEGEND. AND SINCE I'M SEARCHING PRIVATE
LAND IN THE SUPERSTITIONS THAT NO ONE'S SEARCHED BEFORE, MAYBE I HAVE A BETTER SHOT THAN COUNTLESS OTHERS
WHO CAME BEFORE ME. TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE TOLD
ME TO SEARCH HERE. THEY'VE GOT DIFFERENT THEORIES, BUT BOTH OF THEM LEAD
TO THE SAME PLACE. THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE LEGENDS
AND THE PERALTA STONES-- CLUES CARVED
INTO A STONE TREASURE MAP-- SEEM TO CONNECT, RIGHT DOWN TO THE CIRCLE
ON THE MAP A TIPSTER SHOWED ME, A SYMBOL
HE SAYS REPRESENTS GOLD. THERE SEEM TO BE
TWO POSSIBILITIES WHEN IT COMES
TO THE TREASURE ITSELF. ONE IS THAT
IT'S A STASH OF MINED GOLD THAT WAS HIDDEN AWAY
BY APACHE NATIVES AND DISCOVERED LATER
BY THE "DUTCHMAN" JACOB WALTZ. THE OTHER IS THAT
IT'S A MINE FILLED WITH GOLD STILL LINING
ITS WALLS. I GUESS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW
WHAT THE TREASURE IS IS TO FIND IT MYSELF. I'M CHECKING THE ROCKS
AROUND HERE TO SEE IF ANY OF THEM ARE QUARTZ
WITH GOLD RUNNING THROUGH THEM. IF I FIND SOME, THEY COULD HINT
AT A MINE NEARBY. THERE'S IRON AND SULFITE THERE. THERE'S SOME PROMISING
INDICATORS. [snake rattles] WHOA! [snake rattles] - WHOA! [hammering] CHRYSOCOLLA... AZURITE, MALACHITE... THIS IS PERFECT. THESE THREE MINERALS
ARE USUALLY FOUND IN THE SAME PLACE AS QUARTZ, SO FINDING THEM HERE MEANS I COULD BE ONTO
THE DUTCHMAN'S LOST MINE. THERE'S GOLD IN HERE. THIS IS PERFECT. WHO KNEW I'D ACTUALLY FIND
SOME GOLD TO SHOW RON? BUT EVEN THOUGH I FOUND GOLD, I'M NOT SO SURE
I FOUND<i> THE</i> GOLD-- A PIECE
OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S TREASURE THAT JACOB WALTZ STUMBLED
UPON ALMOST 200 YEARS AGO. I'M MEETING RON TO SHOW HIM
WHAT I FOUND IN A PLACE CALLED GOLDFIELD. IN THE QUEST TO FIND THE LOST
DUTCHMAN'S TREASURE, IT'S A PLACE I THINK DESERVES
A GOOD, HARD LOOK. TODAY IT'S PRETTY MUCH
A GHOST TOWN, BUT IN 1892,
IT WAS ANYTHING BUT. JUST ONE YEAR
AFTER JACOB WALTZ'S ALLEGED DEATHBED CONFESSION
OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS MINE, SOMEONE DISCOVERED A MINE HERE AND EXTRACTED A MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF GOLD. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHETHER THAT MINE CALLED
THE MAMMOTH MINE AND THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE COULD
ACTUALLY BE ONE IN THE SAME. IF THAT'S TRUE, PEOPLE COULD HAVE
OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT WE'VE KNOWN
WHERE IT WAS ALL ALONG. MAYBE THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S MINE
WAS NEVER LOST AT ALL. SO, RON, THIS IS THE TOWN
OF GOLDFIELD, RIGHT? - YEP. - LET ME GUESS, THE NAME IS SELF-EVIDENT, RIGHT? - THAT'S RIGHT. THESE ARE
THE GOLDFIELD MOUNTAINS. THESE WERE THE GOLDFIELDS. AND THAT'S THE TOWN RIGHT HERE.
- OKAY. - GOLDFIELD WAS BASICALLY
BIRTHED BECAUSE OF THE RICH DISCOVERY
OF THE MAMMOTH MINE. - OKAY. - THE MAMMOTH MINE,
AT THE TIME, WAS THE RICHEST STRIKE
IN NORTH AMERICA. - SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
AS FAR AS GOLD CONTENT? HOW MANY OUNCES PER TON? - AT THE TIME 1892, 1897, THERE WAS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOLD TAKEN OUT. - AND WHAT WAS THE PRICE OF GOLD
AT THAT TIME? - IT WAS ABOUT $20 AN OUNCE. - AT TODAY'S PRICE, WHICH IS ABOUT $1,300 AN OUNCE, YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT $65 MILLION. - IF YOU'VE GOT THE MATH RIGHT,
IT IS, YES. - I'VE INVESTIGATED MINES
BEFORE. AT FIRST GLANCE, I CAN TELL THIS
MINE PRODUCED SOME SERIOUS GOLD. BUT WAS IT THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S? THAT WHOLE AREA UP THERE
IS GREEN. THAT TELLS YOU MINERALIZATION--
METALS ARE IN THERE. WELL, RON, I WAS HIKING OVER
THE AREA THAT YOU SUGGESTED. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. - WHOA, VERY GOOD. THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THE RIGHT TYPE OF QUARTZ. YOU'VE GOT COPPER OXIDES,
SAME AS IN THE VEIN RIGHT HERE. - AND I'M CONFIDENT, RON,
THAT IF WE TESTED THIS, THERE WOULD BE GOLD IN HERE BECAUSE I THINK I SAW A FEW,
VERY SMALL, DUST-SIZE PARTICLES. - DO YOU THINK YOU FOUND
THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE? WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, RON, BASED ON EVERYBODY
THAT I'VE TALKED TO SO FAR, MY CONCLUSION IS THAT I DON'T THINK THE LOST DUTCHMAN
MINE IS LOST AT ALL. I THINK IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY
RIGHT HERE. - WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE MANY
YEARS AGO WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, MAINLY BECAUSE IT DID PRODUCE
A LOT OF GOLD BACK THEN. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, BUT CERTAINLY THIS WAS
A GOLD PRODUCER. COULD IT HAVE BEEN THE LOST
DUTCHMAN MINE? IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS,
IT WAS. - MAYBE THERE WAS A HOT SPOT, A RICH PART OF THE VEIN THAT WAS
FOUND WAY BACK WHEN BY WALTZ, AND HE MINED THAT ALL OUT. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SCENARIO, AND THAT IS THAT BOTH YOU
AND JIM WERE RIGHT, THAT THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE IS ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, AND GEOLOGY, IN THIS CASE, IS A CLUE
THAT PUTS IT OVER THERE. HOLD ON.
I'M GETTING A TEXT. WELL, GUESS WHAT? NOT ONLY DO I THINK I'VE LOCATED
THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE, BUT THE PERALTA STONES HAVE BEEN
LOCATED TOO. - THE LEGEND
OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE AND THE TREASURE OF JACOB WALTZ HAS TAKEN ME DEEP
INTO THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS AND DEEP INTO A PAST FILLED
WITH CLUES. UNFORTUNATELY,
NONE OF THOSE CLUES, IN THE WORDS OF A GOLD MINER,
HAVE PANNED OUT. I DID FIND GOLD ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS WHERE THE MINE IS RUMORED TO BE, BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO SAY CONVINCINGLY THAT THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE
COULD BE THERE. I'VE CHASED DOWN CLUES CARVED
INTO THE PERALTA STONES THAT SOME SAY LEAD
TO THE TREASURE. BUT SINCE I'VE ONLY SEEN
REPLICAS OF THE STONES, THERE'S BEEN NO WAY FOR ME
TO TELL IF THE ORIGINAL CARVINGS
ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE AUTHENTIC. BUT ALL THAT MIGHT BE
ABOUT TO CHANGE. SOMEONE TEXTED ME AN ADDRESS
FOR A MUSEUM. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
THESE STONE MAPS WERE QUIETLY RELOCATED HERE. - WELL, WELCOME TO THE
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN MUSEUM. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE NOW THAT WE'RE THE OFFICIAL HOME
OF THE PERALTA STONES. - WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT,
BUT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT
THEY HAD DISAPPEARED FOREVER, AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE
THE WHOLE TIME? - NO, IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE CARE
OF THE FLAGG MINERAL FOUNDATION. WE THOUGHT THE MOST APPROPRIATE
PLACE FOR THE STONE MAPS TO BE WOULD BE RIGHT HERE AT THE
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN MUSEUM. WELL, HERE THEY ARE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? - AFTER ALL THE SEARCHING, IT'S GREAT TO SEE
THE REAL THING. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS? DO YOU THINK IT'S A MAP? - OH, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A VERY, VERY PRECISE MAP. AND EVERY CLUE ON THE MAP
IS ONLY VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT LOCATION
ON THE TRAIL. OTHERWISE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. THE HORSE REPRESENTS
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN. - WHY WOULD THEY RELATE A HORSE
WITH THESE MOUNTAINS? - THE FOUR LEGS OF THE HORSE
REPRESENT THE FOUR CANYONS COMING DOWN OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS
TO THE SOUTH, AND THE TAIL,
THE LAST CLUE ON THE HORSE, TAKES US AROUND TO THE MAP
ON THE BACK. THE MAP ON THE BACK IDENTIFIES THE TRAIL YOU SHOULD TAKE
INTO THE MOUNTAIN. AND THE TRAIL MAP TAKES YOU
TO THE END OF THE TRAIL, WHICH-- - IS THE HEART.
- IS THE HEART. SO THAT IS THE END
OF THE RAINBOW. THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD IS? - I THINK THAT'S WHAT BECAME
KNOWN AS THE LOST DUTCHMAN. ONCE YOU'VE ARRIVED AT THE END
OF THE TRAIL, IS YOU CAN TURN THE HEART OVER, AND YOU CAN PUT IT BACK IN, AND WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK IN, MIRACULOUSLY, THE NUMBER
ONE MILLION APPEARS. ONE AND THE SIX ZEROES. A MILLION IN 1847 WAS AN UNBELIEVABLY LARGE AMOUNT
OF MONEY, SO A MILLION ANYTHINGS-- A MILLION PINTO BEANS WOULD MAKE
YOU RICH IN 1847. - RIGHT. OKAY, THE FIRST THING
I WANT TO DO IS, I'VE GOT THIS PORTABLE
MICROSCOPE. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW PICTURES,
CLOSE-UPS OF SOME OF THE CARVED LINES, JUST TO GET A SENSE
OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. LET'S GO IN A LITTLE CLOSER. WELL, THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE
OBVIOUS FAKES, AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS STONE, THEY LOOK LIKE
THEY HAVE SOME AGE, ESPECIALLY THE LIGHTER-COLORED
STONE, AND PROBABLY ARE AUTHENTIC. I THINK THIS IS A MAP,
JUST LIKE YOU SAID IT WAS. NOW, WHETHER IT IS TO
THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN. - THAT'S RIGHT.
WE DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR SURE. - WELL, I'VE TALKED
TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THEY ALL THINK THEY KNOW WHERE
THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE IS. BUT BASED ON EVERYTHING
THAT I'VE SEEN, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON
WHO KNOWS FOR SURE. IN THE END, NOTHING ABOUT THE LOST DUTCHMAN
MINE IS 100% CERTAIN... OTHER THAN THAT THERE WAS A GERMAN IMMIGRANT
NAMED JACOB WALTZ, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT
HE HAD LOTS OF GOLD. WALTZ HIMSELF MIGHT BE
THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHERE HIS LEGENDARY
MINE ACTUALLY IS, A SECRET HE APPEARS TO HAVE
TAKEN WITH HIM TO THE GRAVE. THE LOST DUTCHMAN GOLD MINE
IS AN OBSESSION FOR SOME. THE LEGEND CLEARLY HAS A HOLD ON
TOM, RON, AND JIM, THREE GUYS I MET IN ARIZONA. WHEN I GOT HOME, I WASN'T REALLY SURE IF THE LOST
DUTCHMAN GOLD MINE EVEN EXISTED. THEN I RECEIVED
AN ANONYMOUS TIP, A TANTALIZING PICTURE
OF A GLITTERING MINE THAT LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN
TO THE MYSTERY. PEOPLE SAY
THERE'S A CURSE ASSOCIATED WITH HUNTING FOR THE MINE. I DON'T BELIEVE IN CURSES, BUT I BET PEOPLE
WHOSE LOVED ONES DIED LOOKING FOR THE TREASURE MAY. THE STORY OF JACOB WALTZ IS
CERTAINLY AN AMERICAN LEGEND. BUT IS IT MORE THAN THAT? MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL FIND OUT. IF YOU HAVE
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