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Lost Dutchman Mine

by | Jul 22, 2019 | True West Blog

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The Lost Dutchman is one of the greatest lost mine stories of them all. I've spent years studying and writing about it (even searching for it) and I don't believe Jacob Waltz had a fabulous gold mine in the Superstitions. The late Tom Kollenborn was the foremost expert on the legend and a good friend. I have to agree with him, there was a German prospector named Jacob Waltz and he was in


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