Sunday, July 18, 2010

Lost Dutchman search has taken 100 lives



The disappearance of 3 men last week who were searching for the fabled Lost Dutchman gold mine is unfortunately yet another apparent tragedy in this ongoing saga. By some accounts, more than 100 have died trekking through Arizona's Superstition Mountains in vain.

There is an entire industry dedicated to chasing down the legend of Jacob Waltz's lost gold mine: guidebooks, newsletters, on line chat sites, web sites, maps, a museum and a state park [right], etc feed an insatiable desire for secret riches.