# The Peralta stones

> Carved stones with Spanish text and map-like markings; regarded by many as modern fakes; no published material dating.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/artifacts/ART0D0G0NSJ70RE/the-peralta-stones  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D0G0NSJ70RE·Artifact · object

# The Peralta stones

PhotographCC BY-SA 3.0Said to have been found near the Superstitions in 1949

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/1f30f4ae94913caaf0037cc85b62a545e2f0072b4109581358a02d496ff0c94a)

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The Peralta stones: photo

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Carved stones with Spanish text and map-like markings; regarded by many as modern fakes; no published material dating.

Latin Heart Reader (Wikimedia Commons user), 1949. CC BY-SA 3.0

## Copies 3

**Photo** Latin Heart Reader (Wikimedia Commons user) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2013-12-13 · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PERALTA_STONES_1.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/1f30f4ae94913caaf0037cc85b62a545e2f0072b4109581358a02d496ff0c94a)

**Picture** Latin Heart Reader · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PERALTA_STONES_1.jpg)

**Photograph** Croves · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PALOMINO_Mountain_Map.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Superstition Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D0G05E473PG/superstition-mountains) · Mountain range

## Sources 1

- [Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D0G04PP65D7/lost-dutchmans-gold-mine)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Peralta stones [Artifact ART0D0G0NSJ70RE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D0G0NSJ70RE
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Key

**ART** 0D0G0NSJ70RE

Kind

Object

Held by

private; previously displayed at the Superstition Mountain Museum, Apache Junction (to confirm)

Dated

said to have been found near the Superstitions in 1949

Licence

CC BY-SA 3.0

Place

[Superstition Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D0G05E473PG/superstition-mountains)

Part of

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

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