I live in China, so I did not expect this story to touch me personally, but it did. I mentioned Watchers once guarded the secrets of Calalus. After posting the above link to Reddit, I received a dream visit from a phantom nightmare. He was a prospector who stumbled on Calalus 100-200 years ago, I sensed. That is my first undeniably psychic experience. (Undeniable to me.) He's a friend now. I tell the full story here:
[A phantom prospector guarding buried treasure gave me an Indiana Jones sleep paralysis nightmare. | Koanic] (link removed per rules)
I am the furthest thing from a prospector, preferring the great indoors, but I suspect this article is another clue:
I also found a list of prospectors who died searching for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, one of whom could be Smokey Brown (my nickname for the anonymous phantom):
Adolph Ruth, died 1931 at age 66. Body found after national publicity, likely exhumed to quell interest. Skull showed point-blank long-gun round to the skull. Skull distant from body. Peralta maps stolen. Checkbook claims he found it. AZ government whitewashed obvious murder.
Mining electrician J.A. "Tex" Bradford, died 1933. Missing.
James A Cravey, photographer, died 1947 at age 62. Presumed murdered. Skull missing.
I believe Smokey Brown to be Adolph Ruth, based on his feeling of antiquity and the quiet pride I feel from him, that he found it. Ruth was a dedicated searcher for lost mines, which fits the Indiana Jones vibe I got from him. Bradford the electrician feels too modern, and Cravey the photographer feels too superficial.
Adolph Ruth was clearly murdered. The primary cover story of suicide is impossible. The secondary cover story is two anonymous greedy prospectors. The source of this cover story is the man who tried to dissuade him from the expedition, Tex Barkely. It is likely Tex knew about the Watchers who guarded the mine. His ranch was ideally positioned to monitor prospectors seeking the mine, and therefore he likely worked for the Watchers in some capacity.
Tex Barkely also led the first unsuccessful search for Ruth's body. I suspect Ruth was not killed where he was found. Otherwise the summer vultures would have made it easy to find Ruth's rotting body. Rather, Ruth was soul trapped and interred underground. Later, his remains were exhumed when national publicity threatened to bring hordes of searchers.
No future skulls were found, with or without bullet holes. I assume they were also shot in the head, but the skulls were interred to prevent everyone from concluding that Ruth was certainly murdered. I don't know how soul-trapping works, but I wouldn't be surprised if it involves decapitation of the corpse as a step in the process. The talking skull trope might have some basis in reality. The head and heart are presumably the body parts most closely connected to one's soul.
Northcutt Ely was a lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court and served in the Hoover Administration. Ely's account confirms Ruth found the mine near Weaver's Needle and entered it. The Roman inscription "Veni Vidi Vici" seems to have been written 200 feet across from the mine, corroborating that the mine was Roman. It is an odd phrase for Ruth to use, but an absolutely appropriate one for the Roman founders of Calalus, who conquered the surrounding tribes.
Ely says the Superstition Mountains were named after an Indian legend that an evil spirit guarded its gold mine and killed men seeking it. He counts as fact 20 men who died seeking it.
The Wikipedia account diverges substantially from Ely's, in ways that make Ruth's death less suspicious. I don't know which is correct, so I used Wikipedia's version where they conflict.
Smokey Brown's phantom nightmares may have been a well-intentioned way of dissuading other prospectors from sharing his fate. It is not strange that he found me after I publicized the story on Reddit, since his original job may have been dissuading those attracted to the mine by publicity.
Objection: "Omitted is American greed, grit & hustle. Are we to believe that, during westward expansion, gold rushes & fights with protocorporations over mineral rights, easements & access to waterways throughout American history, that someone or group of people really knew about gold, hid it & never harvested it?"
Indeed. Northcutt Ely states as fact that 20 men died seeking the gold mine, presumably Americans. One suspects the reason the Illuminati ceased to exploit the gold mine after the Peraltas is that Americans could not be controlled sufficiently to mine it without revealing the neighboring Atlantean secrets.
Major mining operations may have continued, conducted by a subterranean workforce, but I doubt it. I believe humans own the surface mining rights. Otherwise the deposits would be long gone.
Perhaps the skeleton crew paid themselves in mining time when they weren't headshotting Apaches and senior citizens.
Dead men tell no tales
I live in China, so I did not expect this story to touch me personally, but it did. I mentioned Watchers once guarded the secrets of Calalus. After posting the above link to Reddit, I received a dream visit from a phantom nightmare. He was a prospector who stumbled on Calalus 100-200 years ago, I sensed. That is my first undeniably psychic experience. (Undeniable to me.) He's a friend now. I tell the full story here:
[A phantom prospector guarding buried treasure gave me an Indiana Jones sleep paralysis nightmare. | Koanic] (link removed per rules)
I am the furthest thing from a prospector, preferring the great indoors, but I suspect this article is another clue:
Reading the Peralta Stone Maps | DesertUSA
PIC: Peralta stone crosses and heart
I also found a list of prospectors who died searching for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, one of whom could be Smokey Brown (my nickname for the anonymous phantom):
Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine | Wikipedia
I believe Smokey Brown to be Adolph Ruth, based on his feeling of antiquity and the quiet pride I feel from him, that he found it. Ruth was a dedicated searcher for lost mines, which fits the Indiana Jones vibe I got from him. Bradford the electrician feels too modern, and Cravey the photographer feels too superficial.
Adolph Ruth was clearly murdered. The primary cover story of suicide is impossible. The secondary cover story is two anonymous greedy prospectors. The source of this cover story is the man who tried to dissuade him from the expedition, Tex Barkely. It is likely Tex knew about the Watchers who guarded the mine. His ranch was ideally positioned to monitor prospectors seeking the mine, and therefore he likely worked for the Watchers in some capacity.
Tex Barkely also led the first unsuccessful search for Ruth's body. I suspect Ruth was not killed where he was found. Otherwise the summer vultures would have made it easy to find Ruth's rotting body. Rather, Ruth was soul trapped and interred underground. Later, his remains were exhumed when national publicity threatened to bring hordes of searchers.
No future skulls were found, with or without bullet holes. I assume they were also shot in the head, but the skulls were interred to prevent everyone from concluding that Ruth was certainly murdered. I don't know how soul-trapping works, but I wouldn't be surprised if it involves decapitation of the corpse as a step in the process. The talking skull trope might have some basis in reality. The head and heart are presumably the body parts most closely connected to one's soul.
My Father's Search for the Lost Dutchman - By: Northcutt Ely | DesertUSA Forums
Northcutt Ely was a lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court and served in the Hoover Administration. Ely's account confirms Ruth found the mine near Weaver's Needle and entered it. The Roman inscription "Veni Vidi Vici" seems to have been written 200 feet across from the mine, corroborating that the mine was Roman. It is an odd phrase for Ruth to use, but an absolutely appropriate one for the Roman founders of Calalus, who conquered the surrounding tribes.
Ely says the Superstition Mountains were named after an Indian legend that an evil spirit guarded its gold mine and killed men seeking it. He counts as fact 20 men who died seeking it.
The Wikipedia account diverges substantially from Ely's, in ways that make Ruth's death less suspicious. I don't know which is correct, so I used Wikipedia's version where they conflict.
Smokey Brown's phantom nightmares may have been a well-intentioned way of dissuading other prospectors from sharing his fate. It is not strange that he found me after I publicized the story on Reddit, since his original job may have been dissuading those attracted to the mine by publicity.
Objection: "Omitted is American greed, grit & hustle. Are we to believe that, during westward expansion, gold rushes & fights with protocorporations over mineral rights, easements & access to waterways throughout American history, that someone or group of people really knew about gold, hid it & never harvested it?"
Indeed. Northcutt Ely states as fact that 20 men died seeking the gold mine, presumably Americans. One suspects the reason the Illuminati ceased to exploit the gold mine after the Peraltas is that Americans could not be controlled sufficiently to mine it without revealing the neighboring Atlantean secrets.
Major mining operations may have continued, conducted by a subterranean workforce, but I doubt it. I believe humans own the surface mining rights. Otherwise the deposits would be long gone.
Perhaps the skeleton crew paid themselves in mining time when they weren't headshotting Apaches and senior citizens.
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