# There's gold....somewhere

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-gold-somewhere/304287 "2005-05-17T19:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-gold-somewhere/304287/1 "2005-05-17T19:17:44Z")

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I couldn’t find any references in the archives, so I thought I would ask.

Has the (in)famous Lost Dutchman’s gold mine ever been found, or is it still a wonderful American history mystery? For that matter, did it even exist at all?

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-gold-somewhere/304287/2 "2005-05-17T20:04:02Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> I couldn’t find any references in the archives, so I thought I would ask.
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> Has the (in)famous Lost Dutchman’s gold mine ever been found, or is it still a wonderful American history mystery? For that matter, did it even exist at all?

From what I’ve read, it hasn’t ever been found and is of doubtful existence.  
Lot’s of people have died trying to find it though. Again this is from my memory, can’t cite.

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**Author:** ![daffyduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@daffyduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffyduck)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-gold-somewhere/304287/3 "2005-05-17T22:50:34Z")

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[Mine here for the gold you seek.](http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/aug/stories/lost1.html)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-gold-somewhere/304287/4 "2005-05-17T23:26:52Z")

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The Superstition Mountains are a deathtrap.

Anybody lookin for that mine stands a poor chance of findin’ gold, & a good chance of havin the buzzards eat his eyeballs.