# Waltz worked or knew a rich gold lode inside the Superstition Mountains.

> Disputed: Waltz worked or knew a rich gold lode inside the Superstition Mountains.

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# Waltz worked or knew a rich gold lode inside the Superstition Mountains.

Waltz worked or knew a rich gold lode inside the Superstition Mountains.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A gold-bearing vein exists in the range's volcanic rocks.
- Waltz converted gold to money in quantities a farmer would not have.
- The 1892 searchers and later ones with his directions found workings.

## What would rule it out

- Systematic geological mapping and drilling of the range show no gold mineralisation of economic grade.

## Evidence 1 for · 3 against

[Thomas and the Petrasch brothers went searching within a year of his death, so he told her something.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0C8W17TG/thomas-and-the-petrasch-brothers-went-searching-within-a)

Supported

FOR

[Every search with his directions, from 1892 to Magill in the 1960s, failed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0D0A4MW8/every-search-with-his-directions-from-1892-to-magill-in-the)

Supported

AGAINST

[The range is a Miocene caldera complex of tuff and lava; no significant mineralisation has been found and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0CRG4DQR/the-range-is-a-miocene-caldera-complex-of-tuff-and-lava-no)

Established

AGAINST

[Waltz held a homestead and died poor; a treasure writer's claim of $250,000 in mint sales is unverified.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0CGP7CJ5/waltz-held-a-homestead-and-died-poor-a-treasure-writers)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Did Jacob Waltz have a gold mine in the Superstition Mountains?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/questions/QST0D0G0B1T7EHP/did-jacob-waltz-have-a-gold-mine-in-the-superstition)

Most likelyThere was no mine; an old man's deathbed talk, perhaps with a small cache, grew into a composite legend

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Waltz worked or knew a rich gold lode inside the Superstition Mountains. [Answer ANS0D0G0C126NGB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0G0C126NGB
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