Talk:Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine

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I'm changing the category from "Arizona landmarks." It can't be a landmark because no one knows where it is or was. There is some dispute as to whether it ever existed. Maurreen 03:36, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I corrected the Dutchman's name, which he signed "Waltz" on all verifiable documents. Also corrected the name of the mine from Lost Dutchman's to Lost Dutchman. C. Lowe —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.176.90.241 (talk • contribs) 09:45, December 30, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Stolen gold theory

My recollection is, Waltz was most likely fencing gold "high-graded" (stolen by miners) from Henry Wickenburg's Vulture mine, which was notorious for being poorly-managed. If memory serves, a fellow-geologist saw a specimen of the Dutchman's gold many years later, and positively identified it as Vulture gold.

Sometime when time and energy permit, I'll research this and post references. But the story has the ring of truth: Waltz needed a convincing story to account for the stolen gold, and variants of this story were used in other districts (eg Goldfield, Nevada) where "high-grading" was common.

18:09, 22 June 2006 (UTC) Peter D. Tillman Mining Geologist, Arizona and New Mexico (USA)

[edit] Alternative explanation of holes in Ruth Skull?

  • Was Ruth's skull tested for any bullet lead in the holes? The holes could have been caused by animal Predators.

[edit] Waltz's "Descendents"

The last paragraph of the Historical Jacob Waltz section claims that Waltz's descendents are searching for their "rightful inheiritance." First, I am not aware that Waltz had any children. Second, because Waltz never patented his mine, any mining claim he might have had would be automatically forfeited more than a hundred years ago, after the first year of not being worked. So there is no "rightful inheiritance". The Waltz mine - if there is one - is up for grabs. Plazak 00:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

No one came up with a citation for this statement, so I removed it.Plazak 04:34, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Phantom Dance

I have played an orchestra song called Phantom Dance, which was made because of this mine. Sources here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rct2guy (talk • contribs) 03:43, 23 February 2008 (UTC)