The Lost Dutchman's Mine

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine is one of the most enduring legends of the American Southwest. Said to be hidden somewhere in the Superstition Mountains east of Apache Junction, Arizona, this mythical mine is named after Jacob “Dutchman” Waltz, who supposedly discovered a rich vein of gold in the 19th century and concealed its location before his death in 1891. Over the decades, thousands of treasure hunters have searched the rugged terrain of the Superstition Wilderness in hopes of finding Waltz’s fabled treasure. The legend blends fact and fiction: Waltz did exist and was known to carry gold, but geological evidence casts doubt on the existence of a true vein of precious metal in the volcanic range. Which begs the question: Does the lost mine really exist, or is it just another tall tale of the Old West? Buy Me A Coffee – https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for ad-free and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	What if I told you there was a hidden gold mine in Arizona, the one that if located,
0:34.4	would turn you into an instant billionaire. There's just one catch. Hundreds,
0:38.7	if not thousands of people have already gone in search of it, several dozen of whom were never seen
0:44.0	again, at least not alive. Thus is the legend of the lost Dutchman's mine. A fabled mother load
0:50.5	hidden somewhere in Arizona's superstition mountains. Mountains, by the way, that are
0:54.8	allegedly protected by an ancient Apache curse. Oh my. But how true are these stories? Is there any
1:01.6	evidence that the Lost Dutchman mind ever even existed? What about the Peralta Stones? Are those real or
1:07.3	just an elaborate hoax? And what's up with all of the people who have been found decapitated
1:12.1	right there in the superstition mountains?
1:14.6	Stick around and find out.
1:16.0	My name's Josh and this is the Wild West extravaganza.
1:33.3	The Lost Dutchman Mine was originally named after German immigrant Jacob Waltz. First arrived in Arizona in the early 1860s, and by 1870, he was homesteading near Phoenix, about 60 or so miles west of the superstition mountains.
1:42.3	More on him in just a few minutes, but first, I do think it's
1:45.5	important to establish a backstory. As it turns out, the legend of the lost Dutchman mind goes
1:50.7	way back, long before Jacob Waltz was even so much as a twinkle in his daddy's eyes, even before
1:56.1	the founding of the United States. You see, way back in the year 1750, a Spanish family, known as the Peraltas, were granted a huge chunk of land for the United States. You see way back in the year 1750, a Spanish family known as the
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