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Is there any basis for the Peralta mine and the Peralta stones?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·Part of Did Jacob Waltz have a gold mine in the Superstition Mountains?·3 answers·0·0 following
Partly answeredNone is ahead yet. See what would settle it.

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Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

Why it matters

The Spanish-mine layer gives the legend its antiquity and its maps; the "Peralta stones" are the only physical objects anyone points to⁠[1]⁠[2].

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Evidence: 2 against
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None of these.
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: none yet
Still possible
The Peralta stones are twentieth-century fakes.
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 1 for
Still possible

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