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I am definitely missing that rascal, Jim Hatt! Whether we were on the "mountain", or we were sitting together pouring over the maps and pictures we took, or cooking on the barbie....I am gonna miss him for a long, long time. The best thing is knowing that he finally GOT IT!!!.... deciphere...

Two Guns... On behalf of all of us that "smiled" at your post with the questions about "government takeover"... WE WELCOME YOU TO AMERICA, AND HOPE THAT THE MAYFLOWER PROVIDED REASONABLE AND SAFE PASSAGE. First, these kind of questions are better answered individually. It's like....

For the pure purpose of conjecture (or insight from the viewpoint of "been there done that!")... those slabs, occurring naturally as I observed them in the cave... are unique to the Superstitions. It will not take my geology degree or worn out boots to determine when I see the originals......

Personally, I like to see the gold in manageable sized gold bars with a few "X"s maked into them! LOL... The trick is to find the Jesuit caches first, and later find their gold vein(s) and just kick the gold out of the quartz and sit around with a cold drink and sort it all out. Pretty stu...

Azmula, IF.... interpretation is involved with reading my last note, me thinks one can not see the forest for the trees! If I have been looking at the Stone Maps for, as I said over 30 years, and I feel I have paid at least some of my dues on the mountain..., the rattlers, the thorns, the sounds, th...

Jim, even though I first stepped foot long (30 years ago) into the Superstition Mtns., and quite the rookie, with not even half the story and background of the 'Peralta Stone Maps", I will stand beside you on the maps, and the fact that "...he who understands the maps" sees the end of...

Jim, without being obnoxious... ya have to be there in August to appreciate the depth of the Superstitions. I worked for "Crazy Jake", a true character... a dangerous character, that ended up in the "big house", "monkey house", or whatever else you would call it! The St...