sgtfda
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Frank, if I'm interpreting Bob's story of the finding of the stones, it sounds like the Horse/Priest stone was the only one found first. It was taken to Texas and later Robert and Travis both went back and using the "search for the map, search for the heart" from that first stone, they uncovered the 2 trail stones (maps 2 and 3) and underneath they found the broken heart stone.
If that's all true, it's interesting because it means the photo we've seen of the trail stones and heart on the automobile bumper were from the 2nd trip, not the first. It also means the heart stone was broken when they found it, so they are probably the ones who "repaired it" with whatever glue they used.
Of course all that assumes Bob's story is correct and I have no clue about that.
The last bit that I'll try to transcribe tonight talks a little bit about communication between Robert and Bob over the years. He mentions that he has a number of original letters (of which Greg probably got at least a few). Bob for some reason implies that it's his desire to divide those letters amongst a number of people and places (libraries, etc...) eventually - he seems to have a "thing" against giving everything to one person and would rather divide everything up.
I won't get around to transcribing the rest of the tape for awhile, but there's a few things I found of interest.
1) Bob tells a story about an uncle of his who supposedly met and/or knew Jacob Waltz at one point in his life. I've never heard that story, so have no idea if there's any factual information there or if it's just one of what Joe would call "hell, I was there" stories.
2) I got the strong feeling that Bob never did any searching for the Lost Dutchman or very minimal at least. He came to the conclusion early on that it would be a better use of time and more potentially valuable to use his self taught geology skills to search out new mines and prospects rather than spend time looking for something that was lost and may be too hard to find.
3) He does spend a little time talking about his prospecting and mine claims and stuff in the Millsite Canyon area primarily, so I would guess that stuff might be of interest to you Frank, although I don't think he really gives much specific information that can be followed up on - then again, I don't know that area, so you may pick up on something I couldn't.
Glad you found it interesting. I always find myself listening to those old interviews and cringing when I hear them say something that I wish I could ask important followup questions, but they move on to something else. I bet Greg feels the same way now that he has so much more experience doing taped interviews.
Paul. I talk to you about the Uncle story. I know about it but it's someone else's thing and I won't post on it. I followed up on Bobs claims and know where most are by the description. I've been there and it did pop out for me.