The First Dutch Hunters the Search for the Lost Dutchman's Gold | Jack San Felice

Dive into the mysterious origins of the Lost Dutchman Mine legend! Join historian Jack San Felice as he uncovers the gripping tale of Julia Thomas and the Petrasch Family-the first treasure hunters who embarked on a desperate search for Jacob Waltz's hidden gold after his death. Their journey fueled one of Arizona's most enduring legends, but it ended in heartbreaking failure. Discover the true story behind the myth and why the Lost Dutchman Mine remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the American West.
Catch up on the earlier parts of the saga:
Part 1: Unveiling "The Lost Eldorado of Jacob Waltz" - • The Lost Eldorado of J...
Part 2: The Original Lost Dutchman Story by PC Bicknell - • Uncovering the Lost Du...
Part 3: Tracing the Footsteps of The First Dutch Hunters - • The First Dutch Hunter...
Part 4: Gold in the Superstitions The Woodbury Family • The Woodbury Family’s ...
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The Bible on the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine and Jacob Waltz: A Pioneer History of the Gold Rush Paperback - January 1, 2002 by Helen Corbin amzn.to/3WE1fHl
The Story of Jacob Walzer: Superstition Mountain and Its Famed Dutchman's Lost Mine Paperback - January 1, 1964 by Barney Barnard amzn.to/3WD87Vz
The killer mountains;: A search for the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine Hardcover - January 1, 1968 by Curt Gentry amzn.to/3WTcvRy
When Silver Was King: Arizona's Silver King Mining Days, Historical Highlights and Human Interest Portraits Paperback - September 30, 2005 by Jack San Felice amzn.to/4dzIxru
Lost El Dorado of Jacob Waltz Paperback - January 1, 2015 by Jack San Felice amzn.to/3WUgrSc
Superstition Mountain: A Ride Through Time Paperback - January 1, 1982 by Tom Kollenborn), James Swanson amzn.to/4dbiTJD
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[@bethbartlett5692]

Priceless Storytellings on this Channel. Great Personalities, just love these guys!

[@harleyv1969]

Excellent story, Jack! Thank you, gentlemen, for another great episode of Mystery Of the Superstition Mountains

[@sixshooter3313]

Great story. Keep them coming.

[@antlerhanger]

Fantastic story! !!!!! You do such a great job .

[@darrinwright6758]

Hello again from Tennessee. Another great story. God bless all of you guys. Stay safe and healthy.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Thanks you look for the last episode-Woodbury miners and you will see a new look at the Dutchman Thanks Jack

[@TheBeardedCarpenter]

Thank you so much for another interesting story. You fellows are great story tellers. Keep em coming. God bless

[@terrydevries914]

Wow, what a fabulous story. Jack Is such a great story teller. Can’t wait to listen to more😎😎

[@jacksanfelice8840]

There is one more part of this Saga --The Woodbury Miners soon to be in video -this story wraps up the Saga of Lost El Dorado watch for it!! Jack

[@metalhammer3432]

I look forward to Jack's stories on all his years of research.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Bicknell in 1895 said it was within 5 miles of Weaver's Needle, so Weaver's Needle was not a late invention.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

No but that was just a tale to throw people off as he was probably coerced into leaving after he obtained enough gold to live out his short live-he was a lunger-besides you have to research the entire story of Bicknell's life and that is a hard search on the internet- took me years!!

[@Spoolingturbo6]

he said fifteen not five "fünfzehn" = fifteen

[@DewDroppedDiamondsInTime]

Julia Helida Thomas was my great great great grandmother

[@careyannewesternpa5512]

Great episode. I really appreciate the longer ones. Thank you

[@maikailoa808]

Great story jack, thank you very much. Take care my friend. Ron

[@nuttynut722]

most likely someone has found it and clearing all out without saying a word

[@joeprewitt2539]

I believe the real mine is in all the can buried. lol

[@bethbartlett5692]

It hasn't been, the gold from the "Dutchman" was tested, recorded, and has no equal found in Arizona. His Vein of Gold remains undiscovered. That is so amazing, considering all the People who have searched, and those that searched with the benefit of his direct clues. What I find absolutely confounding is "How they went all that time and Never sat down and recorded the directions". I can't accept the story they Makes no sense, or as they say where I'm from: "That dog just won't hunt"

[@AdaM48state]

Thanks Jack this was a terrific episode

[@audiepeterson3118]

I love Jacks stories

[@magprob]

Good job researching the back story.

[@davidjeffrey8204]

Great story, Thanks Jack.

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

I love re-watching these videos, and one of the things i've always thought about is The Dutchman said he had 50 of those cans buried all over the place, he never said they were all buried on his property alone, gives ya something to think about but i guess that's just another one of the Mysteries Of The Superstition Mountains.

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

@Hank Sheffer Awesome, thanks for the clarification Hank, very much appreciated.

[@rebeccaswilling1771]

Loved the story! Awesome channel

[@mrjebadia2582]

That's it Jack, hold my beer ! I'm headed out there myself to see

[@joeprewitt2539]

Jack, I believe you got it nailed down. I believe old Herman knew more than he let on too.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

AMEN

[@joetrueblood7663]

Love the way jack tells the Storys 😁👍

[@clintxxxracerx9435]

Mr. Jack’s stories are my favorite! He is a Legend and a great Man!

[@johnmaddox7432]

A wonderful delivery Jack!

[@bethbartlett5692]

Excellent research. Great Stories! 🏆

[@germaineprien7691]

Love these stories, your a great story teller🙋‍♀️🤗😉

[@dorothylewis1207]

Great story. 👍

[@mysteriesofthesuperstition6793]

Thanks!

[@motorcycleparty]

thanx gentlemen another good story

[@newellbate]

Great ! I think i can find it. My name is Jake. Gold! Boy what a time hu. I suppose people are still hoping to get lucky.

[@JohnnyDillard-q4u]

Mister, you tell a damn good story 😂.

[@MiloPerrotti]

Where are the Jim Bark notes?

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Only a few people have them and only share them with other Dutch Hunters but there are many diff. copies- so be careful of what people say they have I have 4 diff. versions and dissected them in what I believe is the truth but of course I was not born yet at that time Que Pasa' ?

[@MiloPerrotti]

@@jacksanfelice8840 I comprende! It seems it will be a neverending story / mystery! Thanks for all the information and great stories. All you guys are a treasure.

[@briandm33]

You know guys this is my professional advice about this topic. You know it would take alot of interest in me to just go out there and look for the Dutchman's Gold Mine without their being more of a emphasis on me to do it bc IT'S SOO HOT THERE WHEN THEY LEFT and you'd have't promise me that we would find something at the least out there if we looked for it. Soo what's this map Jake drew for Julia? I keep telling people that the mine is soo hard to find and in a bad posistion against a rock face that you'd have such a hard time getting to it due to the rugged area it lies in.

[@BigRichfrank]

I wonder what she see in the desert that changed her mind.from gold to God!

[@Riker-ER]

Jack has the most comprehensive stories & he has a lifetime of experiences to draw from👍😊👏🙏It almost seems like the only person to ever get a pile a gold from Jacob Waltz's mine was Jacob himself 😊..go figure. These stories are so fantastic, you can't make this stuff up. Greed kills more folks than bullets. 🚅🔫🤩😵‍💫

[@rolandovillareal4385]

You are absolutely right!

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Thanks Jack

[@chuckbowen5024]

The young fella that was 19 years old the wound up going out on a load of buckshot must be the guy that they based Edgar G Robinson's character on in mackenna's gold because in that movie he didn't go blind he was blinded by the Apaches when they burned his eyes out foreseeing the gold

[@richg.8092]

👍👍👍👍☕☕🍩🍩

[@DocHolliday1851]

I forgot about the 144,000 thing. I was a JW growing up and that's what they say too.

[@glennjudd2467]

Amazing ! We know it exist !

[@rolandovillareal4385]

Jack, what happened to all the gold Jake deposited into Wells Fargo? I believe it was a considerable amount of money. Jake should of left that to Helena by way of a will.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

The Bank has it in a special vault for the first real claimant!! No UNK> But email me so we can discuss your book request OK?

[@rolandovillareal4385]

What’s your email address Jack?

[@legacyXplore]

What is the timeline from digging up the oyster can of gold and flood? Because that makes me wonder where all that buried gold went. Could he have spent that much? All he had at his death not to long after was under his bed correct? I would love to know what you guys think about this question. Great job Jack as always!

[@marhawkman303]

heh, since we don't know where he hid it.... maybe it's still buried? Also, I'm not sure if he was saying he had many cans of it, or was simply saying how much gold.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

1800s & early 1900s floods washed all the cans downstream prob. to CA the cans were beaten open by the bashing of them against rocks and ore wash down stream!!

[@bobbyratliff3349]

I love these stories. But I have a serious question. Why can't they flyover these areas using infrared equipment? If there is a shaft it should show much colder from the cool air exiting the shaft.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

That has been done and many of these old shafts arre now closed where gold was found or now in Wilderness Area of FOREST where illegal to mine but not prospect you go figure? Thanks

[@justinsane7128]

I'm a believer, got purple tennies to prove it.

[@rolandovillareal4385]

Thanks Jack! When’s are you going to write your next book? Hint, hint! Lol

[@jacksanfelice8840]

I would like to write a new book containing four key parts-1 my search and the stories I have found since my book was published probably about 200-240 pages but since my recent back injury I probably would synopsize that even smaller. Cant stay at comp. more that 1 hr per day> keep praying that my back heals Jack

[@rolandovillareal4385]

I will buy your book Jack. Just let us know when it’s available.

[@semmartin8385]

A prospector told me he was sure it was underwater in Roosevelt Damn. What are your thoughts on this theroy? Great video.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

No is is in the upper NE Supe. Mts for sure

[@JackSmith-jj3bi]

The mine was found in January, 1960. In an episode of Maverick, Beau Maverick played by Roger Moore met The Dutchman and was led to the mine by him. They had the gold but it was cursed. Anyone who touched it died a violent death. Also, the Dutchman didn’t die at Julia’s. He died from an Apache arrow in his back.

[@joeprewitt2539]

What? I never heard that one.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

BS of course it was Hollywoodized -- The gold is there yet and many took gold and lived a long life Believe it I know the truth

[@JackSmith-jj3bi]

@@jacksanfelice8840 lighten up Jack. This was a production that wasn’t meant to be factual. It was pure entertainment.

[@charlielaudico3523]

Still all these years and no treasure that anybody found

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Not True read Jack San Felice's book Lost El Dorado Of Jacob Waltz and Jesse Feldman's book Jacob's Trail to the Lost Dutchman then comment also watch The Woodbury's UTube by Jack

[@edmc1000]

Jack is a good story teller but he spent most of his life elsewhere. Imagine how much more he would have uncovered had he been born and raised in the area.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

That is my issue but I had to do 30 years to get a pension OI could live off of. Thanks.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Thanks-have had 4 diff. types of adventures in my life-looking for 5th.. thanks

[@rolandovillareal4385]

Jack,has anybody ever found any of the remaining 49 oyster can Jake buried?

[@marhawkman303]

Not sure he was actually saying he buried 50 oyster cans. He might have been using that as a vague measure of volume.

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Rolando-Many have searched even digging up under Jakes Adobe but my belief is that the great floods of the Salt River during the late 1800s and early 1900s moved any of those cans down stream and broke open those cans and scattered the ore to CA. The people of that era did not know about the cans of ore because it was only revealed to Reiney and Julia and they never revealed that info. Would you !!! Jack

[@jacksanfelice8840]

NO floods prob. destroyed cans and gold ore washed into Colorado River..

[@marhawkman303]

@@jacksanfelice8840 hmm... makes me wonder if it might be on the bottom of the river still...

[@rolandovillareal4385]

@@jacksanfelice8840 You are absolutely right. I wouldn’t have told anybody.

[@dustinjohnson3463]

How did the gold stay under his bed if the water washed his whole house away

[@jacksanfelice8840]

The timeline was that the box was under the bed at Julia's house before the flood-I believe that he moved the box from his house to Julia's just before the flood and was probably going back for the cans of ore when he was caught in the flash flood. In the desert it is not hard to be caught in a flash flood. Each year many people i the Phoenix area get caught in flash floods and some people do not understand the power of a flash flood and try to drive through flooded areas and they and their vehicles are washed downstream and perish. While hiking in the mountains one year we were caught in a flash flood but moved to higher ground before the place where we were was overwhelmed with fast moving water. See the video on Jenkins Lost Gold for and example of a flash flood. Thanks for comment!! Jack

[@dustinjohnson3463]

@@jacksanfelice8840 one more question if Mr waltz made stash's wouldn't one think they would be in the low foot Hill's or flat desert on his way back to his home ? Seems it would be easier for old man to find them and access them instead of back in the mountains close to his sources

[@jacksanfelice8840]

@@dustinjohnson3463 I believe I found a stash place in Supes. If he was being followed he would probably hide a stash close to the end of the mountains. agree with you.

[@dustinjohnson3463]

@@jacksanfelice8840 do the folks that own the silver king ever get rid of specimens of native silver a bucket list item

[@dustinjohnson3463]

@@jacksanfelice8840 could Mr waltz of got ore or had mined down at the Serra Estrella mountain north of Tucson ?

[@thurmanmills4021]

Ole didn't die till 1891 so Jack is got way off track.......clay worerst sorry I that is spelt right sorry clay I have heard your story clay makes more sense God bless you all

[@robertlawton3443]

yes the mine is real , i found the mine in 2006 , i was not looking for it at the time ..Jack your facts are dead on target , yes, the mine is real .i have seen it ....

[@TheMillieSmalls]

I have bad news for everyone on this video…I’m gonna find that gold. And no one will know about it.

[@Midwest10]

I already did

[@Zman82]

This story goes off on the craziest adventures ever..."she's got believers" if you can believe it, lol, then a suicide and a insane asylum too 😳

[@jacksanfelice8840]

Alan-You would not believe all the strange stories about the search for the lost Dutchman Mine I have literally 200 stories on this topic and people killing other people over a place that has NO gold nor close to any suspect location!! "Truth is really stranger than Fiction" in this treasure story!!