|
|
|
| Apache Junction |
A picturesque and rural
town attracting outdoor fans and those headed to the Superstition
Mountains. It is here that the infamous Lost Dutchman
Mine is reputedly situated. Will you be the one to rediscover
it?
You can learn more at the Superstition Mountain Museum.
Learn of the facts, fiction and folklore surrounding on
the States most famous mysteries.
For more than 120 years, the legend has intrigued treasure
seekers from around the world. Quite possibly the world's
most famous lost mine it continues to draw prospectors
to the Superstition Mountains in search of it's treasures.
The mines were known of in the early 1800s when a Mexican
family mined them. On one trip home they were ambushed
by Apaches and killed. The mines were presumed lost as
no one knew of their location outside of the family.
In the 1870's Jacob Waltz, "the Dutchman" was said to
have found the mine through the contact with one of the
Mexican family's descendants. Waltz and partner, Jacob
Weiser worked the mine and apparently hid some of the
gold they mined in the Superstition Mountains.
Weiser was later killed by Apaches, or maybe, according
to some stories by Waltz himself. When his health began
to fail Jacob Waltz moved to Phoenix and died in 1891.
He was rumoured to have told Julia Thomas the location
of the mines prior to his death.
In the years following neither she or others could find
what became known as the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Interesting
fact is that the Dutchman was in fact originally from
Germany.
The Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum can be
found at Goldfield Thost Town, 4 miles NE of Apache Junction
on Highway 88.
Hours of opening are 9am-4pm Oct-May and 9am-3pm Jun-July,
Aug-September. Open 7 days a week except Christmas.
Tel: (480) 983-4888. Website
Feeling adventurous? Then float down the Salt River upon
a tube or take a hike through the mountains. Apache Junction
lies on the route of the Apache Trail.
|
| Entertainment & Eating |
| |
|
Interesting and fun place
to eat Apache Joe's, good affordable food and entertainment.
They've got the best broasted chicken in the country and
the buffalo wings are good and hot. Wonderful, casual
atmosphere, a place to relax, and have fun.
417 S Winchester Rd Apache Junction, AZ Phone: (480) 983-6115
|
| |
|
| |
|
| Phoenix Metro Area |
Apache
Junction
Cave Creek
Glendale
Scottsdale
Surprise - West Valley
Art Museum
Tempe |
|
|
|
|
