Lost Dutchman Mine Research Papers

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The lost Dutchman Mine is one of Arizona’s greatest legends. It is said to be in the Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction and east of Phoenix. The mine was named after a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz which was born in 1810 and he died in 1891. It was named that way because in America a common term for a “German” is “Dutchman”. It is most likely one of the most famous mine in American history. People have been seeking the Lost Dutchman mine since 1892 with an estimated 8,000 people yearly looking for it. The back story of the mine is that Jacob Waltz said that he found a gold mine and told other people that he found a rich gold vein. There are many different versions of the story because of people retelling the story and it getting …show more content…

It is true that a Jacob Waltz did come from Germany because of US documentation saying that he came into the United States in 1848 with the name of Jacob Walz. It is believed that his named changed to be more American. Anyways, he is supposedly born in Württemberg, Germany in 1810, but on Jacob Waltz’s tombstone in Arizona it says he was born in 1808. He moved to Arizona in the 1860s, and he lived on a territory for basically the rest of his life. As he lived there, he pursued mining and prospecting and didn’t have great luck. Another view which better fits the story of the legend and that is that he appeared every once and a while with a lot of gold. There were reports that a Jacob Walzer sold $250,000 worth of gold to the U.S. Mint during the 1880’s and died with $1,500 on him. It is also believed that the Jacob Walzer is Jacob Waltz. He also had a homestead of 160 acres, in 1870, where he operated a farm. This farm was located near Phoenix. In 1891, there a devastating flood that wiped out the Waltz farm. After the flood, it was said that he died of pneumonia from the flood. From …show more content…

He was an amateur explorer and a treasure hunter. He is the most important key for why the Lost Dutchman mine is so famous for a couple reasons that you wouldn’t really expect. The reason why he is so important is because he disappeared when searching for the Lost Dutchman mine. When people went out looking for him they found his body six months later with two bullets in his head. Then the media heard about and it became national news that someone died while searching for the Lost Dutchman mine. After that, a lot of people went to explore the Lost Dutchman mine. Once the news got out The Arizona Republic reported that a human skull was found a doctor wanted to makes sure that it was Ruth. The doctor took many pictures of the skull as well as dental records of Ruth. He did confirm that it is Ruth’s skull and that he got shot with either a shotgun or a high-powered rifle at almost point-blank range with a small hole when the bullet entered the head and a larger hole when the bullet left the head. The rest of the body was found three-quarters of a mile from where the skull was found and with the rest was most of Ruth’s personal items that are a pistol with full ammunition and metal pins that were used to mend his broken bones. The map that he had was said to be missing. There are some theories about Ruth and his death and the police mainly think that he committed suicide but there are some holes in that