Re: “If someone is surreptitiously working the Lost Dutchman Mine"
Since I have not collected enough gold to rub two nickles together, here is my 2 cents:
I have no reason to not believe anyone on this thread who says they found LDM. My question is " Was there a note inside that said "LDM", you do not need to look any further ?" You obviously found something !
Was not the LDM such a mine that little or no quartz in the ore samples ? Nearly pure, or most purest, as compared to Goldfield mine !
Was not the LDM supposed to be of such grandeur that the Legend says the vein is Miles long ? (could not have been mined out)
Did not Peralta mine in one spot with untold numbers of Peons a few times before being Massacred according to Legend on that spot ? (not mined out)
This gives to the question if the Legend is somewhat true, "How much gold could Peralta extract and carry back to the Gulf of California or California coast with his packtrain ? For example 3,000 pounds of gold on 15 mules (
http://www.brazilbrazil.com/mine.html) You will need to calculate this on the troy oz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight
The Peralta's are mysteriously linked to Spain in the 18th Century. Spanish galleons were reportedly carrying hundreds of chests of gold 200-300, varying amts (smaller) of rubies, emeralds etc. per galleon, shipments of all goods started in 1565 and all mines were registered by 1585 (Spanish archives ? don't think they're talking). (reference the above site)
Much has been written on Spains Costly expense on ship building.
It was essential to build the largest possible galleons, which were the largest wooden ships ever built in Spain. In the 16th century, they averaged from 1,700 to 2,000 tons, were built of Philippine hardwoods and might carry a thousand passengers. The Concepcion, wrecked in 1638, was the largest Spanish ship built up to her time - between 140 and 160 feet long and displacing some 2,000 tons. Most of the ships were built in the Philippines and only eight in Mexico. The Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade ended when Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821:
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Manila:galleon.htm
I would like to think that much of the gold that sailed back to Spain ? (The gold and silver had been plundered by the Spanish in South America, taken aboard great armadas of large galleons once a year from Cuba west to the Philippines for trade with China or back to Spain via the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic) came from Peralta, and their last shipments per LDM.
http://www.rense.com/general5/spanishgalleon.htm
Was Peralta's mission's based on a quota for trade with the Orient ?
There is only one gold mine in Mexico today but some are about to start (
http://www.infomine.com/minesite/minesite.asp?site=cerrosanpedro)
Did not the American Indian get displaced several times, and some Tribes more than a Few ?
Was not Scottie of his Castle's name the eventual owner of the largest Silver mine that caused the collapse of the Austrian/German economy ?
Did not the American Indian get displaced once again because there was found to be untold wealth beneath them, where they were relocated to ?
Do I need to go any further with this ?
