What's mine is yours. Ore not. Dust off the burro and grab some saddlebags, we're going gold hunting for the Lost Dutchman Mine! An old west legend of dangerous prospecting and fabulous wealth, the Lost Dutchman Mine has inspired gold hunters for decades and caused more casualties and heartaches than you can shake a pickaxe at. Join David as he takes you through the history of the legendary mine, including Native American lore, Spanish influence, and who the namesake of the mine, the Dutchman, was. Sift through the many tales of murder and deceit and see what shakes out. Could there be a gold mine in the Superstition Mountains that holds ore beyond belief? Flora asks some questions and sorts through the sinister stories to discuss the legend of the infamous mine and the hunt for it. Wear sunscreen and pack plenty of water, this one is coming at you hot! Music Long Note Two, Western Streets, Night of Chaos, Danse Macabre, Myst on the Moor - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Sources Bicknell, P. "A Mythical Mine–Story of a Lost Claim in the Superstition Mountains–Dutch Jacob’s Secret–Phoenix People Hunting for the Treasure with Prospects of Success." Saturday Review. 17 Nov. 1894: 1. Print. Bicknell, P. "One of Arizona's Lost El Dorados - A Mine in the Superstition Mountains - The Half-told Tale of an Old Miser." San Francisco Chronicle. 13 Jan. 1895, Newspaper: 12. Blair, R. Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman Legend. Tempe: Arizona Historical Foundation, 1975. Gentry, Curt. The Killer Mountains, A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine. New York: New American Library, 1968. Mell, Eleanor. Hunting Old Snowbeard’s Gold: Searches for and Seekers of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012. Kincaid, Matt. Superstition Mountains: The Mountains of Legend, Gold, Mystery, and Death. Maplewood Publishing, 2018. Arnold, Oren. Ghost Gold. San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1954. Taylor, T., 2008. The Lost Dutchman Mine. [Online] Available at: https://www.prairieghosts.com/dutchman.html Legends of America, 2016. The Lost Dutchman Mine. [Online] Available at: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-lostdutchman Willis, B., 2005. Has the Lost Dutchman Mine Been Found?. [Online] Available at: http://www.truewestmagazine.com/has-the-lost-dutchman-mine-been-found/ Kollenborn, Tom. http://superstitionmountaintomkollenborn.blogspot.com/2013/12/dont-blame-thunder-god.html ; http://superstitionmountaintomkollenborn.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-peralta-stone-maps.html The Museum: http://superstitionmountainmuseum.org/ Pima Story: http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore72.html On the Military Trail: https://apachejunctionindependent.com/history/military-trail-of-jacob-waltz/