# Phoenix New Times 2010: 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.

> Phoenix New Times, 2010. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. For the Capen case and the local historian's verdict.

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# 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.

Phoenix New Times, 2010. _Phoenix New Times_.

Long-form journalism on Jesse Capen's December 2009 disappearance, with Tom Kollenborn's statement that he has found no evidence the mine existed ("Actual facts about the lost mine just don't exist") and an 1892 newspaper's dismissal of the deathbed story.

**Lost Dutchman's gold mine** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

For the Capen case and the local historian's verdict.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Gold ore attributed to Jacob Waltz (the "candle box" ore)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/artifacts/ART0D0G0NHR7YJ8/gold-ore-attributed-to-jacob-waltz-the-candle-box-ore)

ART

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[No Waltz ore specimen with a chain of custody is known to exist.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0DZJ2KQT/no-waltz-ore-specimen-with-a-chain-of-custody-is-known-to)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Phoenix New Times (2010). 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.. Phoenix New Times. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40514803
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