Maps of Superstition Mnt Interests

[Idahodutch]

I was looking around on internet, and found a thread here on Tnet in research archieves,
It is a topo map from ca 1940’s and has a whole lot of things marked out on it.

Sometimes names change, or just never stick I guess.
This marked up topo, is calling out a mountain I had not heard of before, and even has a line to show where it is.
The name of the mountain, was “Peralta Mnt”
The name didn’t stick, but I found the field location very interesting.

It was originally posted many years ago.
I hope you all enjoy it
I know I did.

Edit: there are 4 things of interest pointed out to Peralta Mnt.
It is that ravine/low ridge in needle canyon, the area we refer to as North Blacktop Mesa now.

 

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[azdave35]

I was looking around on internet, and found a thread here on Tnet in research archieves,
It is a topo map from ca 1940’s and has a whole lot of things marked out on it.

Sometimes names change, or just never stick I guess.
This marked up topo, is calling out a mountain I had not heard of before, and even has a line to show where it is.
The name of the mountain, was “Peralta Mnt”
The name didn’t stick, but I found the field location very interesting.

It was originally posted many years ago.
I hope you all enjoy it
I know I did.

Edit: there are 4 things of interest pointed out to Peralta Mnt.
It is that ravine/low ridge in needle canyon, the area we refer to as North Blacktop Mesa now.

its barry storms map from his book

 

[Idahodutch]

its barry storms map from his book

Dave,
Good job.
The thread is under “Research/maps” And was a single post by trapperjohn back in 2006.
I just found it interesting.
The point for Ruth, seems to be in different spot than I’ve seen elsewhere.
Doesn’t match up with head or body ?

He also is showing path for wiser?

Trapperjohn didn’t say where he got it.

 

[Idahodutch]

Dave,
Good job.
The thread is under “Research/maps” And was a single post by trapperjohn back in 2006.
I just found it interesting.
The point for Ruth, seems to be in different spot than I’ve seen elsewhere.
Doesn’t match up with head or body ?

He also is showing path for wiser?

Trapperjohn didn’t say where he got it.

I think I was seeing what I wanted to see, about Peralta Mnt.
I didn’t intend to misinform.

Now that I look at it some more, the topo lines are pretty faint, but it really looks like the person that marked up the map, is referring to Blacktop Mesa, with the name Peralta Mnt.

 

[skyhawk1251]

Yes, those maps are pages from Barry Storm's book, "Thunder Gods Gold." If I recall correctly, I was able to view the maps using Google Books. I'm not sure if I was able to download those pages using "Google Books Downloader" or if I had to take screenshots of those pages, but the copies I obtained were more easily read than the ones you found.

 

[skyhawk1251]

The entire book, "Thunder Gods Gold", can be read online here:

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b32802&view=image&seq=1

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[skyhawk1251]

Here are a few more pages from "Thunder Gods Gold" --







As far as the page "Signs of Treasure" is concerned, it would be a good beginning for a never-ending thread. I have my own opinion about treasure maps and their usefulness. Let me just say that if I wanted to record and safeguard the location of a treasure, either for just myself or to pass on to others for posterity, I could think of better ways to do it than to draw a "map" filled with cryptic symbols.

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Barry Storm, like so many other treasure "writers," simply stole those "treasure signs" from J. Frank Dobie's classic Coronado's Children (1930). Storm contributed (I won't use "wrote") at least one magazine article with the same information. I have several other books, pamphlets, and articles that all helped themselves to Prof. Dobie's work - without credit, of course.

Personally, I think many "Spanish treasure signs" were trail markers. But that's another story.


Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo

 

[gollum]

You can also own your very own "Thunder God's Gold" from Amazon. You can buy it as an e-book for about $5 (Kindle).

Mike