HOLA mi amigo Cactusjumper and everyone,
Cactusjumper wrote
The sister married in Germany and came to the States at a later date. It is only important because her husbands name was Schmidt, and any nephew (from the sister) would have the same last name.
I get that, but never was convinced of the Holmes version with old Jake killing his "nephew" in cold blood, nor that his partner was actually a nephew in the legal sense of the word.
CJ also wrote:
s for the Walker-Wieser Map, it certainly does lead to a mine.
Not to sound like a 'doubting Thomas' but how can we be sure that is a mine, and not someone's treasure-hole dug in a spot they believed would "fit" this map? Are there tailings present, with actual gold? Even in the most played-out gold mine, you can still find traces of the ore and/or vein that was being worked, it is virtually impossible to extract every last tiny bit of gold as I am sure you know well. If it is truly a mine and not a 'treasure hole' does the ore resemble (or even match perfectly) with the few examples that exist of Waltz's gold?
Now you have got me curious, and if I should happen to make it to the vicinity of the Supers I may just have to go and see in person. It would be rather shocking if the Walker-Weiser map turned out to be not only genuine but ACCURATE - in which case it would be a nearly singular example of lost-treasure maps!

The fact that the map has been 'in circulation' for so long without apparently leading anyone to find the LDM pretty well put it in the "interesting but not too useful" file for me, just as I was curious about how it would be helpful to have proof of Weiser - not a bit of info that would lead me (personally) to find that mine, at least I could not see how it could.
I also DO understand about folks' desire to have as much historical documentation as possible, not for the sake of finding the lost mine but for the historical value alone - just that this has not been my own
personal interest! As I have freely admitted several times, the
gold is valuable to me!
CJ also wrote
I found, like a jigsaw, that they all come together and make a pretty good picture/story.
Ever thought about compiling your research and experiences into a book amigo? I would sure buy a copy! (Even if you refused to autograph it for me!

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Oroblanco
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PS here is a better view of the Walker-Weiser map
If you look it over, you immediately see one major 'red flag' (for me anyway) in that the geographic notation is partly written in Spanish or someone's
attempt at Spanish.
Why should a Dutchman (even if born here in the USA of Germanic family) c
hoose to draw up a map and make any notations in Spanish? That does not make sense to me.