Jacob Waltz gave Julia Thomas a cipher map days before he died. A map that was handed down to him by a Peralta family member. He didn’t explain the map to Julia, but what he did do was insert the eye of the needle rock structure on the map describing the exact location of where one could locate the eye which would direct them to the rock horse area that contained the hidden canyon. He also inserted the four peaks across from it which meant that the map was being used to describe a large area as well as a small area that contained cactuses 🌵. The map’s outline is based on the 9 square miles area of the sunken summit located east of the Sierra Ancha’s saddle peak, therefore the map was useless anywhere except the eastern side of the saddle peak. Julia Thomas had to depend on Holmes and Rhinehardt working together to identifying and verify the saddle that would help Julia with her map. Why? Because Jacob Waltz wanted them to work as a team. Holmes was supposed to figure out the direction and clue to the saddle. Rhinehardt was supposed to verify the view looking back at the needle. Julia Thomas could then use the map from the saddle’s high point by looking down on the eastern sunken summit. Her map describes the 9 square mile area that surrounds the rock horse including the eye of the needle located in the northwest corner of the sunken summit. The eye over looks the ground level area that hides the canyon. From the high point you can spot the hidden canyon. The cipher stone map maker spent a lot of time in the area of the rock horse. He took the time to select specific natural features that would identify the 9 square mile area. He was very selective in choosing certain features which could also imitate or simulate a large area that surrounds the needle rock structure. He used a natural water drain trail feature that resembled the Apache Indian trail that came from the north crossing the salt river valley which would end behind the needle rock structure. With the insertion of the needle, the cave, and the Indian campground he could deceive the reader into thinking that there were only looking at a large area map center around the superstitious mountains not noticing that the maps outlined pertained to the immediate area surrounding the rock horse. The individual who created the map had knowledge and understanding of what it takes to create a cipher. In order to lead his organization to the location safely, he had to provide a large area map. This allowed him to insert other cipher information with instructions to be followed. Being able to define the two maps is very important in locating the LDM. But the cipher map contains more information hidden by the use of symbolic cipher symbols which I will explain next because historians like myself want to record how the Templars used their cipher symbols in order to decipher other maps.
