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Hi Lads, Just a thought – are any of the markers or symbols on the PSM that are also on the Peralta Master Map? I’ve stated before that I thought the Peralta Master Map was a work detail assignment showing the trail markers to the Peralta mines. But that’s my own surmising and nothing else. At any r...

Hi Guys, Another hair-brained idea – hope this isn’t too boring……… http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p672/Ashton_Page/PeraltaMarkers_zpsa4f8a2b6.jpg I’ve said before that I believe the Peralta Master Map (PMM) was not a map (that’s why nobody has figured it out) because it is an instruction chart ...

Hi Guys, Good to hear from y'all and thanks for the well-wishes. BabyMick - I believe that Waltz continued to search for the source of the cache. Hence, he knew that he would be returning to the Superstitions anyway - and what better place to put a cache than in hostile territory? Especially if you'...

Hi Guys, I keep telling myself "if I just do this or that, then I will be able to make it back in". The last few days I found myself trying to figure out how to manage my next trip in to the hills. But (reality check) even on our last trip (with Cubfan) I started hemorrhaging CSF - that's ...

Hi Guys, It’s been a while, but I’ve been pretty much out of commission. My health finally caught up with me and it looks like my days of being able to hike through the Superstitions are behind me. That has been a hard pill for me to swallow. I’m not terminal but I’m not very well either. Anyway……… ...

Thanks guys – both answers have merit. Because I’ve found several AJ carvings, it could be either one. As long as I’m posting pictures, here’s a horsehead (in the foreground, composed of a darker colored rock) with one ear up and one ear down. In all fairness, one guy (whose opinion I trust) said th...

Can anybody tell me who A.J. was?
He seemed to have a penchant for carving his initials in the rocks.

Hi Paul, It seems the federal closure does NOT mean that all parks are off-limits: October 9th, 2013 LA Times. "Stuck and Hungry at the Grand Canyon" About 2,200 people remain inside the isolated Arizona park, 1,800 of them employees of private concessions that make the place run — the peo...

Ozarker and Matthew, Thanks for your explanations – as in “thanks, I needed that” :D Things actually make a bit more sense now. Roc, That last line in the obituary does look penciled in. The letter ‘e’ (3 times) in particular does not match the type font. While that doesn’t mean it’s not in the orig...

All, The following is nothing more than pure speculation on my part but it is a point that may be worth considering. I’ve owned a couple small businesses and in my experience no storefront is ever ‘tailor made’ to suit (insert business type here) company. Business owners put up interior walls to kee...