Was the dutchman telling the truth ?? Many an old prospecter as he was ending his active life told of the big strike, etc, that he had made, but for one reason or another was unable to return to it. So was he telling the whole truth, did he in fact hit big, but ?
I think what Walz actually said was true, he had plenty of money to live comfortably in his old age. He's been accredited w/ a lot of doubtful statements he probably never made. Even a good map can lead a person whose never been to the area astray pretty easily. For example when Walz told where his mine was he used a common term of the day to describe a certain peak, Horse Cock Mountain. Unfortunately this name was used for several peaks, Weavers Needle, Squaw Peak (the 1 near Black Canyon City), Miners Needle, etc.. Using the one near BCC the directions will lead you to the mine he & Peralta worked (don't waste your time, the mine is worked out & even the bits of junk dragged off). At least some of the caches (both his & Apache) in the Sup's are likely still there, the fun part would be sorting out which set of directions go to which cache, what information is made up, etc.. Chatting about it is fun but again, I'm not selling maps & am too old & busted up to bring anyone hiking or prospecting in the Sups.
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