Lanterna Rally

Author: R. Baxa

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Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9781543178029

In October of 1891 Jacob Waltz, the only man alive knowing the exact location of a rich gold mine in the Superstition Mountains, lay dying on a make-shift bed. Prior to his final breath he declared that his mine was once owned by a Mexican mining family with the last name "Peralta". Moments later he passed-on to meet his Maker, taking with him the exact location of a mine so rich it could make twenty men millionaires. For almost six decades, men searched for wealth beyond their imagination using the incomplete directions the Dutchman provided. During those decades, lives and fortunes were lost and still the location of the mine site remained a mystery. Eventually, the slopes and canyons cleared as the clues and information concerning the whereabouts of the Lost Dutchman Mine moved from first hand statements to the unsavory realm of legend and lore. In 1949 the discovery of the Peralta Stone Maps by Travis Tumlinson renewed the search for the lost mine, and once again the Superstitions were filled with men seeking incredible wealth. Once again lives and fortunes were lost in futile attempts to read the encrypted maps. Again decades passed as thoughts and information about the mine dropped deeper into the realm of "legend and lore". The search is over! The trail to the lost mine site has been discovered and the encryption used by the creators of the Peralta Stone Maps is laid bare for all to see. "Discovering the Lost Dutchman Mine" is the turning point in history where "legend and lore" become historic fact.