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Mar 17, 2020 · On December 15, 1917, Julia Thomas died of Bright’s disease at the age of 55, never having found the Dutchman’s gold. In a cruel bit of irony, the path that the Thomas expedition took into the mountains carried them directly over two of Arizona’s richest gold mines, the Mammoth and the Black Queen, both of which would be discovered only a ...
Jun 28, 2022 · Several years later, Jakob returned to the area with his friend Julia Thomas, a woman of African and European ancestry who grew up in Germany. When Jacob became older and realized he would not be able to work the mine himself, he decided to tell Julia about the mine.
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At age 29, Julia Thomas was one of the first searchers for the Lost Dutchman Mine, beginning her quest shortly before the turn of the Twentieth Century. She organized, financed and led the first expedition in search of a legendary lost gold mine in the Superstition Mountains.
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He died on October 25, 1891, after having been nursed by an acquaintance named Julia Thomas (she was usually described as a quadroon). Waltz was buried in Phoenix at what is now called the Pioneer and Military Memorial Park. Blair had little doubt that Waltz related to Thomas the location of an alleged gold mine.
Jul 22, 2019 · An African-American woman, Julia Thomas, was his caretaker in his last days. He made deathbed ruminations about a fabulous gold mine and drew a crude map. After his death she searched in vain for it before giving up. She did make a few bucks selling copies of the map on the streets of Phoenix.
Apr 16, 2018 · Waltz, now the sole possessor of all the gold, eventually moved to Phoenix where he died in 1891, but not before relaying his story to his neighbor, Julia Thomas. An Unfound Treasure
Nov 2, 2020 · According to Thomas, it was on his deathbed that Jacob Waltz shared the story of his secret mine, and even provided a map to it filled with clues. In fact, Julia Thomas was the very first so-called "dutch hunter," combing through the mountains and seeking the lost gold.
