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Dr. Glover’s new book, “The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz, Unraveling a Mystery”, is available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Dutchman-Mine-Unraveling-Mystery/dp/0996634525/?tag=treasurenet01-20
Quantities are limited in this first printing.
The cover artwork is very similar to his first book, “The Lost Dutchman Mine: Part 1, The Golden Dream”, so make sure if you’re ordering that it’s “Unraveling a Mystery” and not “Part 1, the Golden Dream”.
Content Review:
30-plus years of research and field work are apparent in Dr. Glover’s fourth and final book on the Dutchman. He tracked down and discusses Waltz’s mining partner Jacob Weiss(er), his sudden (documented) death in 1867, Weiss’s brother Nicholas, and their farm in Arizona. There’s detail about Waltz’s life and activities in CA, and more on the Peralta family and their involvement. Dr. Glover also revisits the Dutchman ore analysis he took part in years ago; revealing new details about the ore composition that at the time, were not released to the public.
Dr. Oertel, continuing his research into Waltz’s life and family in Germany, makes an updated appearance which will leave no doubt as to who Jacob Waltz really was, his educational background, and how he got from Germany to America. Dr. Glover visits Waltz’s family farm in Germany, and makes some interesting discoveries along the way.
Dr. Glover then makes a detailed study of Waltz’s time in the Bradshaws, his mining activity and the people involved, and finally the people and events that led up to Waltz departing the area to live in what would become Phoenix. In this portion, Dr. Glover reveals connections that could answer the question of why Waltz moved to the Salt River Valley and why he located on a portion of school land instead of claiming 160 acres under the Homestead Act. Spoiler alert: The Starar’s and another early German settler are involved.
In the latter part of the book, Dr. Glover studies Waltz’s later life in detail, including a very good investigation into the shooting of Pedro Ortega at Waltz’s house. He also takes a detailed look at what Waltz was doing on his property, and how others may have taken advantage of Waltz’s situation, in the years and months leading up to the devastating flood of 1891 that ruined Waltz’s life on his small piece of remaining land.
Like his other works on the subject, Dr. Glover provides detailed and accurate footnotes and endnotes for all his sources, something perhaps we’ve all gotten used to, but was relatively rare in the field when he came along with his first book 21 years ago.
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Dutchman-Mine-Unraveling-Mystery/dp/0996634525/?tag=treasurenet01-20
Quantities are limited in this first printing.
The cover artwork is very similar to his first book, “The Lost Dutchman Mine: Part 1, The Golden Dream”, so make sure if you’re ordering that it’s “Unraveling a Mystery” and not “Part 1, the Golden Dream”.
Content Review:
30-plus years of research and field work are apparent in Dr. Glover’s fourth and final book on the Dutchman. He tracked down and discusses Waltz’s mining partner Jacob Weiss(er), his sudden (documented) death in 1867, Weiss’s brother Nicholas, and their farm in Arizona. There’s detail about Waltz’s life and activities in CA, and more on the Peralta family and their involvement. Dr. Glover also revisits the Dutchman ore analysis he took part in years ago; revealing new details about the ore composition that at the time, were not released to the public.
Dr. Oertel, continuing his research into Waltz’s life and family in Germany, makes an updated appearance which will leave no doubt as to who Jacob Waltz really was, his educational background, and how he got from Germany to America. Dr. Glover visits Waltz’s family farm in Germany, and makes some interesting discoveries along the way.
Dr. Glover then makes a detailed study of Waltz’s time in the Bradshaws, his mining activity and the people involved, and finally the people and events that led up to Waltz departing the area to live in what would become Phoenix. In this portion, Dr. Glover reveals connections that could answer the question of why Waltz moved to the Salt River Valley and why he located on a portion of school land instead of claiming 160 acres under the Homestead Act. Spoiler alert: The Starar’s and another early German settler are involved.
In the latter part of the book, Dr. Glover studies Waltz’s later life in detail, including a very good investigation into the shooting of Pedro Ortega at Waltz’s house. He also takes a detailed look at what Waltz was doing on his property, and how others may have taken advantage of Waltz’s situation, in the years and months leading up to the devastating flood of 1891 that ruined Waltz’s life on his small piece of remaining land.
Like his other works on the subject, Dr. Glover provides detailed and accurate footnotes and endnotes for all his sources, something perhaps we’ve all gotten used to, but was relatively rare in the field when he came along with his first book 21 years ago.
