# Gold ore attributed to Jacob Waltz (the "candle box" ore)

> No specimen with a chain of custody is known; the two lines of the story contradict each other about who took it.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/artifacts/ART0D0G0NHR7YJ8/gold-ore-attributed-to-jacob-waltz-the-candle-box-ore  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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**ART** 0D0G0NHR7YJ8·Artifact · sample

# Gold ore attributed to Jacob Waltz (the "candle box" ore)

SampleSaid to have been under Waltz's bed at his death, October 1891

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No specimen with a chain of custody is known; the two lines of the story contradict each other about who took it.

## Copies 0

## Where it was made

[Phoenix](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D0G065J5RA0/phoenix) · City

## Sources 2

- [Fool's Gold: Prospectors Have Looked for the Lost Dutchman's Gold for a Century, But Jesse Capen Figured He Could Find It. He Probably Died Trying.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D0G03Z83374/fools-gold-prospectors-have-looked-for-the-lost-dutchmans)_SRC_
- [Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D0G04PP65D7/lost-dutchmans-gold-mine)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Gold ore attributed to Jacob Waltz (the "candle box" ore) [Artifact ART0D0G0NHR7YJ8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D0G0NHR7YJ8
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Key

**ART** 0D0G0NHR7YJ8

Kind

Sample

Held by

unknown; rival private claims (Thomas-Petrasch line; Holmes line)

Dated

said to have been under Waltz's bed at his death, October 1891

Place

[Phoenix](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D0G065J5RA0/phoenix)

Part of

[Lost Dutchman's gold mine](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine)

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