The true gold is the history there. Thank yall for bringing it to us. Im jealous though, due to health reasons I can only see it through your lens. Sure is beautiful country even though its rugged. It just goes to show how tough those old timers were. Thanks again for these vids
I've hiked up on the butte and have actually hiked about 3/4 of the way around its upper perimeter. Apparently I didn't travel across the area where the mine is located. I can attest to your comments that it is indeed a very grueling hike. The Catclaw and cacti are ferocious, rattlesnakes are present, and the talus slope is very difficult to get a good footing on. Coming down is just as challenging. Heed Larry and Charlie's warning. Enjoy the video, but don't get overzealous and attempt the climb unless you are very experienced at a sustained 60 degree ascent.
I have also climbed the Butte as high as possible. I climbed up on the west face then went South to the ledge overlooking Hewitt canyon. I found some color on the west side of Byous Butte as well.
Very appreciative of all your hard work that you do to bring us such great video’s. You can see the scratches, and blood on your shirts. Thank you for taking us along with you, and thanks for the memories. Take care
Wow cool stuff. I hope yall go back and actually find a way in the hole if your able to do safely. These gold in those hills. Come and get me. Come and get me...
I have hiked that area several times, but have not been to the cave. I love the yellow rock formation that looks like a building with windows. Nice for photographing.
Theres a cool mine up a natural ramp on the mountain about 500 feet up near Don's Camp off of Peralta Road. Its not a vertical mine and you can walk into the mountainside very far back. It has an area in it that curves off to the left that is very sketchy and appears to have a vertical shaft that drops hundreds of feet to the bottom. Very cool mine that Ive visited 5 times.
I found the Peralta mine after watching this video 3 years ago after matching up the cactus behind them. I have videos but just have never posted them. There was a small waterfall running over the cliff in front of the pit area. My first time in Arizona with 2 other friends. We found it on our last day.
Charlie,if you go to the top of Hardt tank road and walk north about 300 yards. On the east side is a ledge that overlooks the valley. I sat there and counted no less than 13 hearts one day. That's why I believe that to be the valley of the hearts. Now also up there is a stack of three rocks near the edge which when photographed at the right time of year/ day can be seen the image of an old man sitting down waiting for something. I can show you Don Miguel Peraltas face carved out of a rock outcropping near peacock springs. That can only be seen at dusk in the winter.
I love this video. Are used to live in Arizona in globe so heard lots of stories about lost Dutchman and Peralta mine. The guys I really wish you didn’t repeat yourself so much about the Spanish Peralta mine and continued on the rest of the story. But thanks for the video
I decided to search for this location, and I consider my self an experienced hiker, he’s not kidding it’s very rough. One of the thickest thicket of spikes I have ever climbed through. I believe I found the mine, but I couldn’t get close enough to the shaft because bees have overtaken the entrance.
Charlie LeSueur oh okay,thank you sir. Been to Rogers trough th to do Reavis ranch, the cliff dwellings & see Elisha Reavis’s grave. Gives me another reason to get back out there and explore some more. Altho I’d much rather check out circlestone than deal with the bushwacking you all did! lol thx for sharing, Love your videos!
Seriously, don't be out in the heat of the day, un prepared/ UN provisioned. especially summer time, in that country. If you run out of water, you may never walk back out !!
i lived at the base of the superstitions and i tell ya some people have no sense going hiking or treasure hunting in the middle of the day and like now in july just stupid and some yes never came back some found couple years later from other hikers just be smart be safe go in the winter months
Is this the mine my Granddad found? Don't think so. but the map looks like it's in the same area. From what I can see by the maps I have there are several Peralta mines. I have a map that shows the Perealta treasure room as being at the base of Weavers Needle.
Did My Granddad find The Lost Dutchman Mine? My granddad was a famous Southern California cowboy named Walt Whitlock. He was born in 1885 and died in 1960. In around 1905 to about 1910, He and his cousin, Steve Helm went on a hunting expedition to the Colorado 4 corners area. They jerked all their meat and were on their way to back to San Diego County when they encountered a sand storm. They rode up into the Superstition Mountains, down the Salt River, looking for shelter. Around dark, on a narrow cliff-side trail, south of the river, they found what they thought was a cave. It was barely large enough for them & their horses. When it became light the next morning they realized that this wasn't a cave, but a shallow, horizontal mine shaft, about 20 feet deep and 15, or so, feet wide. by about 6 feet tall. In the back of the tunnel they could see a vein of gold the width of the tunnel & 2 feet thick. They took their hunting knives & dug out some of the gold. Then they drew a crude map of the area with the idea of coming back later to stake a claim. They actually went back several times, but weren't able to locate the mine. They claimed the topography looked totally different. They even rode up the river, & down the same canyon as they had that evening, they even found the correct trail, but it stopped before they got to where they believed the minewas located. In fact the last time they were there, they had to back their horse up about 100 yards just to get back to the main trail, but the mine wasn't to be found. Sometime during the Great Depression my Granddad misplaced his "Dutchman" map. After his death in 1960 I went through his belongings looking for it, but it was just as lost as the Dutchman's mine. About 15 years ago I took a interest in trying to figure out where this mine was really at. So I began searching for it on the Internet, I download every "Dutchman" map I could find, about 60 to be exact. After pouring over all this information, as well as lots of old Dutchman stories, I decided that the Dutchman had probably found an existing Spanish mine, possibly dug by the Peralta party, before they were massacred. I began to compare all of these maps and discovered that all of the ones which were of a good enough quality to be of any use, seemed to have a couple of features in common, that being a triangle looking place at the conjunction of 2 canyons, just south of the Salt River. When the Google satellite view came out, it made this task much easier, so I began to search Google maps for these features, and I believe I've been successful. I've found a place at the end of La Barge Canyon which seems to match the listed topography, as well as my Granddad's "Ghost Trail. It appears to be in a large rock slide, which I believe is the reason Granddad couldn't find it again. It appears the whole face of the cliff slide away in one large slide, completely wiping out the trail for several hundred yards, & covering part of the entrance. The entrance is still viable, but is now just a slot, instead of the 6 foot tall, 15 foot wide rectangular opening my Granddad described, it's now just a 15 foot by about 3 foot high slot, with the bottom of the mine forming the top of the slide. The area in question is just above the top of La Barge Canyon. It appears there is a trail up the top of the ridge, above the mine. I believe this is what Granddad referred to as the "Main Trail". It appears the trail to the mine actually crossed the main trail, but slide has wiped most of it out, for what looks like several hundred yard. The correct area is just about in the middle of this map. www.google.com/maps/@33.5150089,-111.4253742,2403m/data=!3m1!1e3
@@johnathoncastro Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated. Well 20 years ago I would have took you up on it. Now? Not so much. From what I can see this looks plenty dangerous, that rock slide doesn't look one bit stable.
There is no trailhead, we followed a dry riverbed. We knew where our destination was because you can see the area from the road. When Larry went up in 1958 there was indeed a trail, because it was being worked, but that has obviously been covered with catclaw and brush for a long time. That's why Larry's arms were so bloody, mine were as well, though not as much as his. It looks like it would be a fairly easy hike, if you are in shape, but it's not even fit for a horse. I stress, don't try it.
Absolutely LOVE all the history of the Supes with your videos!! Ive hiked many parts of it over the years & i can just imagine how tough it was to get to the cache!! 0.0 thank you for sharing your adventures! i look forward to more videos & adventures on your channel! how is bayouse? butte spelled?
I hiked up in about 1 hour 15 minutes in august, in case anyone is wondering how long it takes for younger folk. Only took water and a gun, so traveled light.
Due too the fact that because of where we started and someone thinking that the shortest way to a point is a straight line, we became trapped in a ravine and went far beyond and had to double back. This is why we took so long. I had cautioned we were not going the best way but it made no difference too a younger member of our party.
@@larryhedrick254 I think I know the exact wash you guys went up, it was very dense and full of very decent sized boulders. I stayed up closer to Byous Butte and it was a little more clear, plus I wanted a little more of a view as I was hiking up, since I was going based on your videos surrounding area. It’s very beautiful up there, mines or not, I could spend days exploring that area. I went down inside, not much other than some dirt and a piece of old wood. I honestly thought the cave to the left was a little cooler of an area, although there was a bit of water trickling off the top of the cache cave and it made for that much more beauty. I was soaked from sweat, so I took my shirt and hat off and just stood under the water. Thanks for all your guys stories and history, I sent some pictures of myself at the cache to your channels messenger on Facebook if you want to see who I am.
@@az_frontier_8476 There are two or three gullies that come off the butte southwardly that empty into the big wash we were in. The big boulder strewn wash wraps around the entire south side of the butte and continues around the west side of the butte. I’m relatively sure that main wash is the one your talking about. We were forced to go a good 1/4 mile past where we needed to get out and double back that 1/4 mile and go thru a great deal of heavy brush that going the proper way would have avoided all together.
@@larryhedrick254 there’s 1,000,000 ways to go out there, I was on all 4’s at some points crawling under the shrubs. I’m gonna go and explore Haunted Canyon next, I’m dying to find that “diamond mine”. I would never disclose locations in case I ever do find anything.
how do you think that's Peralta . that's not hand hued lumber .its rough cut lumber .early to late 1800's ...my guess would be later 1880's ---1890's.......see how some of the rungs are longer then others not cut to size . that's most likely wood taken from other locations and used here ..old house or cabin wood ...i don't believe this ladder is older then the 1860's at best ... its to large of a shaft .. a Spanish mine maybe .but with so many people have made changes and added to it ...great video guys ...
Robert: we don’t think that Peralta’s ladder. The ladder was put there by Hart Mullins who showed us the dig in 1958 as told in the story. Mullins believed this was the site of a cash perhaps left by the Paraltas.
wtf is right...I did go down there. It went down about 20 ft. The only thing down there was a small drift about 5 feet long. This video has the footage.ruclips.net/video/uYIMPHczbWg/видео.html
What if there was more than one Dutchman mine...he pulled from...otherwords...the abandoned Peralta mines...he must have knew them all... He cleaned out remaining ore at will...
Baloney the Peralta mines as depected on Ruth map was found by a Gorden Randy if you go to the bee line highighway go into the quarry immeatly turn right from the dirt piles you will see red mountain and kind of a saddle next to it there is a achent. Trail marker ..go down the other side and turn around ..it took my breath away ..others know the location but won't tell because of tirism money the house is a big slabe of redstone lying at maybe a 40 degree tilt and the boys is in it ..the upper tunnel was open some animal filled the floor with choia ..the bottom one had fallen shut ..go see it you won't believe ..look it's been a hundred years and thousands hiking Weaver's needle how long before people wise up ..it ain't there
My typing and spelling but I am honest I was there ..at that time 15 years ago where we parked there was a small dump and past that was a no trespassing signs I went under and walked 20 feet into a big wash ..just keep your eye on red mountain and when it turns get out and it's not far from the saddle on the left side of the mine it's there and the greedy people realise if it's found no one will come ..I tried to post this on desert USA among many others they take it down every time ..also in ramsys book he went in there back suposidly there is a fire road he mentions that in his book and takes 15 minutes ..both ways..there are easy walks not even brush ..any questions email me chas 78516 at mail.com
This is the reason the Dutchman's mine never be found 100 years brush can fill in cover so much landscape look totally different in this type of environment. If someone could bring back the Dutchman to life he probably could not find it again.
Modern searchers don't realize just how tough those old miners were or how they actually lived. Some never took a bath or if they did it was once a month. Their clothes were just as tough to withstand years of abuse. Also, all their food was packed in, maybe a bit of salt but no seasonings to speak of and what small animals they ate along with deer, antelope, bear, porridge or oats. A rifle or gun maybe, both and ammunition for protection. Thanks for your warning to the inquisitive, glory seekers for their bones will be picked over, scattered destroyed with time before anyone finds them...if ever.
Not a Spanish mine in my opinion! All my research & reading says this is not Spanish! Just saying. The Spanish always covered or hide their mines in all my reading. No tale-telling tailings either. But what do I know?
WTF? No long sleeves? No wide brim hat? No gloves? No knee pads? No Elbow pads? Guys? I know you are the experts but your Personal Protective Gear Sucks!
The true gold is the history there. Thank yall for bringing it to us. Im jealous though, due to health reasons I can only see it through your lens. Sure is beautiful country even though its rugged. It just goes to show how tough those old timers were. Thanks again for these vids
I live for y’all a videos! Some much knowledge on history. I just love them all!!!
Thanks Rebecca, I appreciate it. If you get a chance, please recommend our channel to you friends.
Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains when you going down to see what's at the bottom?
Can you get Shango o66 to top down?
@@jquest43 Here's your answer. I did go down to the bottom. ruclips.net/video/uYIMPHczbWg/видео.html
I've hiked up on the butte and have actually hiked about 3/4 of the way around its upper perimeter. Apparently I didn't travel across the area where the mine is located. I can attest to your comments that it is indeed a very grueling hike. The Catclaw and cacti are ferocious, rattlesnakes are present, and the talus slope is very difficult to get a good footing on. Coming down is just as challenging.
Heed Larry and Charlie's warning. Enjoy the video, but don't get overzealous and attempt the climb unless you are very experienced at a sustained 60 degree ascent.
Amen!
You got that right
I have also climbed the Butte as high as possible. I climbed up on the west face then went South to the ledge overlooking Hewitt canyon. I found some color on the west side of Byous Butte as well.
Love your series so educational
Very appreciative of all your hard work that you do to bring us such great video’s. You can see the scratches, and blood on your shirts. Thank you for taking us along with you, and thanks for the memories. Take care
Very interesting video. Love the history👍
Thanks for watching
i really like these history type stories,,,old mining history is a favorite of mine,
An unbelievable video of a lost mine loved the video.
Couple of those areas look pretty snakey. Even with careful checking, you have my admiration for your endurance and bravery.
Great episode. I'd love to visit that site just to say I did it.
However ... I'll heed your sage advice and stay way. ;)
Wow cool stuff. I hope yall go back and actually find a way in the hole if your able to do safely. These gold in those hills. Come and get me. Come and get me...
John, I went down in the hole on the ladder. Interesting, but I didn't find the gold!
@CharlieLesueur did you go into the actual opening at the bottom
Lots of history shared. Thks
When’s the next video coming! Really liking this series! I have watched every video so far!!
There's new ones out now.
I have hiked that area several times, but have not been to the cave. I love the yellow rock formation that looks like a building with windows. Nice for photographing.
Incredible Arizona History! Great Video!
very interesting, cannot wait to see more and cannot wait to talk again
very interesting stuff
Love this series, next winter, I want to visit the area.
Theres a cool mine up a natural ramp on the mountain about 500 feet up near Don's Camp off of Peralta Road. Its not a vertical mine and you can walk into the mountainside very far back. It has an area in it that curves off to the left that is very sketchy and appears to have a vertical shaft that drops hundreds of feet to the bottom. Very cool mine that Ive visited 5 times.
Love it!
I found the Peralta mine after watching this video 3 years ago after matching up the cactus behind them. I have videos but just have never posted them. There was a small waterfall running over the cliff in front of the pit area. My first time in Arizona with 2 other friends. We found it on our last day.
Amazing. Thank you.
You guys are warriors!
Thanks, Vincent.
Charlie,if you go to the top of Hardt tank road and walk north about 300 yards. On the east side is a ledge that overlooks the valley. I sat there and counted no less than 13 hearts one day. That's why I believe that to be the valley of the hearts. Now also up there is a stack of three rocks near the edge which when photographed at the right time of year/ day can be seen the image of an old man sitting down waiting for something. I can show you Don Miguel Peraltas face carved out of a rock outcropping near peacock springs. That can only be seen at dusk in the winter.
Steven Kimball I hope he sees this
Awesome episode!!!
Great video.
Thanks for the video. The Ldm is Directly above you
Amazing
Nice Video!
Thats cool!
WOW!
The story is actually the gold. It’s a great story.
I love this channel
I love this video. Are used to live in Arizona in globe so heard lots of stories about lost Dutchman and Peralta mine. The guys I really wish you didn’t repeat yourself so much about the Spanish Peralta mine and continued on the rest of the story. But thanks for the video
I decided to search for this location, and I consider my self an experienced hiker, he’s not kidding it’s very rough. One of the thickest thicket of spikes I have ever climbed through. I believe I found the mine, but I couldn’t get close enough to the shaft because bees have overtaken the entrance.
Next time you get a chance take a couple cans of been killer,spray the hell out of the little shits.take a friend and extra ropes
what is the road to get there?
Brush is king!
@@chrisbauer3581 On the road to Angel Springs
Charlie LeSueur oh okay,thank you sir. Been to Rogers trough th to do Reavis ranch, the cliff dwellings & see Elisha Reavis’s grave. Gives me another reason to get back out there and explore some more. Altho I’d much rather check out circlestone than deal with the bushwacking you all did! lol thx for sharing, Love your videos!
Larry is no spring chicken anymore. He is one tuff guy to adventure that now.
I wonder if there's any more gold there? Or has it been mined out?
I need to stop watching your videos. I’m ready to move to AZ! Super interesting stuff.
Charlie I see you're in Hewitt canyon. I know that area quite well. I found the horse in the same vicinity but a little west of there.
thats exiting. i would love to get my teacher to do something on this
Did they say this was off of Hewitt Canyon Rd.?
Seriously, don't be out in the heat of the day, un prepared/ UN provisioned. especially summer time, in that country. If you run out of water, you may never walk back out !!
i lived at the base of the superstitions and i tell ya some people have no sense going hiking or treasure hunting in the middle of the day and like now in july just stupid and some yes never came back some found couple years later from other hikers just be smart be safe go in the winter months
I wouldn't mind going down that ladder, just as long I am wearing a safety cable. That's a trip that if anyone takes, they have to be really prepared
Is this the mine my Granddad found? Don't think so. but the map looks like it's in the same area. From what I can see by the maps I have there are several Peralta mines. I have a map that shows the Perealta treasure room as being at the base of Weavers Needle.
Any idea what was being mined?
I believe it was used for a cache.
This is a Spanish mine site only! Hype drama only! Do not question anything!
Did My Granddad find The Lost Dutchman Mine?
My granddad was a famous Southern California cowboy named Walt Whitlock. He was
born in 1885 and died in 1960.
In around 1905 to about 1910, He and his cousin, Steve Helm went on a hunting
expedition to the Colorado 4 corners area. They jerked all their meat and were on their way to back to San Diego County when they encountered a sand storm. They rode up into the Superstition Mountains, down the Salt River, looking for shelter.
Around dark, on a narrow cliff-side trail, south of the river, they found
what they thought was a cave. It was barely large enough for them & their horses. When it became light the next morning they realized that this wasn't a cave, but a shallow, horizontal mine shaft, about 20 feet deep and 15, or so, feet wide. by about 6 feet tall. In the back of the tunnel they could see
a vein of gold the width of the tunnel & 2 feet thick. They took their
hunting knives & dug out some of the gold. Then they drew a crude map of the area with the idea of coming back later to stake a claim.
They actually went back several times, but weren't able to locate the mine.
They claimed the topography looked totally different. They even rode up the river, & down the same canyon as they had that evening, they even found the correct trail, but it stopped before they got to where they believed the minewas located. In fact the last time they were there, they had to back their
horse up about 100 yards just to get back to the main trail, but the mine
wasn't to be found.
Sometime during the Great Depression my Granddad misplaced his "Dutchman" map. After his death in 1960 I went through his belongings looking for it, but it was just as lost as the Dutchman's mine.
About 15 years ago I took a interest in trying to figure out where this mine
was really at. So I began searching for it on the Internet, I download every "Dutchman" map I could find, about 60 to be exact.
After pouring over all this information, as well as lots of old Dutchman
stories, I decided that the Dutchman had probably found an existing Spanish mine, possibly dug by the Peralta party, before they were massacred. I began to compare all of these maps and discovered that all of the ones which were of a good enough quality to be of any use, seemed to have a couple of features in common, that being a triangle looking place at the conjunction of 2 canyons, just south of the Salt River.
When the Google satellite view came out, it made this task much easier, so I
began to search Google maps for these features, and I believe I've been successful. I've found a place at the end of La Barge Canyon which seems to match the listed topography, as well as my Granddad's "Ghost Trail.
It appears to be in a large rock slide, which I believe is the reason Granddad
couldn't find it again. It appears the whole face of the cliff slide away in one large slide, completely wiping out the trail for several hundred yards, & covering part of the entrance. The entrance is still viable, but is now just a slot, instead of the 6 foot tall, 15 foot wide rectangular opening my Granddad described, it's now just a 15 foot by about 3 foot high slot, with the bottom of the mine forming the top of the slide. The area in question is just above the top of La Barge Canyon. It appears there is a trail up the top of the ridge, above the mine. I believe this is what Granddad referred to as the "Main Trail". It appears the trail to the mine actually crossed the main trail, but slide has wiped most of it out, for what looks like several hundred yard.
The correct area is just about in the middle of this map.
www.google.com/maps/@33.5150089,-111.4253742,2403m/data=!3m1!1e3
Are you still alive? I will join you if you need company. I can help fund the expedition. This really intrigues me
@@johnathoncastro Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated. Well 20 years ago I would have took you up on it. Now? Not so much. From what I can see this looks plenty dangerous, that rock slide doesn't look one bit stable.
@@davenettles9482 what kind of rock fall are you talking about? Big boulders or more like a ton of smaller person type rocks?
One thing Charlie didn't mention..
If you go,, Don't vandalize or Disrespect the area..
@Pete
For a lot of disrespectful people it does.. Some people just have to tear stuff up and wreck it for others..
Thanks for the look , there's far less cactus on this side of the screen.🥺
( Not a big fan of being a pin cushion )
Where did you find your trailhead? You hiked 4 hours in?
There is no trail
There is no trail head we were the first to go there in decades
Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains, yep! I totally understand that there was no clear trail. I’m wondering where you stared your trail.
There is no trailhead, we followed a dry riverbed. We knew where our destination was because you can see the area from the road. When Larry went up in 1958 there was indeed a trail, because it was being worked, but that has obviously been covered with catclaw and brush for a long time. That's why Larry's arms were so bloody, mine were as well, though not as much as his. It looks like it would be a fairly easy hike, if you are in shape, but it's not even fit for a horse. I stress, don't try it.
That's a mystery too!
I bet the peralta family descendents have great stories or legends handed down.
Absolutely LOVE all the history of the Supes with your videos!! Ive hiked many parts of it over the years & i can just imagine how tough it was to get to the cache!! 0.0 thank you for sharing your adventures! i look forward to more videos & adventures on your channel! how is bayouse? butte spelled?
Thanks, Chris, I appreciate the comments. Although I've seen it spelled a few different ways, the most accepted is Byous Butte.
thank you sir & keep up the great work!
@@CharlieLeSueurHollywoodTrail charlie,whats heaven like?
thanks for all the wear and tear fellows! cat claw sure does a nasty job on y'all.. you think packin' a marchetta would help with the bushwhacking?
I hunted LD for 10 years 20 years ago . Im going back to digs with a metal detector. Im old .but smarter
Much good luck! Don't wait too long!
I been there metal detecting . Way before you guys filmed this episode. I Found a old pistol .... haha just kidding i found nothing only a rusty nail
I heard 57 or more years ago the same thing. Stay out of the Superstitions. It was good advice then it's good advice now! Jim BCC AZ
You should have taken a metal detector and also taken some ore samples. Find out if anything is really there.
Yes!! But that's for adventurers & treasure hunters! Get it??? This is a show.
any videos coming up soon?? Missing the series!!
very soon
Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains aweosme! So excited!
yes
I hiked up in about 1 hour 15 minutes in august, in case anyone is wondering how long it takes for younger folk. Only took water and a gun, so traveled light.
Due too the fact that because of where we started and someone thinking that the shortest way to a point is a straight line, we became trapped in a ravine and went far beyond and had to double back. This is why we took so long. I had cautioned we were not going the best way but it made no difference too a younger member of our party.
@@larryhedrick254 I think I know the exact wash you guys went up, it was very dense and full of very decent sized boulders. I stayed up closer to Byous Butte and it was a little more clear, plus I wanted a little more of a view as I was hiking up, since I was going based on your videos surrounding area. It’s very beautiful up there, mines or not, I could spend days exploring that area. I went down inside, not much other than some dirt and a piece of old wood. I honestly thought the cave to the left was a little cooler of an area, although there was a bit of water trickling off the top of the cache cave and it made for that much more beauty. I was soaked from sweat, so I took my shirt and hat off and just stood under the water. Thanks for all your guys stories and history, I sent some pictures of myself at the cache to your channels messenger on Facebook if you want to see who I am.
@@az_frontier_8476
There are two or three gullies that come off the butte southwardly that empty into the big wash we were in.
The big boulder strewn wash wraps around the entire south side of the butte and continues around the west side of the butte. I’m relatively sure that main wash is the one your talking about. We were forced to go a good 1/4 mile past where we needed to get out and double back that 1/4 mile and go thru a great deal of heavy brush that going the proper way would have avoided all together.
@@larryhedrick254 there’s 1,000,000 ways to go out there, I was on all 4’s at some points crawling under the shrubs. I’m gonna go and explore Haunted Canyon next, I’m dying to find that “diamond mine”. I would never disclose locations in case I ever do find anything.
So, has anyone tried it?
Several.
👋
how do you think that's Peralta . that's not hand hued lumber .its rough cut lumber .early to late 1800's ...my guess would be later 1880's ---1890's.......see how some of the rungs are longer then others not cut to size . that's most likely wood taken from other locations and used here ..old house or cabin wood ...i don't believe this ladder is older then the 1860's at best ... its to large of a shaft .. a Spanish mine maybe .but with so many people have made changes and added to it ...great video guys ...
Robert: we don’t think that Peralta’s ladder. The ladder was put there by Hart Mullins who showed us the dig in 1958 as told in the story. Mullins believed this was the site of a cash perhaps left by the Paraltas.
and no one goes down to investigate wtf?!
wtf is right...I did go down there. It went down about 20 ft. The only thing down there was a small drift about 5 feet long. This video has the footage.ruclips.net/video/uYIMPHczbWg/видео.html
Charlie I want to go lol!! I'd bring my metal detector! Pls. Let me know if in a year or two you'd like to go up there!!
@Moosh Moosh thanks Moosh I loved Charlie, so talented. I didn't know when I responded, but Larry informed me a little later on. Thankyou
What if there was more than one Dutchman mine...he pulled from...otherwords...the abandoned Peralta mines...he must have knew them all...
He cleaned out remaining ore at will...
The fact that you guys spent so much time hiking up there to it and then didn't bother going down inside of it was truly disappointing
So all the keys match and their is no gold I believe their was cashes and they were found a long time ago.
Your second trip and you didn't have a machete???
And a small pruning saw also!
Small loppers are always in my pack.
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Baloney the Peralta mines as depected on Ruth map was found by a Gorden Randy if you go to the bee line highighway go into the quarry immeatly turn right from the dirt piles you will see red mountain and kind of a saddle next to it there is a achent. Trail marker ..go down the other side and turn around ..it took my breath away ..others know the location but won't tell because of tirism money the house is a big slabe of redstone lying at maybe a 40 degree tilt and the boys is in it ..the upper tunnel was open some animal filled the floor with choia ..the bottom one had fallen shut ..go see it you won't believe ..look it's been a hundred years and thousands hiking Weaver's needle how long before people wise up ..it ain't there
Sorry it's not s house it's the hoya
My typing and spelling but I am honest I was there ..at that time 15 years ago where we parked there was a small dump and past that was a no trespassing signs I went under and walked 20 feet into a big wash ..just keep your eye on red mountain and when it turns get out and it's not far from the saddle on the left side of the mine it's there and the greedy people realise if it's found no one will come ..I tried to post this on desert USA among many others they take it down every time ..also in ramsys book he went in there back suposidly there is a fire road he mentions that in his book and takes 15 minutes ..both ways..there are easy walks not even brush ..any questions email me chas 78516 at mail.com
One important thing take movie and still cameras ..you can claim to have found the Peralta mines
This is the reason the Dutchman's mine never be found 100 years brush can fill in cover so much landscape look totally different in this type of environment. If someone could bring back the Dutchman to life he probably could not find it again.
Or, holy shit, it's a myth to sell tickets
Modern searchers don't realize just how tough those old miners were or how they actually lived. Some never took a bath or if they did it was once a month. Their clothes were just as tough to withstand years of abuse. Also, all their food was packed in, maybe a bit of salt but no seasonings to speak of and what small animals they ate along with deer, antelope, bear, porridge or oats. A rifle or gun maybe, both and ammunition for protection. Thanks for your warning to the inquisitive, glory seekers for their bones will be picked over, scattered destroyed with time before anyone finds them...if ever.
Not a Spanish mine in my opinion! All my research & reading says this is not Spanish! Just saying. The Spanish always covered or hide their mines in all my reading. No tale-telling tailings either. But what do I know?
Could've been
WTF? No long sleeves? No wide brim hat? No gloves? No knee pads? No Elbow pads? Guys? I know you are the experts but your Personal Protective Gear Sucks!
staged bs