absolutely correct, my error. The 'intermediary' un-named friend is of course a ruse, but I should have been more careful regarding that issue. But the problem I raise is then merely moved 'back' one person, but does not change the main theme of my argument. Why did the un-named friend number them 1, 2, 3, and isn't it an amazing coincidence that the (hitherto un-numbered) #2 references 1 and 3 by their newly assigned numbers ? Ward (in order to create an intriguing treasure hunt) had a labeling problem - the two remaining ciphers needed to be referred to somehow, and what better way than by a number (since numbers were clearly in his head due to the cipher contents themselves). But why he didn't alter the 'friends' story just a bit to state that they were pre-numbered 1,2,3 is an incredible oversight.
Regarding the plea by the 'friend' to not spend much if any time on this, that certainly is not the way to generate interest. But for a guilty conscience, it's at least a case of "be forewarned".
It is, to devote only such time as can be spared from your legitimate business to the task, and if you can spare no time, let the matter alone. Should you disregard my advice, do not hold me responsible that the poverty you have courted is ...
What you are saying is that the use of the convoluted numbering of the ciphers was set up intentionally, meaning that this is not a tale of someone's discovery from years of research, but the planting of information under a pen name and using an "agent" who was a known Confederate cartographer as well to publish it. More than likely was part of the plans to bury and map these treasuries beginning with the first trip out west.
The Beale was used to set the stage for the heists conducted by the KGC post-Civil War, and it formed the basis of a plan to harvest gold from the Superstitions in AZ and the Black Hills of South Dakota. By doing so it laid the foundation for the successive operations and the burial methods to be used, the regions selected, and the creation of a mapping system to be used were all incorporated into the numerous parts of the Beale.
What you are seeing is the plans of an organized splinter cell group of Masons like Albert Pike, JP Morgan, and JD Rockefeller all moving themselves into the formation of an illegal racketeering organization that was using these men to mine the newly claimed mines of the Superstitions of the "Peralta Land Grab". After their claim of the entire valley of Phoenix and surrounding area was orchestrated by James Reavis (the author of the Beale and maker of the Peralta Stones), the men mined on a two year contract, giving them time during the investigations to mine and escape with gold and silver. They told you that they found what looked like gold in the pamphlet, but then weighed in Gold and Silver in the tons
The only place you could have gotten that gold AND silver in the 1880's was the Superstitions....where they had just laid claim over every mine system in the valley. Upon mining their stores and returning them to VA, they were killed on the 3rd trip out of the valley, where 30 men's bones were found in a place called Massacre Grounds. They were the 30 men in the Beale, without the leader, the author of the pamphlet.
Where it pegs Reavis as the ringleader, and murderer of his own men to escape capture, is when it says they stopped in St. Louis to gear up. Reavis was a clerk there and had a cover front office established to file real estate claims with the US Govt.
That is how they found him and found out about the AZ Land Grab of the mines from every one of the people with their own clams filed. Reavis and Co had taken them all, and they were shipping it to the banks of Morgan in NYC, through Rockefeller himself, who organized the expedition party. Their heists were big enough to store up tons of gold and silver to back the loans to businessmen in their Golden Circle that eventually became some of the largest American Companies.
They left on a 2yr contract, leaving in the 3rd month of March to the mines where they dug for 18 months, returning one stash, and then mining for another 7 months with a second stash. It was on this third trip out they were killed. Only their bones remained with some raw ore and nuggets scattered around them. The Peralta Stones were found some feet from that site and on the hill near where one man had fled capture. To dress the scene up like an "Indian Massacre" they left the stones behind to form a diversion, with everyone looking for the gold mines instead of the people that just robbed them all.
Some interesting math here for sure....see where it fits into the Beale? It is from the bottom of the first Map Stone of the series from the Peralta Stones
