In 1861, a German prospector named Jacob Waltz known to all as the ""Dutchman"" lay dying on a bed in the Arizona home of Julia Thomas. Underneath the bed was 48 pounds of rich gold ore, which he claimed to have extracted from a vein he discovered in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. Before he died, he whispered tantalizing clues to Thomas about the location of the mine. THE LOST DUTCHMAN MINE tells the story of Thomas and the thousands of others who have since searched for Waltz's mine. None have ever found it, and many have met their death looking for it. Among the unlucky were Adolph Ruth in 1931 and James Gravey in 1947. Their steps are retraced here, as we go into the wilderness in search of the fabled mine. Did Waltz really mine a secret lode for over ten years, and if so, how did he keep its location from others for all that time? And just what did he did he tell Thomas before he died? These questions and more are explored in this fascinating look at one of the Southwest's enduring legends. "