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

> Most likely: There was no mine; an old man's deathbed talk, perhaps with a small cache, grew into a composite legend.

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Answer · Lost Dutchman's gold mine

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

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

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: four pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- No mention of the mine exists before 1892.
- The story's elements trace to other legends and are added over time.
- The main lines of the story contradict each other.

## What would rule it out

- A pre-1891 document shows Waltz selling gold from, or claiming, a Superstition mine.

## Evidence 4 for · none against

[An 1892 newspaper already dismissed the story as a typical deathbed revelation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0F6M1319/an-1892-newspaper-already-dismissed-the-story-as-a-typical)

Suggestive

FOR

[Bicknell's 1895 article is the first to join Waltz, the Peraltas and Weavers Needle.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0EQ00T24/bicknells-1895-article-is-the-first-to-join-waltz-the)

Supported

FOR

[Blair traced the Peralta, Dr Thorne and soldiers' elements to separate tales and found the only Peralta mine…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0EF671VP/blair-traced-the-peralta-dr-thorne-and-soldiers-elements-to)

Supported

FOR

[The Thomas-Petrasch and Holmes accounts contradict each other.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0EYT462C/the-thomas-petrasch-and-holmes-accounts-contradict-each)

Supported

FOR

## 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

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Mysteries Department. (2026). There was no mine; an old man's deathbed talk, perhaps with a small cache, grew into a composite legend. [Answer ANS0D0G0E7C6G0H]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0G0E7C6G0H
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