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I'd like to try a little experiment that may be interesting to some of you. Based on Sims Ely's description on pages 8-9 of "The Lost Dutchman Mine" I'm curious where folks think Ruth's head and body were found. Read the descriptions below, then check a topo map of the area, pinpoint the location(s) and post an image here. Try not to let anyone else's interpretation influence your decision.
The next paragraph mentions the Harvey Mott, Odd Halseth and Brownie Holmes newspaper expedition that discovered the skull...
On page 9 after discussion Hrdlicka's work on the skull, this is the description of where Ruth's body was found...
There we go - everyone to your maps and let's at least try to get everyone on the same page...
Weaver's Needle stands amid three canyons - namely, West Boulder on the west, East Boulder in the middle, and Needle Canyon on the east. The three converge some two miles northwest of the peak, and at that point there is a mile-long ridge covered with dense brush. This ridge runs northwestward and finally loses itself in a right-angle intersection with LeBarge Canyon, which itself flows northwest to its junction with the Salt River. On this brushy ridge, the final scenes in the life of Adolph Ruth were enacted.
The next paragraph mentions the Harvey Mott, Odd Halseth and Brownie Holmes newspaper expedition that discovered the skull...
In the thick brush overlooking West Boulder Canyon, about one hundred feet above the canyon floor, one of the dogs came upon a skull - to which particles of flesh still adhered.
On page 9 after discussion Hrdlicka's work on the skull, this is the description of where Ruth's body was found...
In the first week of January, 1932, Deputy Sheriff Jeff Adams of Phoenix, accompanied by Tex Barkley, did make a further search of that brushy ridge overlooking West Boulder Canyon for the body of Adolph Ruth. Their search was successful. At a considerable distance from the spot where the skull had been discovered, they found a dismembered skeleton which was easily identified.
There we go - everyone to your maps and let's at least try to get everyone on the same page...