For over five days now, three Utah men are still missing in the Superstition Mountains searching for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. For a few days they have been hiking the mountains in the day and returning to their motel room at night. The area they focused on was about 40 miles east of Phoenix where they would spend the day exploring the area looking for the elusive mine. Since they were only taking day hikes, they did not have the provisions and equipment to spend the night in the sweltering desert. Their vehicle was spotted Sunday in the parking lot where the trail begins. When they didn’t check in with their family on Sunday, they became alarmed and called authorities. With the soaring temperatures of about 115 degrees, they are not expecting a good ending to this story. Searchers have swept about 100 miles of the harsh desert and rugged mountain terrain looking for the three men. I will post what happens, good or bad, when there is finally a conclusion to this story. Lets hope for a good ending.
Treasure seekers have been looking for the Lost Dutchman mine for more than a century with all kinds of tragic results. Read my post on the mysterious
Lost Dutchman Mine.
Holy hell! Who is stupid enough to go looking for the treasure this time of year??? It's like those who cross the desert to get into America in the summertime. Huh??? One can hope that they simply found a cave and thought the gold was in there and holed up for a while--well, I'm being optimistic. I can't take more than a few minutes in this oven, myself. Such an awful tragedy.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand it either. I hate being outside for just 5 minutes in the summer. I don't know what possessed them to hike in the 115 degree weather, it is nuts. I hope they found some water and are holding up in a cave until they are recued like you said.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope they find these dudes. I would hate to die from dehydration/heat exhaustion.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I hope they found them? How sad. And nuts. Hope there will be a happy ending to this story!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised no bodies or signs of them were found anywhere. Maybe they completed their mission and were taken back aboard the mother-ship after collecting the data on us humans.
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