All my new strange friends on the internet have already done this for me. You are my experts. You all seem to be saying that despite long hard efforts you have not been able to unearth convincing evidence that the supposed LDM exists in the first place. I trust you.
Hmm - first you impress me by using geology in your search for a lost mine, then you disappoint me by refusing to read books and thus research the matter for yourself.
Why should you trust anyone on an internet forum, whom you have never met? There have been several members here whom have deliberately posted misleading and false information, and even admitted to trying to DISCOURAGE anyone from looking for the LDM because they do not want the competition. I tend to take a person as truthful until they give me reason not to, however in treasure hunting you will find people being un-truthful for their own reasons. Some will even send you off on a wild goose chase to an area where they know there is nothing of any value, so
they can laugh about it.
As to your conclusions - does it make sense to you, that if there were no gold mine to find, why then would the people who knew Waltz best, themselves go off into a somewhat dangerous area (especially dangerous to the inexperienced) to search for it? Among the people of Florence, prior to Waltz's last days, it was "common knowledge" that Waltz had a rich gold mine, it was no big secret. Several witnesses saw Waltz sell a burro load of very rich gold ore in Tucson, and attempted to trail him back to the mine, unsuccessfully. Waltz's last friends Julia Thomas, Reiney Petrasch (and Reiney's brother and father later enlisted) and Dick Holmes all went looking for the mine. If there was no truth to it, does it not make sense that these people would have known that, and NOT spent their time and money hunting for it?
Then there is (or was) the gold in the candle box. The match box made from a piece of that ore, which photo has been in circulation for some time - this ore is not exactly like any gold ore from a known source, and yes plenty of people have argued that point with me but I stick by it. Where did that gold come from - a stash of stolen gold bar, or stolen ore from the Vulture mine? Waltz never worked for the Vulture mine so had no access to the mine, and the ore does not match ore from the Vulture either.
If these are not solid enough evidence for you, then by all means do not spend your time or money searching for it.
Many thousands have searched for the LDM unsuccessfully. To some of us, it is not all about the money value anyway, but clearly to you it is all about the monetary return, so I would suggest another pastime for you; perhaps ordinary gold prospecting, buy a claim somewhere and you can pretty much guarantee that you will be able to mine some gold every time you go work there. Treasure hunting is not for everyone, though I think everyone ought to try it at least once in their life, it is for the experiences, not for the vast fortunes nor any certainty of reaping them. If you are so easily discouraged, you will not be successful at treasure hunting for
in all treasure hunting you will have setbacks and disappointments.
I would strongly suggest to do some reading up on the LDM if you really are interested, and not to trust what some stranger, who may be having a great laugh at your expense, over the internet - for anything of substantial information.
Good luck and good hunting to you all I hope you find the treasures that you seek.
Oroblanco
