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The Legend of the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine

While the city of Phoenix is quite expansive, filled with many residential sub-divisions, shopping malls and high rise buildings, there are many locations throughout the city for hiking and adventure. For some, the hike alone is worth it, such as the shorter but very steep climb to the top of Squaw Peak, or the longer journey up the side of Camelback Mountain, and the winding paths for biking and climb through the South Mountain Range. For others though, it is a quest, a mission for a legendary treasure that draws not only the residents of Arizona, but treasure seekers from around the world. This is the hike through the Superstition Mountains and the search for the legendary Gold Mine of the Lost Dutchman.

For more the one hundred and twenty years, this beautiful range of mountains has enticed people and has haunted the minds of everyone who happens to take a hike through the Superstitions. Many believe this to be one of the most famous and sought after treasures of all time. Anywhere you go in the city you will find information regarding this, from the plethora of books written on the subject in the bookstores, to the pamphlets handed out by travel agents and the staff at the front desk of many of the hotels in greater Phoenix areas surrounding the mountains.

For a few years now, many have been making speculations that this is much more than legend. Of course the treasure seekers have always believed this, but now there appears to be scientific evidence that yes there does appear to be gold in them there hills. Apparently, a man named Pegleg has been corresponding with the magazine, “DesertUSA” with facts that he states reveal not only that the legend is fact, and not fiction…but that he has evidence as well, of exactly where the gold is located. So far though, no one has come out of the superstitions with it, so as has been going on for years, the seekers will keep seeking for the treasures of the Lost Dutchman.