Idahodutch
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Matthew,Idahodutch,
Not sure if you recall this or not but in Sims Ely's book, The Lost Dutchman Mine, there is a chapter that tells of Julia and Rhinehart taking Christmas dinner (1890) out to Waltz homestead.
After the dinner Waltz, Julia and Rhinehart sat outside on chairs and Waltz pointed over to the east and said, "My mine is over there in those Salt River Mountains." From Waltz homestead you can see the Superstitions which were once called the Salt River Mountains.
According to Ely who got this information from Julua, it was the first time Waltz opened up about his mine and told some stories / direction / clues.
No one can say for certain exactly what Waltz told Julia and Rhinehart that day.
It was around 1978 when I marked up a topo map and came up with spots that looked possible.
(The marking up of the map, happened at the library, same time as gathering info).
I did use additional information gleaned from skimming books. I had a week off work, so decided to spend it at the Phoenix public library. I went through every book I could find looking for directional clues, or clues about unique features. Things that might help eliminate areas.
I didnāt keep track of books i went through, nor a list of the unavailable books. I honestly donāt recall much detail from the book skimming, other than I was able to narrow down to sections that maybe could house the LDM features, but still be aligned with the monumented trail from Bickās.
The Christmas dinner does sound familiar, though I donāt remember from where.
No telling what all was talked about š¤ ā¦
Thank you for posting the info. šš
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