As a geologist in the field we knew you don't walk anywhere in July in the SW, not even in the mountains. You make short trips, circle back. You don't outwalk your water.
My brother died in Arizona in the desert. We're not sure what happened but he was down there by Quartzsite probably looking for gold and the last we heard from him was July 29th, 2015. He was found August 24th 2015 (my birthday) what was left of him anyway We are not sure what happened but my sister had to go down and give DNA to make sure it was him. He was 65 which was a dumb thing to do in July in Arizona. I've lived through several summers in Arizona it is not a place to be without water or shade or no air conditioning
I've lived in the East Valley for 30+ years & am an avid hiker. I'm very experienced hiking in the Superstitions & I remember this story well. Basically 3 guys who had absolutely no business in the AZ desert (that time of year) looking for gold that doesn't exist. Very sad story, may they RIP.
Best time to go, nobody's there. Backpacking that time of year is definitely out, but a pack trip is possible as long as you set up base camp near a permanent spring. I'd also recommend spending June in a tent at the state park campground where you can embrace the heat and stay totally away from a/c the whole time you're camping. Is kinda like altitude, you have to acclimate yourself to the heat too, it just takes far longer than altitude. At least it does for this old fart.
Nice to see you are carrying on Charlies legacy by still giving us great informative and entertaining videos, looking forward to your next video. All the best from England.
I grew up in Alaska. My dad was a guide and outfitter. When I was a kid, every year after hunting season, when the fish and game board meetings were held, all the guides would get together in Anchorage and have a dinner and events like auctions, and whatnot at one of the local hotels banquet facilities. My parents would often take us with them. There were always a group of old timers that would show up and, after the dinner, would sit in the comfy overstuffed chairs around the fire and tell stories of their heydays back in the 1910's-1960's. I would hide behind the chairs amongst the potted plants and listen to their stories.These guys were some of the first pilots in Alaska. They walked mountain no white man for sure and possibly, human of any kind, had ever tread. They had both attacks and some pretty close calls with grizzly bears, wolves, wolverine, etc. They faced near death experiences and times so hard they had to resort to chickadees for meat to go in their beans. (Do you realize how many chickadees you need for a meal? One asked his companions.) Some of the tails were hilarious. One in particular, a tale involving the theft of a man's toilet paper by a ground squirrel, while the man was doing the "bear in the woods" thing, that i refer to a; "The Poopus Interruptus" story, made me laugh so hard I got caught eavesdropping. The one old timer said, "You shouldn't be listening to stories like these! We use language that is off color and too coarse for your young ears." I laughed and said, "my daddy uses way worse language." When I told them who my dad was, they laughed saying, "Yep, their isn't anything we could come up with you probably haven't already heard!" After that I didn't have to hide in the potted plants anymore. They got me my own chair and bought me a hot chocolate and I sat and listened to their stories till I would fall asleep with a head full if adventures. Eventually waking up as my dad carried me out to the car. Every year I looked forward to hanging out with them after the dinner. I have started writing down their stories as I remember them. I might be the only person alive that knows them. It would be a sad world if the story of a man, with his pants around his ankles, chasing a squirrel through a forest in Alaska, trying to retrieve the only roll of dry toilet paper within 100 miles wasn't preserved for posterity. Thanks for telling us your stories. I treasure them. With them and a cup of hot chocolate, I can imagine being a kid again. Someday, when my evening is over, my dad will come and carry me out for the ride home.
That is a fine memory, sir. Much in the vein of the stories these men tell of the Superstitions. Thank you for sharing that enjoyable piece. I split my youth between AZ and MN; my folks ultimately moved to Alaska and I visited several times so your "tales of the Yukon" resonate with me as do these Superstition stories. Best wishes.
@@JH_75 I enjoy writing. So here's a short for you: Growing up, I didn't realize how different my life was from most kid's. Like, I never worried about bullies when I went to school in town. After running into grizzle bears on the way to the toilet, other kids just lacked the ability to intimidate me. I don't know as I could reccomend it to others as a cure though. Kinda one of those cure worse than the disease things, I think. Thanks for the read.
Never understand why people hike here in July we have some great hiking weather in November to February. Gold fever is nothing more then greed which removes all common sense. No different then people who wipe out their savings accounts on wall street, or Las Vegas. Most people can relate to a casino go there and throw away $500-1000 yet they worry about spending an extra 20 cents a gallon on gas driving home.
Sir, I used to work for a casino here in PA as a Security Guard and met many people from all walks of life, some became personal friends. But, that aside, there are many people who will throw their savings or Social Security checks into One Arm Bandits (slots) and get this....they were going to MAKE MONEY. To make a long story short...these people will step over a bum sitting with a cup, won't give them a dime but, will throw away thousands sometimes, only making a 25% return. That is real greed.
Summer hiking, IF YOU ARE IN GREAT SHAPE, is a great way to stay in shape. During the time the three men from Utah were lost; I spent a LOT of time on the Northwest side of the Superstitions doing summer power hikes. I was teaching a fellow fitness nut from Missouri about summer hiking here and when we got to Praying Hands, we stopped and I had him look over the entire panorama of ridge lines and ravines below us. "Look carefully," I said, "Somewhere in front of us are three dead men who knew nothing of the area. Nothing of its history, geology or climate and they had no respect for the mountain. This fifty four hundred foot mountain ( nothing as far as mountains go ) will KILL YOU if you aren't physically and mentally prepared. Those endless rows of ridges down there are a death trap for anyone who gets lost and runs out of water and three men paid the ultimate price for their hubris." They found those men about a week later. Long after they had been dead.
Great story....I , and a friend went in there horseback, two different years....about 1964-66, hunting. I never had gold fever, or anything close. Those mountains will fool you, if your of a type to see ghosts....or believe tall tales. Yes, we had heard the tales, but jus wanted to hunt. They are rocky and rough, and when the clouds drop down below the ridges, some of your references disappear. It was February, so we had no problems . Thanks, for your much better story.
Theres always a positive in every negative..the negative is they are dead the positive is they created a mystery of the superstitious mountains.. thanks Hank for the story..
I grew up at the base area of the superstition mountains. I've been all over those mountains. I live in the midwest now but i keep an oil painting of the superstitions on my wall. I miss it. But I never went into the mountain or desert in the summer. NEVER.
I am fascinated by the history and the lore of the Superstitions! These are really well-done videos! Thank you so much for all the work put into making them. Our daughter lives in Mesa so we go and hike with her as often as possible. Don’t worry-we won’t go up in July!
Hank It's The Adventure and Get Rich Quick - Idea - Fool Hardy and the Under Prepaired - and Not Knowing How To Survive...You Have to Know How to Live Off the Land...And Your Physical Limitations...Have a Good Day, I Miss Charlie - Carry On, As Charlie would Have Wanted...God Bless, Thank you For Keeping History Alive...
It stands to reason, if you hike into to somewhere that has no water, when you're half out of water you turn around and come back. I don't care how much gold there is it isn't worth my life. And if you've already been and didn't have enough water doesn't that tell anyone, if you have any sense, you need more water not an umbrella.
Storytelling is becoming a lost art,thanks for these videos! So far more entertaining than these fake drama explorer ones the Discovery and History channels have on cable t.v.
Why do people go up there? That’s easy. For adventure! A place full of tales and legends, characters, murders, disappearances, lost gold legends, caves, mines, and mystery! It’s adventure in the wilderness that they go for! But the mistake some make is not to be prepared and carry protection, water and high energy food. Love these stories! They’re just the best, told by the best!
Coronado's Children, and Journey of the Flame - there was one man who did come out ahead, but what he got out of it was not money - it was something far more important and more wonderful than that - he kept the legends and the spirit of the desert alive - that was Harry Oliver, he of the famous Desert Rat Scrapbook....
Sir, I dunno nothing bout no cities of gold, but that there tongue in your head is 100% pure gold. My thanks for a very entertaining story, best wishes.
Got to tell you that your stories are so gripping and awesome. I would like to go to the mountain and look around. Not so much as looking for gold but just to be where all this history happened. Thank You for your channel. Please take care and be safe.
Isn't it remarkable? That people would venture, unprepared and unfamiliar, into the Arizona desert during the hottest months? I grew up in the Verde Valley and did construction year round as a young fellow in my early 20's. It would never occur to me, then or now, to venture off into the Sonoran Desert unprepared, even as a fit young man accustomed to working physically in the extreme heat. I've never had "gold fever," but I get it. Why not just wait until January? You still need plenty of water, obviously, as I can attest to, having recently completed some January Superstition hikes as a 46 year old, now accustomed to MN weather. Thanks, Hank, for another great story.
Never mentioned Peralta, or his mines, or the stone maps, or any of that. And it's more like 250 murders out there since J.W. And there's alot more to it. I suggest anyone interested in the story, do as much research about the people involved as possible. It's a nice place to hike, but a deadly place to prospect, and even deadlier to treasure hunt.
The climate of the Sonoran Desert in summer is so harsh, so alien that it cannot be imagined at the necessary physical level it takes to survive it. It must be experienced first hand to even begin to appreciate it's capacity for lethality.
One has the option of adding or removing layers of clothing, in the Spring, Fall, and Winter. And, water I'm told is generally available, at least most of the Off-Summer Months--so, why do people choose to commit suicide, in the Summer Months. Back in 1969, we had a sheet-rock stocker die on one of our projects in Phoenix. He had ready access to plenty of water, and salt tablets. He simply died of Heat-Stroke. We lost one of our tapers, here in Olympia, Wa. back in the Eighties, when the temperature reached 105. Imagine what it would have been in the Superstitions, that day? My older brother nearly succumbed to heat-stroke the same day on the same job. I would love to visit the Superstitions once again, before I get too old--especially with some of my Technology, that has proven to be so effective, on several other endeavors. Yes, and I would love to have a go at those Twenty Four Dragoon Pistols, that Larry and Charlie covered in earlier episodes. (Aside my Electronic Technology, I am a very successful Map Dowser. I'm Practitioner of both Spiritual as well as Physical Science. That's how I found that shipment of Gov't gold, in NE Utah, in Oct, 1984). I am equally confident, that I have pinpointed the correct canyon, and rock, where those Dragoon Pistols was concealed. In 1951 on Aug 8, Link Chapman, chopped out forty lbs of ''Quartz In Gold"(as opposed to Gold In Quartz) from a very rich ledge of gold, in NE Washington. He was Eighty Six years old, and as a young man, he and his bride Kitty, had joined the Alaska--Yukon Gold Rush--where they had been very successful. When his neighbor in Seattle--a retired logging boss, showed Link a chunk of very rich 'Float', Link was induced to come out of his comfortable retirement, for one last venture--as he was still in relatively good health. The Logging Boss still had all of his old Forestry maps, and showed Link the area where the specimen had been found. Link had no trouble finding another chunk of float (which he had stepped on in the grass) and quickly traced it to it's very rich source. After chopping out about forty lbs, he covered up his activity. On his way back to the car where his wife was doing Needle-work--He suffered from heat-stroke, and sat down, with his back to a tree. Becoming worried because of it's lateness, Kitty, following the dog, found her husband, leaning against a tree. She had the presence -of-mind to bring her day-pack, with water and sandwiches. When Link was able to--they split the rich ore between the two packs. They made it back to the car; and Kitty had to drive back to town, where Link eventually succumbed. Kitty sold all of that gold ore for jewelry, at spot value. She was never able to find her way back to the place where they had parked, that fateful day. When the snow-back has melted from the area in question, me and my Trusty Burro, will have another Go at that one. Haha
I can understand an adventurous person's zeal......but not to the point where you risk your life. I live in south Georgia where it's high 90's with 80% humidity in July. I've been out west a few times in dry heat. Hot is hot wherever you are in mid summer! Can't imagine walking much anywhere in that!!! Enjoyed the story!
Hey I lived in Southern Maryland for years between the Potomac river and the Chesapeake bay and nknow humididy that is why I came tio AZ partly but I hike in cooler weather
WoW!!! l am on Ontario, Canada and l would be dead if the temps reached 140 degrees up here..l thought gold digging was in the 19th Century. l did not realize people are still going up there to look...Hey, by the way Hank, just for interest, is that gold still up there undiscovered?
Thank you for your ongoing work. Any way you could provide us with the spelling of the "7 cities?" I was unsuccessful in finding them all on my own, (I"m a bad speller though) - Thank you.
Oh if I were a young man, I'd be there looking myself,,,,, in reasonable temperatures. I've watched all these videos in order and the one thing that makes me think the Dutchman's mine hasn't been found is the assay done on the ore from under his bed. No one else has brought ore out with that kind of content from all the information I've seen. Somewhere up there is a vein of exceedingly rich ore that hasn't been found since the Dutchman died. Where is it? Well, that is another mystery of these enigmatic mountains. Wish I was there.
So were the two men shot to death by the other guy? You never confirmed that, you made it seem like it was just speculation? Or did they find it and were followed and shot down.
It's a bit odd that so many ppl have died looking for the "Dutch" when if you know where to go you can drive to the area where the horse is carved on a rock. I have a picture of the 1847 on a rock just to the east of the horse.
Maybe they found the gold and were robbed and killed by others. Guy who found them said one had bullet holes in his skull and the other in his body. That's a mystery not explained
family member of Curtis speaking (I know this is very late) but one of them did have holes in their head that appeared to be bullet holes but that was never confirmed.
It's not like we destroyed anything until Chris come along now we have no clean water to drink forest is gone game is scarce rivers contaminated we lived here respecting and taking care of our land for over 10 thousand yrs without ruining anything
So why were the bullet riddled corpses not explained a little bit at least. You probably didn’t die of thirst or the heat with bullet holes in your skull!?
Watching drone videos of the superstition mountain range and seeing all the possible locations to look for gold, I don't see how anyone could find any gold except by a total accident. Considering how difficult it would be to get the gold out of the mountains why would anyone divulge that they have found any.
Now hank I'll bring some umbrellas an some water an you an Larry get ready an we will just go get the gold and that way we will save lives by going an getting the gold bars an we will work that Ole Dutchs mine ever now and then an it will stop all this stuff from happening lol...good night form Kentucky always like hearing you an Larry tell about the things that you two know about things out there and I was we will forget going after it to much fun hearing about it..
those 3 that got shot? its simple; somebody was watching them and trailing them, after they found gold, they moved in, shot them, and took off with the gold. case closed.
R.I.p I will miss you Hank and I will always enjoy hearing you tell the stories on here . God bless
As a geologist in the field we knew you don't walk anywhere in July in the SW, not even in the mountains. You make short trips, circle back. You don't outwalk your water.
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and you dont outwalk a bullet
@@ruobe1 True! U gotta run really, really, really fast!
I love listening to stories of the superstition mountains.
Me also
And so do I
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I hope you guys keep telling these stories forever. Love them all. Keep up the good work. RIP Charlie.
My brother died in Arizona in the desert. We're not sure what happened but he was down there by Quartzsite probably looking for gold and the last we heard from him was July 29th, 2015. He was found August 24th 2015 (my birthday) what was left of him anyway We are not sure what happened but my sister had to go down and give DNA to make sure it was him. He was 65 which was a dumb thing to do in July in Arizona. I've lived through several summers in Arizona it is not a place to be without water or shade or no air conditioning
I've lived in the East Valley for 30+ years & am an avid hiker. I'm very experienced hiking in the Superstitions & I remember this story well. Basically 3 guys who had absolutely no business in the AZ desert (that time of year) looking for gold that doesn't exist. Very sad story, may they RIP.
Death on Yellow Peak in the future look for it!
Wonder how old Elijah managed to farm up in there in the summertime
It always astounds me that people would go up into those mountains in July to search for anything....
Best time to go, nobody's there.
Backpacking that time of year is definitely out, but a pack trip is possible as long as you set up base camp near a permanent spring. I'd also recommend spending June in a tent at the state park campground where you can embrace the heat and stay totally away from a/c the whole time you're camping. Is kinda like altitude, you have to acclimate yourself to the heat too, it just takes far longer than altitude. At least it does for this old fart.
Wait for my stories of Death in the Superstitions
@@LuckyBaldwin777 I lived in Alaska for 37 years. Embracing that kind of heat would kill me...
@Hank Sheffer umbrella ☔ wow you get that much rain in July?? Hahaha great to see you sir love the videos keep them coming thank you
Nice to see you are carrying on Charlies legacy by still giving us great informative and entertaining videos, looking forward to your next video. All the best from England.
I grew up in Alaska. My dad was a guide and outfitter. When I was a kid, every year after hunting season, when the fish and game board meetings were held, all the guides would get together in Anchorage and have a dinner and events like auctions, and whatnot at one of the local hotels banquet facilities. My parents would often take us with them. There were always a group of old timers that would show up and, after the dinner, would sit in the comfy overstuffed chairs around the fire and tell stories of their heydays back in the 1910's-1960's. I would hide behind the chairs amongst the potted plants and listen to their stories.These guys were some of the first pilots in Alaska. They walked mountain no white man for sure and possibly, human of any kind, had ever tread. They had both attacks and some pretty close calls with grizzly bears, wolves, wolverine, etc. They faced near death experiences and times so hard they had to resort to chickadees for meat to go in their beans. (Do you realize how many chickadees you need for a meal? One asked his companions.) Some of the tails were hilarious. One in particular, a tale involving the theft of a man's toilet paper by a ground squirrel, while the man was doing the "bear in the woods" thing, that i refer to a; "The Poopus Interruptus" story, made me laugh so hard I got caught eavesdropping. The one old timer said, "You shouldn't be listening to stories like these! We use language that is off color and too coarse for your young ears." I laughed and said, "my daddy uses way worse language." When I told them who my dad was, they laughed saying, "Yep, their isn't anything we could come up with you probably haven't already heard!" After that I didn't have to hide in the potted plants anymore. They got me my own chair and bought me a hot chocolate and I sat and listened to their stories till I would fall asleep with a head full if adventures. Eventually waking up as my dad carried me out to the car. Every year I looked forward to hanging out with them after the dinner. I have started writing down their stories as I remember them. I might be the only person alive that knows them. It would be a sad world if the story of a man, with his pants around his ankles, chasing a squirrel through a forest in Alaska, trying to retrieve the only roll of dry toilet paper within 100 miles wasn't preserved for posterity.
Thanks for telling us your stories. I treasure them. With them and a cup of hot chocolate, I can imagine being a kid again. Someday, when my evening is over, my dad will come and carry me out for the ride home.
That is a fine memory, sir. Much in the vein of the stories these men tell of the Superstitions. Thank you for sharing that enjoyable piece. I split my youth between AZ and MN; my folks ultimately moved to Alaska and I visited several times so your "tales of the Yukon" resonate with me as do these Superstition stories. Best wishes.
@@JH_75 I enjoy writing. So here's a short for you:
Growing up, I didn't realize how different my life was from most kid's. Like, I never worried about bullies when I went to school in town. After running into grizzle bears on the way to the toilet, other kids just lacked the ability to intimidate me. I don't know as I could reccomend it to others as a cure though. Kinda one of those cure worse than the disease things, I think. Thanks for the read.
Never understand why people hike here in July we have some great hiking weather in November to February. Gold fever is nothing more then greed which removes all common sense. No different then people who wipe out their savings accounts on wall street, or Las Vegas. Most people can relate to a casino go there and throw away $500-1000 yet they worry about spending an extra 20 cents a gallon on gas driving home.
Yep I agree, during the summer time I limit my outdoor activity to early in the morning to beat the heat.
Yep my grandpa loves to gamble....crazy to me especially on how tight he is spending on anything else
Sir, I used to work for a casino here in PA as a Security Guard and met many people from all walks of life, some became personal friends. But, that aside, there are many people who will throw their savings or Social Security checks into One Arm Bandits (slots) and get this....they were going to MAKE MONEY. To make a long story short...these people will step over a bum sitting with a cup, won't give them a dime but, will throw away thousands sometimes, only making a 25% return. That is real greed.
Summer hiking, IF YOU ARE IN GREAT SHAPE, is a great way to stay in shape. During the time the three men from Utah were lost; I spent a LOT of time on the Northwest side of the Superstitions doing summer power hikes. I was teaching a fellow fitness nut from Missouri about summer hiking here and when we got to Praying Hands, we stopped and I had him look over the entire panorama of ridge lines and ravines below us. "Look carefully," I said, "Somewhere in front of us are three dead men who knew nothing of the area. Nothing of its history, geology or climate and they had no respect for the mountain. This fifty four hundred foot mountain ( nothing as far as mountains go ) will KILL YOU if you aren't physically and mentally prepared. Those endless rows of ridges down there are a death trap for anyone who gets lost and runs out of water and three men paid the ultimate price for their hubris." They found those men about a week later. Long after they had been dead.
...Love the longer stories...!!!...
...It's like sitting by a campfire...
Great story....I , and a friend went in there horseback, two different years....about 1964-66, hunting. I never had gold fever, or anything close. Those mountains will fool you, if your of a type to see ghosts....or believe tall tales. Yes, we had heard the tales, but jus wanted to hunt. They are rocky and rough, and when the clouds drop down below the ridges, some of your references disappear. It was February, so we had no problems . Thanks, for your much better story.
Great story. Its always a prospectors dream to find the Dutchmans mine, but you take your life in your hands if you try.
Interesting
Excellent videos and history, look forward to more to come!
This old man is an Arizona treasure
Theres always a positive in every negative..the negative is they are dead the positive is they created a mystery of the superstitious mountains.. thanks Hank for the story..
mr. sheffer I love the way you tell your stories.
Great stories! Loved it
Absolutely wonderful story !!!!!!!!! I hope to hear more from you.
Great story absolutely fascinated, love Arizona.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great information great story.. Thanks again Hank 😀
I grew up at the base area of the superstition mountains. I've been all over those mountains. I live in the midwest now but i keep an oil painting of the superstitions on my wall. I miss it. But I never went into the mountain or desert in the summer. NEVER.
Great story Hank!
I am fascinated by the history and the lore of the Superstitions! These are really well-done videos! Thank you so much for all the work put into making them. Our daughter lives in Mesa so we go and hike with her as often as possible. Don’t worry-we won’t go up in July!
Sissy
Hank It's The Adventure and Get Rich Quick - Idea - Fool Hardy and the Under Prepaired - and Not Knowing How To Survive...You Have to Know How to Live Off the Land...And Your Physical Limitations...Have a Good Day, I Miss Charlie - Carry On, As Charlie would Have Wanted...God Bless, Thank you For Keeping History Alive...
Thanks I miss ole Charley also
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
It stands to reason, if you hike into to somewhere that has no water, when you're half out of water you turn around and come back. I don't care how much gold there is it isn't worth my life. And if you've already been and didn't have enough water doesn't that tell anyone, if you have any sense, you need more water not an umbrella.
Love these episodes very interesting. Thanks
Storytelling is becoming a lost art,thanks for these videos! So far more entertaining than these fake drama explorer ones the Discovery and History channels have on cable t.v.
@Hank Sheffer you are very welcomed! Take and happy Easter!🏜️
"They had them umbrellas now" & "He was dead. He was real dead." 😂🤣😂 I shouldn't laugh but u make it so funny 😝 Thank you! 🙏
Are you from Montana? Enjoyed this story. Awsome. Thank you.
Why do people go up there? That’s easy. For adventure! A place full of tales and legends, characters, murders, disappearances, lost gold legends, caves, mines, and mystery! It’s adventure in the wilderness that they go for! But the mistake some make is not to be prepared and carry protection, water and high energy food. Love these stories! They’re just the best, told by the best!
Coronado's Children, and Journey of the Flame - there was one man who did come out ahead, but what he got out of it was not money - it was something far more important and more wonderful than that - he kept the legends and the spirit of the desert alive - that was Harry Oliver, he of the famous Desert Rat Scrapbook....
Sir, I dunno nothing bout no cities of gold, but that there tongue in your head is 100% pure gold. My thanks for a very entertaining story, best wishes.
Got to tell you that your stories are so gripping and awesome. I would like to go to the mountain and look around. Not so much as looking for gold but just to be where all this history happened. Thank You for your channel. Please take care and be safe.
I feel like people over time have found lots of gold there, but they’ve just never spoken about it.
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Great job guys!
Great story, Hank!
Interesting story, I'm 💘 the way you said never mind how no one else haven't found the gold in 100 yrs. 😆
Isn't it remarkable? That people would venture, unprepared and unfamiliar, into the Arizona desert during the hottest months? I grew up in the Verde Valley and did construction year round as a young fellow in my early 20's. It would never occur to me, then or now, to venture off into the Sonoran Desert unprepared, even as a fit young man accustomed to working physically in the extreme heat. I've never had "gold fever," but I get it. Why not just wait until January? You still need plenty of water, obviously, as I can attest to, having recently completed some January Superstition hikes as a 46 year old, now accustomed to MN weather. Thanks, Hank, for another great story.
Awesome stories!
Did they find a gun by curtis?
Or was he shot too?
Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
Fascinating.
Never mentioned Peralta, or his mines, or the stone maps, or any of that. And it's more like 250 murders out there since J.W.
And there's alot more to it.
I suggest anyone interested in the story, do as much research about the people involved as possible.
It's a nice place to hike, but a deadly place to prospect, and even deadlier to treasure hunt.
I really enjoy your videos
I don't read very well. Your videos really make my day thank you so much
The climate of the Sonoran Desert in summer is so harsh, so alien that it cannot be imagined at the necessary physical level it takes to survive it. It must be experienced first hand to even begin to appreciate it's capacity for lethality.
cities of gold are probably not a myth i believe some or all are or were in the grand canyon.
@Hank Sheffer mud doesn't reflect yellow
One has the option of adding or removing layers of clothing, in the Spring, Fall, and Winter. And, water I'm told is generally available, at least most of the Off-Summer Months--so, why do people choose to commit suicide, in the Summer Months. Back in 1969, we had a sheet-rock stocker die on one of our projects in Phoenix. He had ready access to plenty of water, and salt tablets. He simply died of Heat-Stroke. We lost one of our tapers, here in Olympia, Wa. back in the Eighties, when the temperature reached 105. Imagine what it would have been in the Superstitions, that day? My older brother nearly succumbed to heat-stroke the same day on the same job.
I would love to visit the Superstitions once again, before I get too old--especially with some of my Technology, that has proven to be so effective, on several other endeavors.
Yes, and I would love to have a go at those Twenty Four Dragoon Pistols, that Larry and Charlie covered in earlier episodes. (Aside my Electronic Technology, I am a very successful Map Dowser. I'm Practitioner of both Spiritual as well as Physical Science. That's how I found that shipment of Gov't gold, in NE Utah, in Oct, 1984). I am equally confident, that I have pinpointed the correct canyon, and rock, where those Dragoon Pistols was concealed.
In 1951 on Aug 8, Link Chapman, chopped out forty lbs of ''Quartz In Gold"(as opposed to Gold In Quartz) from a very rich ledge of gold, in NE Washington. He was Eighty Six years old, and as a young man, he and his bride Kitty, had joined the Alaska--Yukon Gold Rush--where they had been very successful. When his neighbor in Seattle--a retired logging boss, showed Link a chunk of very rich 'Float', Link was induced to come out of his comfortable retirement, for one last venture--as he was still in relatively good health. The Logging Boss still had all of his old Forestry maps, and showed Link the area where the specimen had been found.
Link had no trouble finding another chunk of float (which he had stepped on in the grass) and quickly traced it to it's very rich source. After chopping out about forty lbs, he covered up his activity. On his way back to the car where his wife was doing Needle-work--He suffered from heat-stroke, and sat down, with his back to a tree. Becoming worried because of it's lateness, Kitty, following the dog, found her husband, leaning against a tree. She had the presence -of-mind to bring her day-pack, with water and sandwiches. When Link was able to--they split the rich ore between the two packs. They made it back to the car; and Kitty had to drive back to town, where Link eventually succumbed. Kitty sold all of that gold ore for jewelry, at spot value. She was never able to find her way back to the place where they had parked, that fateful day. When the snow-back has melted from the area in question, me and my Trusty Burro, will have another Go at that one. Haha
Dreamer.....good luck though
@@harveysmith9046 No Thanks!.....I don't work on luck!
what are the twenty four dragoon pistols?
Hank Sheffer is a fine storytelle.
Krazy Jakes the Snakes that is ...
Great Story 👍🏻
Love your videos .Arrizona in July 💀
Did Curtis have gun shot wounds as well?
J Frank Dobie wrote if 2 different types of gold hunters. One was a volunteer for a brief quest. The other was a full timer signed up for life.
umbrellas huh....that's like "We're going to the Sun, but hey, don't worry we're going at night!!
I can understand an adventurous person's zeal......but not to the point where you risk your life. I live in south Georgia where it's high 90's with 80% humidity in July. I've been out west a few times in dry heat. Hot is hot wherever you are in mid summer! Can't imagine walking much anywhere in that!!! Enjoyed the story!
Hey I lived in Southern Maryland for years between the Potomac river and the Chesapeake bay and nknow humididy that is why I came tio AZ partly but I hike in cooler weather
As scary and deadly as these mountains may be I'd still like to have a place there.
Good job pal
WoW!!! l am on Ontario, Canada and l would be dead if the temps reached 140 degrees up here..l thought gold digging was in the 19th Century. l did not realize people are still going up there to look...Hey, by the way Hank, just for interest, is that gold still up there undiscovered?
Thank you for your ongoing work. Any way you could provide us with the spelling of the "7 cities?" I was unsuccessful in finding them all on my own, (I"m a bad speller though) - Thank you.
@Hank Sheffer maby they really existed,maby uh underground..the spanish usually had good info
The gold of Victorio's Peak was one of the seven "caches" of gold.
Ive lived within 50 miles of the suggestions my whole life. Ive never been in those mountains and never will. I'll hike everything else tho.
Why is that?
Two of the guys were shot, what happen to Curtis? Did I miss something, did Curtis shoot the two and he died of heatstroke?
Oh if I were a young man, I'd be there looking myself,,,,, in reasonable temperatures. I've watched all these videos in order and the one thing that makes me think the Dutchman's mine hasn't been found is the assay done on the ore from under his bed. No one else has brought ore out with that kind of content from all the information I've seen. Somewhere up there is a vein of exceedingly rich ore that hasn't been found since the Dutchman died. Where is it? Well, that is another mystery of these enigmatic mountains. Wish I was there.
I read somewhere that Curtis carried a car door into the Sup’s so when it got really hot he could roll the window down ....
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Wow my mom been living in mass 12 yrs now & I worry about her so much
But they had them umbrellas. NO WATER THO I'm hurting. My stomach from laughter
Interesting
You keep repeating that these men didn't have enough water, but they were shot full of holes. The water would have leaked out the holes, anyway.
...but I know right where it is !! ......lol..
Nice stories..
Theres gold in them thar hills. I'll get out there one of these days
before I kick the bucket but just to sightsee and in the fall. Enjoy the stories.
So were the two men shot to death by the other guy? You never confirmed that, you made it seem like it was just speculation? Or did they find it and were followed and shot down.
July in that area no way.
Thanks.
The first thing that people want to talk about regarding Arizona’s history is Tombstone and Wyatt Earp.
I went to those mountains with my grandfather which was Choctaw Indian ,I was just a kid. apparently he knew what he was doing, we made it out..lol.
It's a bit odd that so many ppl have died looking for the "Dutch" when if you know where to go you can drive to the area where the horse is carved on a rock. I have a picture of the 1847 on a rock just to the east of the horse.
I climbed the superstitions when I was young.
Maybe they found the gold and were robbed and killed by others. Guy who found them said one had bullet holes in his skull and the other in his body. That's a mystery not explained
Water.
They needed cowboy hats instead of umbrellas. How did curtis die, if the others were shot? Who shot them?
@Hank Sheffer ...thanks
Did I hear you say they were found with bullet holes in them? That's the mystery who the hell shot them and why.
Apache
family member of Curtis speaking (I know this is very late) but one of them did have holes in their head that appeared to be bullet holes but that was never confirmed.
He was dead really dead. I love that
I live about 45 minutes away from superstition mountains. THEY ARE CREEPY AF. DON'T GO BY YOURSELF.
I've got a few weird stories. Lots of history there for 800 plus years.
My question is:
Did those guys bring a gun with them?
good morning, coffee ready yet?
It's 9:30 a.m. here... coffee was finished 4 and a half hours ago
@@meettheworld6241 coffee is never finished.
@@StevenSchoolAlchemy lol, I have to agree with ya there...
These true stories are gold to my senses !!
Sorry no coffee ! but i can offer you a nice cup of English tea ..
Francisco was a bit gullible.
What about the guy that was supposed to be shot
That wasnt explained
@Hank Sheffer hey sir thank you for clearing that up
And yes i got the idea about coronados children
OUR GROUND ?
It's not like we destroyed anything until Chris come along now we have no clean water to drink forest is gone game is scarce rivers contaminated we lived here respecting and taking care of our land for over 10 thousand yrs without ruining anything
Well... hes was dead. Really dead..
Tell me what it means to be really dead as opposed to just .. dead..
Great story by the way.
Well their is dead like "oh my god is he still breathing!" And then their is Really Dead like "what's that sme...... Oh God.. "
So why were the bullet riddled corpses not explained a little bit at least. You probably didn’t die of thirst or the heat with bullet holes in your skull!?
Greed will get some people every time!
Those mountains are packed with gold....from the fillings of people that have died there.
That's right. You better believe it. Uh-huh.
Hard minerals is the most crooked industry there because of gread.
Wow, are people still disappearing up there today ? 🇺🇸
Watching drone videos of the superstition mountain range and seeing all the possible locations to look for gold, I don't see how anyone could find any gold except by a total accident. Considering how difficult it would be to get the gold out of the mountains why would anyone divulge that they have found any.
I agree with you.
The Gold riches is in the story's
Sounds like you need to parachute in with a bunch of supply's then walk out.
My metal detector would be with me hiking any where
I guess there's still no substitute for good old fashioned foolish!!!!
Now hank I'll bring some umbrellas an some water an you an Larry get ready an we will just go get the gold and that way we will save lives by going an getting the gold bars an we will work that Ole Dutchs mine ever now and then an it will stop all this stuff from happening lol...good night form Kentucky always like hearing you an Larry tell about the things that you two know about things out there and I was we will forget going after it to much fun hearing about it..
those 3 that got shot? its simple; somebody was watching them and trailing them, after they found gold, they moved in, shot them, and took off with the gold. case closed.