Was the Lost Dutchman Mine real? Jack Humphrey Cameron, Texas The “Dutchman,” like most lost mines in the West, is a huge myth with a little bit of reality thrown in. Why has this lost mine captured the imagination of so many? The mine is said to be located “somewhere out there” near mysterious Superstition Mountains in southwest Arizona, a rugged wilderness laced with twisting canyons and an impenetrable maze of rocks and cactus, beautified by an aura that has made the area a


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